Re: Bash, readline, initial mode with vi line-editing
From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 05/20/04
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:59:24 GMT
On 20 May 2004 06:46:23 -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> On Redhat 8.0, with bash 2.05b and readline 4.3, vi line-editing
> starts in insert mode.
>
> On the other Unixes I use, it starts in command mode which seems more
> natural as I usually want to move about and edit the line, for
> example: wwwcwfred<return>".
>
> It wasn't like this with bash 2.05a on earlier Redhats, and having two
> behaviours is a time-waster.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this or where to look?
you might try setting the environment variable VISUAL=vi
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