[ale] question about vi and bash

[The Don Lachlan]

On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 02:36:52PM -0400, Chuck Payne wrote:
> Ok, it seems to do the vi stuff on bash like my emacs, you have to
> press the "Esc" then you can do all your lovely vi.
> 
> http://www.hypexr.org/bash_tutorial.php
> 
> Who knew. I love vi as an editor, and love my bash to be emacs'ie.

It works just like vi, with a separate input and command mode. I've been
using vi-mode for many, many years and find it to be far more useful than
the emacs-mode. If you're a vi speed freak, then you should use it for shell
input because it is *fast*.

I'll also say it's still important to know emacs-mode for those occassions
when you have to work in someone else's shell.

-L