Re: Problem with "\ev" in vi mode with EDITOR=/usr/bin/ed

[Chet Ramey]

koersen@gmail.com wrote:
> Fix:
>         You can use ed, but there's no echo and you have to use ^J instead of 
> <Enter>
>         After !stty sane^J ed functions normal.
>         Also ^Z and fg %1 (when %1 is the suspended ed command) works
>         After return to bash you need to give one extra <Enter> before <Esc> 
> works
>         again.

I will look at it, and bash should probably restore the tty mode before
calling fc, but there is a reason the code looks for and uses $VISUAL
before $EDITOR.

Chet
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