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bash edit key binding question

bash edit key binding question

Post by Kenneth Corbi » Sat, 27 Sep 1997 04:00:00



Is it possible to bind functions to things like arrow keys, home,
insert, delete, etc?  (That's the key labeled "Del", not the back arrow
key that goes by that name in Unix circles.  If so how does one do it?

The default command editing keys may make sense to emacs users, but for
us new folks coming from the DOS world they are pretty much useless.
I'd like to configure it to be more DOS like, with the home, end, arrow
backspace and delete characters doing what DOS users expect them to.

 
 
 
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