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Re: vi mode fails if set before input


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: vi mode fails if set before input
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:40:18 -0400

> Machine Type: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.04
> Patch Level: 12
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       If the edit mode is set to vi before the shell reads any input
>       (e.g. a "set -o vi" command in the .bashrc), editing does not
>       work; the escape key does nothing but cause the next key entered
>       to generate a bell.

Read the FAQ, question F6, and see if it answers your question.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
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Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/



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