[vox-tech] readline questions (in bash)

[Jay Strauss]

im interested

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <p@dirac.org>
To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] readline questions (in bash)


> i have bash bindings that allow me to use vi as well as emacs style line
> editing.
>
> in addition, they allow me to use the up/down arrows without the escape
> funkyness you describe here.
>
> let me know if you're interested.  if i get alot of requests, i'll just
> post it to vox-tech.  else i'll email it to interested parties.
>
> pete
>
>
>
> On Fri 13 Jun 03,  9:40 AM, Adrian Kalaveshi <akalaveshi@mahinetworks.com>
said:
> > It's because it starts you off in input mode.  It's interesting that
left or
> > right brings you to command mode.  I just always use 'esc' (like in vi).
Of
> > course, you can also then use 'j' and 'k' to move up and down.
> >
> > -adrian-
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Strauss [mailto:me@heyjay.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:35 AM
> > To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
> > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] readline questions (in bash)
> >
> >
> > Yeah I like the 'set -o vi',
> >
> > the only problem is up|down arrow (command recall) don't work until I
hit
> > left or right arrow.  If I don't hit left|right I just get a flash
(visual
> > bell) when I hit up|down
> >
> > Jay:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Adrian Kalaveshi" <akalaveshi@mahinetworks.com>
> > To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:42 AM
> > Subject: RE: [vox-tech] readline questions (in bash)
> >
> >
> > > >Is there another way to search thru and execute a command in the
history
> > >
> > > In vi mode, you can search through the history using vi commands
> > > (/<regexp>).  You can then also use vi commands to move you to the
> > > beginning of the line (^) or to the end ($).
> > >
> > > Enter vi mode in bash with 'set -o vi'.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > -adrian-
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jay Strauss [mailto:me@heyjay.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:28 AM
> > > To: vox-tech
> > > Subject: [vox-tech] readline questions (in bash)
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. I know ctr-a, ctr-e move me from front to back, how do I make my
home and
> > > end keys do that?
> > >
> > > 2. Isn't cut and paste (kill/yank) supposed to keep a list of
commands, that
> > > I can scroll through?  When I use it, it only saves the last command I
> > > killed
> > >
> > > 3. If I up/down arrow I scroll thru my commands.  But when I try to
use C-r
> > > or C-s I don't see all the commands in my history.  Is there another
way to
> > > search thru and execute a command in the history (ideally it would
> > > autocomplete and scroll (like vim does when you want to read in a
file))
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Jay
>
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