I'd just like to add that this same issue cost me a few hours years
ago. In my case I didn't want vi mode, but the damned meta key was
broke. The INPUTRC supplied by RH is crap. It specifically disables
the Meta key.
Just so everyone can see what a proper ~/.inputrc looks like:
set horizontal-scroll-mode On
set mark-modified-lines On
set meta-flag On
set input-meta on
set output-meta Off
set convert-meta On
#$if Bash
# edit the path
"\C-xp": "PATH=${PATH}\e\C-e\C-a\ef\C-f"
# prepare to type a quoted word -- insert open and close double quotes
# and move to just after the open quote
"\C-x\"": "\"\"\C-b"
# Quote the current or previous word
"\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\""
#$endif
"\e[H": "\C-a"
"\e[F": "\C-e"
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Steve Borho wrote:
=>I finally got motivated to make this work this evening...
=>
=>add to .bashrc:
=>if [ -f ~/.inputrc ]
=>then
=> unset INPUTRC
=> . ~/.inputrc
=>fi
=>
=>then:
=>echo "set editing-mode vi" > ~/.inputrc
=>
=>You can probably do okay without putting the 'set' command in the
=>separate file, but you definitely need the unset INPUTRC command.
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