Would it be worth adding this hard-won lore somewhere on a Wiki where it can be found later?
Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Coutts | Sent: 07 November 2008 18:09 | To: GHC-users list | Cc: Philip K.F. Hölzenspies | Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.10.1 - EditLine / terminal incompatibility? | | On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 09:14 -0800, Judah Jacobson wrote: | > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Duncan Coutts | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > | > > I get some working and some non-working. Eg backspace, del, home, end | > > work, but the ctl-left/ctl-right to jump words does not. | > > | > > Does anyone know how libedit is supposed to be configured? readline | > > uses /etc/inputrc but libedit either does not or doesn't understand all | > > of it. | > > | > > /me wonders if it was really necessary to switch from readline | > > | > > Duncan | > | > You can configure libedit with a ~/.editrc file. | > | > http://www.manpagez.com/man/5/editrc/ | | Thanks Judah. | | To save everyone else having to read the man page and working out | through trial and error what the key escape codes are, add the following | to your ~/.editrc file. | | # mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving | bind "\e[1;5D" vi-prev-word | bind "\e[1;5C" vi-next-word | | (though from reading the readline /etc/inputrc it suggests that "\e[5C" | and "\e[5D" might be right on some systems) | | It's unfortunate that editline does not seem to support any | global /etc/editrc file which would enable distros to make it do the | right thing by default like they do for readline. | | Duncan | | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
