Comments on: Emacs Keybindings in Bash http://www.pythian.com/news/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash/ News and views from Pythian DBAs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeremy http://www.pythian.com/news/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash/#comment-502763 Jeremy Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:07:34 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash#comment-502763 Ctrl-k: delete from cursor to end of line Ctrl-u: delete from cursor to beginning of line Ctrl-y: paste deleted part Ctrl-k: delete from cursor to end of line
Ctrl-u: delete from cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl-y: paste deleted part

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.pythian.com/news/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash/#comment-502761 Jeremy Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:02:49 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash#comment-502761 Importantly, Ctrl-Y allows you to paste the text that you just deleted with any of the above key combination. Importantly, Ctrl-Y allows you to paste the text that you just deleted with any of the above key combination.

]]> By: Han http://www.pythian.com/news/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash/#comment-493459 Han Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:36:17 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash#comment-493459 Do add alt-. It's the history for the last argument. Example, tab-completing to this line: ls /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.1 When you have 3 other emacs versions in there. Now it comes: ln -sf m-. m-. BSBSBSBSBSRET I bet most of you would either tab-complete or use the mouse. Do add alt-.
It’s the history for the last argument. Example, tab-completing to this line:
ls /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.1

When you have 3 other emacs versions in there. Now it comes:

ln -sf m-. m-. BSBSBSBSBSRET

I bet most of you would either tab-complete or use the mouse.

]]> By: Andy C http://www.pythian.com/news/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash/#comment-210756 Andy C Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:49:54 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1010/emacs-keybindings-in-bash#comment-210756 You have made an old man very happy. I have 789 customers scattered around Europe still scratching heads, desperately trying to fathom that I added 'set -o emacs' to ~/.kshrc. You have made an old man very happy. I have 789 customers scattered around Europe still scratching heads, desperately trying to fathom that I added ‘set -o emacs’ to ~/.kshrc.

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