On Aug 17, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Steve Atkins wrote:
On Aug 17, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Bob Gobeille wrote:
On Aug 17, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Bob Gobeille wrote:
I use PSQL to set my editor to vi. This works as expected in psql,
\e brings up vi and I edit away.
Is there any way to set my psql command line editor to also use vi
(just like I do with "set -o vi" in bash)?
I can't find this in the docs.
I have in my .inputrc this line:
set editing-move vi
and it works like a charm.
I tried this and can't get it to work.
1) I tried putting that in my .bashrc script and sourcing the file
(and also logging in again)
2) I did the set on the command line and then started psql
It's a readline setting, not an environment variable. Try putting it
in ~/.inputrc.
Though it looks like you're on a Mac, and that's likely to be using
editline
rather than readline, in which case putting "bind -v" in ~/.editrc
would be
what you need. That'll start you in input mode, so 'esc' should switch
you
to navigation mode.
My workstation is a mac laptop, so that's where my email client is.
I'm running psql on a debian lenny server.
I have the set command in my ~/.inputrc. I even logged out and back
in. But in psql I type in a command, hit escape then 0 to go to the
beginning of the line - no go. I do see things like ^r doing a
reverse search but basic cursor movement commands like 'w', '0', '$',
etc do not work.
Bob
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