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

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:52:34 GMT

On 20 May 2004 20:02:42 -0400, Richard T. Kus <richk@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> In article <H6brc.3868$be.677@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> Alan Connor <xxxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>On 20 May 2004 19:01:20 -0400, Richard T. Kus <richk@panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> In article <Lx7rc.3620$be.2879@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>> Alan Connor <xxxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>,
>>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Nvi 1.79-19
>>
>>Why?
>
> On my linux laptop vi was symbolic linked to vim. I had to
> change it to nvi.
>

Ahhh...I'd use 'oldvi' if it had the showmode option.

Vim? Thank you anyway. I want an editor, not an attempt to
compete with Emacs :-)

AC

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