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

From: Richard T. Kus (richk_at_panix.com)
Date: 05/21/04

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    Date: 20 May 2004 19:01:20 -0400

    In article <Lx7rc.3620$be.2879@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
    Alan Connor <xxxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
    >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
    >
     Which vi are you using? VIM, old vi, or nvi?

     richk

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