Well, I subsequently found this: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.bash.bug/browse_thread/thread/ab3d3d5ff3e1ea89/f50f81b86161b271?lnk=st&q=readline+vi+mode&rnum=25#f50f81b86161b271
to explain it. Bummer ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
