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| <h3 class="section">31.5 Readline vi Mode</h3> |
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| <p>While the Readline library does not have a full set of <code>vi</code> |
| editing functions, it does contain enough to allow simple editing |
| of the line. The Readline <code>vi</code> mode behaves as specified in |
| the <span class="sc">posix</span> 1003.2 standard. |
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| <p>In order to switch interactively between <code>emacs</code> and <code>vi</code> |
| editing modes, use the command <kbd>M-C-j</kbd> (bound to emacs-editing-mode |
| when in <code>vi</code> mode and to vi-editing-mode in <code>emacs</code> mode). |
| The Readline default is <code>emacs</code> mode. |
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| <p>When you enter a line in <code>vi</code> mode, you are already placed in |
| `insertion' mode, as if you had typed an ‘<samp><span class="samp">i</span></samp>’. Pressing <ESC> |
| switches you into `command' mode, where you can edit the text of the |
| line with the standard <code>vi</code> movement keys, move to previous |
| history lines with ‘<samp><span class="samp">k</span></samp>’ and subsequent lines with ‘<samp><span class="samp">j</span></samp>’, and |
| so forth. |
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