On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 16:58 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > It has always confused me why the default bash editing mode is emacs > while the default system text editor is always vi.
Like many parts of Unix, vi is the default editor because of inspired design many years ago. Sadly, vim is no longer default editor on all Linux systems. Ubuntu has strayed from the path of righteousness, choosing to inflict nano on its users by default. Both emacs and bash are GNU projects. As such, the bash developers were either pressured or brainwashed into using emacs bindings by default. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
