Working Productively in Bash's Vi Command Line Editing Mode (with Cheat Sheet)

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Tweezak Permalink
November 19, 2010, 04:42

FINALLY!!
I'm an old HPUX user and KSH and default vi mode command line editing are seemingly hard wired into my digits. BASH was really getting tiresome. This find will save my sanity (or what's left of it). Thanks for writing this!

Now if I could only remap the escape key to the spot God intended it to be...where the caps lock is. Anyone who used to use old HP workstations knows exactly what I'm talking about.

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ndf Permalink
December 18, 2010, 01:12

Tweezak,

Not sure if you'll see this, but if you'll create a file (I call mine .xmodmap-esc) with these lines:

clear Lock
keycode 0x42 = Escape

And then load it with:
xmodmap $FILENAME

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