[lug] command line editing in vi

Dhruva Reddy sledgehammer2010 at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 7 09:56:58 MDT 2001


Well, if that's the case, Hugh, do you have any
problem with setting the environment variable EDITOR
to emacs?  This should allow the up/down arrows.

--- Shannon Johnston <nunar at iws.net> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like
> Hugh is looking for
> something that will simulate bash history in vim.
> I.E. - the ability to
> push the UP arrow and scroll through a list of
> commands previously run.
> 
> Shannon
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Holshouser, David wrote:
> 
> > I believe, when you are on the command line in vi
> mode, that it uses
> > command/insert modes automagically in different
> situations.
> > 
> > Just after you have finished a command, you are in
> command mode.
> > If you are in insert mode, the arrow keys are read
> as input, otherwise they
> > work as expected.
> > 
> > in all forms of vi, my advice is
> > 
> > when in doubt, hit escape (maybe even a couple of
> times).
> > 
> > That will make sure you are in command mode, which
> will let arrow keys work.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dhruva Reddy
> [mailto:sledgehammer2010 at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:35 AM
> > > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > > Subject: Re: [lug] command line editing in vi
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I never could figure out how to get vi to do
> this, or
> > > why it sometimes does and sometimes doesn't.
> > > 
> > > I don't know how well versed you are in vi, but
> 'k'
> > > moves up one line and 'j' moves down one line
> (you of
> > > course need to go into command mode first by
> hitting
> > > esc)
> > > 
> > > --- Hugh Brown <hugh at vecna.com> wrote:
> > > > I am using vim on rh 7.1.  When I go to the
> command
> > > > line mode and type an
> > > > up arrow to try and go to the previous
> command, I
> > > > get <Up> instead of the
> > > > previous command.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone know what gives or what I need to
> change?
> > > > 
> > > > Hugh
> > > >
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