vi mode cursor position

vi mode cursor position

[Christopher Paul]

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Salutations Zsh Users,

I just started using zsh. It's always fun to learn a new trick. I am a long-time vi-mode user. One thing that's different from ksh and bash is the cursor position after an ESC-k. With zsh, the cursor is positioned on the last character of the last command after an ESC-k. With ksh and bash, the cursor is positioned at the first character of the last command after an ESC-k.

I'm pretty sure there is a way to change this in zsh. Can anyone give me a pointer?

CP
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Christopher Paul

Re: vi mode cursor position

[Oliver Kiddle]

Christopher Paul wrote:
> Salutations Zsh Users,
>
> I just started using zsh. It's always fun to learn a new trick. I am a long-time vi-mode user. One thing that's different from ksh and bash is the cursor position after an ESC-k. With zsh, the cursor is positioned on the last character of the last command after an ESC-k. With ksh and bash, the cursor is positioned at the first character of the last command after an ESC-k.
>
> I'm pretty sure there is a way to change this in zsh. Can anyone give me a pointer?

By default, k is bound to up-line-or-history.
There are alternatives that differ in terms of the cursor position. For
example:

  bindkey -a k history-beginning-search-backward

However that may break other things like moving the cursor in a
multi-line buffer so you may want to use a custom widget that does
something like:

  if [[ $LBUFFER == *$'\n'* ]]; then
    zle .up-line
  else
    zle .history-beginning-search-backward
  fi

Oliver

RE: vi mode cursor position

[Christopher Paul]

Oliver Kiddle wrote:
 
> By default, k is bound to up-line-or-history.
> There are alternatives that differ in terms of the cursor position. For
> example:
> 
>   bindkey -a k history-beginning-search-backward

Thanks! This seems to work for me.

> However that may break other things like moving the cursor in a multi-line
> buffer so you may want to use a custom widget that does something like:

Hmm; I guess I'll know about that once I see it, but testing a multi-line buffer seems to work fine. I tested a multi-line buffer with:

echo "now is the time "\
> "for all good men"

>   if [[ $LBUFFER == *$'\n'* ]]; then
>     zle .up-line
>   else
>     zle .history-beginning-search-backward
>   fi

I put this in my .zshrc file and it didn't seem to change anything.

Thanks again, Oliver, I really appreciate your response.

CP