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title = "vi-mode editing in most places"
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date = "2022-11-13"
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# Vi/Vim bindings
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For my sake, I prefer to have Vim bindings in as many places as possible.
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Most shells can be configured to use Vim bindings by putting `set -o vi` somewhere in your shell startup script.
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If you're using ZSH then you'll probably want an additional binding to restore CTRL-R reverse history search.
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`bindkey '^R' history-incremental-search-backward`
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For CLI tools that use the `readline` library then you can configure its input mode using a `.inputrc` file in your `$HOME` directory.
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This affects REPLs like `ghci` and tools like `psql`.
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```txt
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set editing-mode vi
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$if mode=vi
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set keymap vi-command
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# these are for vi-command mode
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Control-l: clear-screen
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set keymap vi-insert
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# these are for vi-insert mode
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Control-l: clear-screen
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$endif
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```
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