[clug] Another esoteric question...

Andrew Janke a.janke at gmail.com
Mon Nov 24 10:05:58 GMT 2008


On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Paul Wayper <paulway at mabula.net> wrote:
> |    $ which fredthing.sh
> |    $ vi `!!`
>
> I tend to do UP ESC d vi ` ^E `

Real men use vi(#) so make that:

   ESC - i vi ` ESC $ a `

aargh! I think that is more keypresses than your version. Still I am
always constantly amused to see people try to drive my command history
who are not used to vi mode... :)  I cannot be certain but I think
that means I am a nerd.


a

# -- See Appendix A  -- http://420.thrashbarg.net/vi-man_beats_up_emacs_user.jpg

Appendix A
gordon:~$ cat .inputrc
# real men use vi
set editing-mode vi
set keymap vi

set page-completions off

# don't display hidden stuff unless I ask for it
set match-hidden-files off

# and make them pretty
set visible-stats on

set show-all-if-ambiguous on


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