Re: Bash, readline, initial mode with vi line-editing

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 19:20:11 GMT

On 20 May 2004 06:46:23 -0700, Peter Scott <p.scott@shu.ac.uk> 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?
>
> TIA,
> Peter

I love vi, but the bash vi command-line editing option drove me nuts: I
could never be certain what mode I was in, so I use the emacs mode now.

The 'emacs' keybindings are much like the traditional Unix ones and therefore
more portable, and there's really no way around knowing them because too many
applications use them....Just a thought.

I wouldn't have Emacs on my box, however.

AC

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