Re: Vi key bindings

[Bill Lash]

I think that all you need to do is create a file in your home directory called
".inputrc" containing the line:

set editing-mode vi

Octave uses the readline library for commandline editing.

Bill Lash
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"J. Drews" wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
>  I would like Octave to use Vi keystrokes for editing. How can I set this? I
> issused
>    set -o vi
> at bash before running Octave. However when I run Octave it appears to
> disable the Vi setting and resume to Emacs mode.
> --
>                                                         Cheers,
> 
>                                                         Jonathan
> 
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