* vi mode and ^A
@ 1996-07-20 16:38 Bill Pemberton
1996-07-20 17:42 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bill Pemberton @ 1996-07-20 16:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
I use the vi editing mode. In 2.5, I can use ^A and ^E (for beginning of
line/end of line). However, this doesn't work in 3.0. Even if I do:
bindkey '^A' beginning-of-line
-or-
bindkey '^A' vi-beginning-of-line
Actually, it does work 3.0, but in a less then desirable way. If I do the
bindkey, ^A works in insert mode only, not in command mode (it was the other
way around in 2.5).
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* Re: vi mode and ^A
1996-07-20 16:38 vi mode and ^A Bill Pemberton
@ 1996-07-20 17:42 ` Bart Schaefer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bart Schaefer @ 1996-07-20 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bill Pemberton, zsh-workers
On Jul 20, 12:38pm, Bill Pemberton wrote:
} Subject: vi mode and ^A
}
} I use the vi editing mode. In 2.5, I can use ^A and ^E (for beginning of
} line/end of line). However, this doesn't work in 3.0. Even if I do:
}
} bindkey '^A' beginning-of-line
}
} Actually, it does work 3.0, but in a less then desirable way. If I do the
} bindkey, ^A works in insert mode only, not in command mode (it was the other
} way around in 2.5).
I don't know what was going on in 2.5, but (from zsh.info):
Command bindings may be set using the `bindkey' builtin. There are two
keymaps; the main keymap and the alternate keymap. The alternate
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
keymap is bound to vi command mode. The main keymap is bound to emacs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
mode by default. To bind the main keymap to vi insert mode, use
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!!!!!
`bindkey -v'. However, if either of the `VISUAL' or `EDITOR'
environment variables contains the string `vi' when the shell starts up
the main keymap will be bound to vi insert mode by default.
So what you want is:
bindkey -a '^A' beginning-of-line
Perhaps in 2.5 after bindkey -v, bindkey without -a put the bindings into
both the main and alternate keymaps? Or has the meaning of "main" and
"alternate" for vi mode changed? There's nothing in the ChangeLog ...
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