TOP POSTING?!?! Brandon Mitchell wrote: > Grant Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try this in bash (or put it in ~/.bashrc): > > set -o vi > > > > You can now edit your command line like it's in vi, including > > using 'j' and 'k' (in command mode) to move down/up in your bash > > history. > > > > Fun stuff...
Yeah, this was the most important discovery for me since learning vi itself. > For those that use tcsh, the same can be accomplished in your .cshrc > with: > bindkey -v > > or emacs with: > bindkey -e zsh is my preferred interactive shell, and it supports the same: bindkey -v To take this all a step further, add the following line to your ~/.inputrc : set editing-mode vi Now every app that uses the readline library (and there are a *lot*) will also support vi keybindings. (NB: GUI app users probably won't notice any difference whatsoever.) Configuring all your other apps (mutt, slrn, etc) to allow vi-style navigation is left as an exercise to the reader. (Or you could just use Google Groups...) HTH, Tim _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
