On Monday 09 February 2009 10:00:09 [email protected] wrote: > > > It's been a while since there's been a thread like this, so I thought > > > it would be fun :) > > > > > > so, have you got any? > > > > > > I've got 2 to share today: > > > > > > alt >and then > > > alt < > > > > > > for interactive shells, works kinda like ctrl r or !$ - that is, it > > > searches your history but in a strangely useful but different way > > > > The petrol in this car .... meaning this message is too vague - BASH does > > not > > do any of this READLINE in bash does so say do: > > set -o vi > > and all the above is completely false, and vi stuff applies instead > > > > So 'when using bash in emacs mode you can ... bla bla'
Since we were having fun I just wanted to emphasize that there are other command edit methods. I would shrivel and die without vi, but for my shell I use emacs way and don't like the vi way - sheesh talk of baby-duck :-) James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
