[COFF] editor wars

[Chet Ramey via COFF]

On 7/21/25 4:53 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025, Chet Ramey via COFF wrote:
> 
>> I have a working knowledge of vi -- readline has vi key bindings, and
>> POSIX specifies them -- but I wouldn't say I have a comfort level there.
>> Just enough to get around.
> 
> I must be weird: I use VI, but EMACS key bindings in my shells.

They're usually the shell default, even though POSIX doesn't specify them.
I have to say that the emacs bindings and bindable commands get the most
attention, at least in bash/readline. The vi mode bindings are mostly what
POSIX specifies plus some other useful ones from standalone vi.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
		 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet at case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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