On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 02:16:26PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2025-12-18, Walter Alejandro Iglesias <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found the following in sftp(1) source code: > > > > $ grep editline /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/* > > sftp.c: fatal("Couldn't initialise editline"); > > sftp.c: fatal("Couldn't initialise editline history"); > > > > I use this line in ~/.editrc: > > > > bind -v > > > > That gives me vi-like keybindings in many applications. But it doesn't > > work with sftp(1). > > sftp does use editline, and it does read .editrc. > > bind -v does do something in sftp (you'll see a behaviour change if you > remove it) but it's not normal vi-like handling..
What I see when I remove 'bind -v' from ~/.editrc is that emacs-like bindings work. So, the only effect of 'bind -v' in sftp(1) is to deactivate emacs-like bindings. -- Walter
