Questions tagged [readline]
These questions are about GNU Readline, a library that provides command-line editing and history searching capabilities for Bash and other interactive command-line programs. Use this tag for questions relating to the use of Readline functionality in Bash and other software.
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Using readline in python3 (input) pressing arrows will remove text from the input
My input code is:
import readline
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
readline.parse_and_bind('set editing-mode vi')
while True:
c = input('INPUT> ')
(It is a little piece of test code ...
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Bash: readline+vim jumps into cmd mode in forward-history-search and upon pressing Delete
I am using the vim mode in my bash (i.e. I setup readline to use vim mode through ~/.inputrc).
If I do a history-search-backward and then history-search-forward in insert mode with some characters ...
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How to put cursor between PS1 characters?
I'd like to put the insertion cursor of bash inside the PS1 variable:
export PS1='\u@\h:<cursor here>:\w'
Where the colons are included in the prompt (typing enter should result in a string "::...