begin Charles Polisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tim Riley wrote: > > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > if someone wants to do me a favor... > > > > 1. download "bash_bindings.txt" from > > > > > > vh224401.truman.edu/~dbindner/mirror > > > > 2. source it (source bash_bindings.txt) > > > > 3. hit the up arrow key > > > > 4. make sure your last history item is pulled up > > > This doesn't work right anymore; <right arrow> > > or <left arrow> then <up arrow> makes it work. > > > > > 5. make sure the cursor is at the END of the history line. > > > > The cursor is at the beginning. > > > > > > > > > > > it's a set of key bindings that make readline's vi-style input more > > > friendly. for instance, history is just "up arrow" rather than "escape > > > up arrow". > > > > My history is just "up arrow" by default. > > > > > > > > > > > it works for me, except step 5. the cursor is placed at the BEGINNING > > > of the line for me, despite the fact that: > > > > > > bind -m vi-command '"[A": "kA"' > > > > > > that "A" should be placing the cursor at the END of the line and putting > > > me in insert mode. > > > > > > does it work for anybody? > > > > Not here. > > SuSE does the right thing as-is; this is from /etc/inputrc : > $if mode=vi > set editing-mode vi > set keymap vi > $endif > and the environment has INPUTRC set to "/etc/inputrc", > but that can be overridden with ~/.inputrc (bash refman p.82)
hi chuck, i'm not sure how that can possibly be; seems really impossible. just to make absolutely sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, can you tell me what you mean by "does the right thing"? there needs to be more than this, unless suse started hacking on readline source code... thanks! pete -- Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech