I agree with your reading of lambda-term-inputrc man page, but I disagree
with your reading of the output of lambda-term-actions.  I think the
following stanza should give you the effect you want:

[read-line]
C-p: history-next
C-n: history-prev

-- 
Best,
Zhenya



On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Marshall <marshall@logical.net> wrote:

> Newbie question:
>
> On OSX 10.11, I would like to configure utop so that Ctrl-P moves to the
> previously entered line of code, and so that Ctrl-N moves back down toward
> the most recent line.  According to what ‘man lambda-term-inputrc' and
> ‘lambda-term-actions’ say, it seems to me that I ought to be able to get
> this behavior by putting the following in .lambda-term-inputrc in my home
> directory:
>
> [read-line]
> C-p: next-line
> C-n: prev-line
>
> However, this configuration to have no effect.  I can move up and down
> through command history using the arrow keys, as I could without the rc
> file, Ctrl-P and Ctrl-N still do nothing.
>
> Thanks very much-
>
> Marshall
>
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