On Sat, 5 May 2007, openbsd fan wrote:
> I am still coming up short here. I have consulted the online man pdksh and
> google but I can't solve the problem of having a command line history and
> navigating the command line.
>
> In my /etc/profile I have:
>
> <snip>
> export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi
> export ENV=/etc/ksh.kshrc
> export HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history
> export HISTSIZE=128
> </snip>
>
> In my customized /etc/ksh.kshrc (not the default Openbsd ksh.kshrc) I have:
>
> <snip>
> set -a
> set -o vi
> </snip>
>
> <snip>
> bind '^[['=prefix-2
> bind '^XA'=up-history
> bind '^XB'=down-history
> bind '^XC'=forward-char
> bind '^XD'=backward-char
> bind '^A'=beginning-of-line
> bind '^E'=end-of-line
> </snip>
>
> $ echo $TERM
> vt220
Hmm, I see you are using vi mode in ksh. Th example given in the man
page applies to emacs mode. I never use vi mode in ksh, so I can't
help you much.
Of course the basic command history stuff works with the real vi motion
keys: escape-k followed by more k's and j's.
-Otto
>
> I am not sure what I am doing wrong to not have a command line history. How
> can I test the bind pdksh keys?
>
> # bind
>
> only gives you what available keys are available, not confirmation that
> they, in fact, are working...
>
> On 5/5/07, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 5 May 2007, openbsd fan wrote:
> >
> > > Reviewing the man pages I noted that vi == nvi.
> > >
> > > When I open a file and issue an :map command I get the following:
> > >
> > > ^A ^
> > > ^K d$
> > > ^[0A k
> > > ^[0B j
> > > ^[0C l
> > > ^[0D h
> > > ^[[2~ i
> > > ^[[3~ x
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > Where is this file being sourced from? I created an ~/.exrc file, and
> > tried
> > > to map the Home and End keys. (These keys have been created in my
> > > /etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources file as have the Insert/Delete/PgUp/PgDn
> > keys.)
> >
> > These are not fixed mappings. The termcap/terminfo entry for the
> > current terminal is used to create them. For the code, see
> > usr.bin/vi/cl/cl_term.c.
> >
> > -Otto
> >
> > >
> > > They show up when I do
> > >
> > > :map
> > >
> > > from within nvi but are not being used when I am in command mode.
> > >
> > > I mapped:
> > >
> > > ^[[1~ 0 // home
> > > ^[[4~ $ // eol
> > >
> > > I want to try adding these keys to the file where the other default
> > mappings
> > > are coming from. I can't seem to find anything that would tell me where
> > to
> > > find this file in on Openbsd. I also consulted O'Reilly's Learning Vi
> > book
> > > before writing @misc.
> > >
> > > Please help. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Openbsd fan.
