I'll get this right eventually...

2009/2/8 jam <j...@tigger.ws>

> On Saturday 07 February 2009 10:00:05 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
> > It's been a while since there's been a thread like this, so I thought it
> > would be fun :)
> >
> > so, have you got any?
> >
> > I've got 2 to share today:
> >
> > alt >and then
> > alt <
> >
> > for interactive shells, works kinda like ctrl r or !$ - that is, it
> > searches your history but in a strangely useful but different way
>
> The petrol in this car .... meaning this message is too vague - BASH does
> not
> do any of this READLINE in bash does so say do:


Well, yeah, readline is used by bash.  But bash often seems to have it by
default (there's usually a whole section for it in the manpage).


>
> set -o vi
> and all the above is completely false, and vi stuff applies instead
>

I don't have any trouble using ctrl-r with (readline's) vi mode but I think
atl-> is more problematic. Guess I'm getting the best of both worlds.


> So 'when using bash in emacs mode you can ... bla bla'
>
> James
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