On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:35:31AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.28 11:57:47-0500]: | > Isn't this awesome? <wink> In bash you can type "set -o vi" or | > "set -o emacs" to change the readline mode. The default is emacs. | > This could be set in ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile or /etc/bash.bashrc. | > Alternatively check ~/.inputrc and /etc/inputrc. I have | > "set editing-mode vi" in /etc/inputrc. | | i knew that. and even though i am a vi-only user [1], i do prefer | emacs on the shell line.
Interesting. | thanks though np | [1] had a course the other day, ended up teaching advanced TCP/IP to | four dudes running linux more or less for the first time. they wanted | to though. but as i said 'well, go edit /etc/resolv.conf' i could read | on their faces the look of helplessness, and i could feel a hard hit | as i realized that *all* i ever knew about editors was vi. call me | stupid, but i couldn't even save/quit joe... anyway, now they know vi | :) :-). I know a little more about editors, but I always stick with vim (or another vi clone if I'm desperate). 'ae' is a simple little editor that tells you all the commands at the top of the screen. 'nedit' or 'gedit' are fairly decent notepad-like editors (ie, simple gui based). Say, have you ever seen 'evim'? It stands for "easy vim" and is vim, but with only insert mode. Don't run it in a console! Have you ever tried 'ed'? (I haven't, but I've heard some stories) -D
