Re: ksh key bindings in vi-mode (arrow keys)

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 02:22:58PM -0600, Kris Katterjohn wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 07:52:06PM +0100, Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri wrote:
> > It looks as if the "bind" builtin lives, along with the bindable
> > functions, in emacs.c and that the command line editing in Vi-mode never
> > ever calls these.
> >
> > I'll conclude (for the time being, until someone says otherwise) that
> > the "bind" builtin therefore is a no-op in Vi-mode.
>
> In the ksh man page, one of the entries for bind says to see the section
> on the Emacs editing mode for more. I see bind mentioned there, but not
> in the Vi editing mode section.
>
> For whatever that's worth.
>
> Cheers,
> Kris Katterjohn
>

Yes, but it's never explicitly stated that it has no effect in Vi-mode.


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Uppsala University, Sweden.