NAME¶
editrc
—
configuration file for editline library
SYNOPSIS¶
DESCRIPTION¶
The
editrc
file defines various settings to
be used by the
editline(3) library.
The format of each line is:
[prog:]command [arg
[...]]
command is one of the
editline(3) builtin commands. Refer to
BUILTIN COMMANDS for
more information.
prog is the program name string that a program
defines when it calls
el_init(3) to set up
editline(3), which is usually
argv[0].
command will be executed for any program
which matches
prog.
prog may also be a
regex(3) style regular expression, in which case
command will be executed for any program that
matches the regular expression.
If
prog is absent,
command is executed for all programs.
BUILTIN COMMANDS¶
The
editline
library has some builtin
commands, which affect the way that the line editing and history functions
operate. These are based on similar named builtins present in the
tcsh(1) shell.
The following builtin commands are available:
bind
[-a
]
[-e
]
[-k
]
[-l
]
[-r
]
[-s
]
[-v
]
[]
- Without options, list all bound keys, and the editor command to which each
is bound. If key is supplied, show the
bindings for key. If
key command is supplied, bind
command to
key. Options include:
-e
- Bind all keys to the standard GNU Emacs-like bindings.
-v
- Bind all keys to the standard vi(1)-like
bindings.
-a
- List or change key bindings in the vi(1)
mode alternate (command mode) key map.
-k
- key is interpreted as a symbolic
arrow key name, which may be one of ‘up’,
‘down’, ‘left’ or
‘right’.
-l
- List all editor commands and a short description of each.
-r
- Remove a key's binding.
-s
- command is taken as a literal string
and treated as terminal input when
key is typed. Bound keys in
command are themselves reinterpreted,
and this continues for ten levels of interpretation.
command may be one of the commands
documented in EDITOR
COMMANDS below, or another key.
key and
command can contain control characters of
the form
‘^character’
(e.g. ‘^A’), and the following backslashed escape sequences:
\a
- Bell
\b
- Backspace
\e
- Escape
\f
- Formfeed
\n
- Newline
\r
- Carriage return
\t
- Horizontal tab
\v
- Vertical tab
- \nnn
- The ASCII character corresponding to the octal number
nnn.
‘\’ nullifies the special meaning of the following character,
if it has any, notably ‘\’ and ‘^’.
echotc
[-sv
]
arg
...
- Exercise terminal capabilities given in
arg ....
If arg is ‘baud’,
‘cols’, ‘lines’, ‘rows’,
‘meta’, or ‘tabs’, the value of that
capability is printed, with “yes” or “no”
indicating that the terminal does or does not have that capability.
-s
returns an empty string for
non-existent capabilities, rather than causing an error.
-v
causes messages to be verbose.
edit
[on
|
off
]
- Enable or disable the
editline
functionality in a program.
history
list |
size n
|
unique
n
- The list command lists all entries in the
history. The size command sets the
history size to
n
entries. The
unique command controls if history should
keep duplicate entries. If n
is non
zero, only keep unique history entries. If
n
is zero, then keep all entries (the
default).
telltc
- List the values of all the terminal capabilities (see
termcap(5)).
settc
cap
val
- Set the terminal capability cap to
val, as defined in
termcap(5). No sanity checking is done.
setty
[-a
]
[-d
]
[-q
]
[-x
]
[+mode
]
[-mode
]
[mode
]
[char=c
]
- Control which tty modes that
editrc
won't allow the user to change. -d
,
-q
or
-x
tells
setty
to act on the
‘edit’, ‘quote’ or ‘execute’ set
of tty modes respectively; defaulting to
-x
.
Without other arguments, setty
lists the
modes in the chosen set which are fixed on (‘+mode’) or off
(‘-mode’). -a
lists all
tty modes in the chosen set regardless of the setting. With
+mode,
-mode or
mode, fixes
mode on or off or removes control of
mode in the chosen set.
Setty
can also be used to set tty
characters to particular values using
char=value. If
value is empty then the character is set
to _POSIX_VDISABLE
.
EDITOR COMMANDS¶
The following editor commands are available for use in key bindings:
vi-paste-next
- Vi paste previous deletion to the right of the cursor.
vi-paste-prev
- Vi paste previous deletion to the left of the cursor.
vi-prev-space-word
- Vi move to the previous space delimited word.
vi-prev-word
- Vi move to the previous word.
vi-next-space-word
- Vi move to the next space delimited word.
vi-next-word
- Vi move to the next word.
vi-change-case
- Vi change case of character under the cursor and advance one
character.
vi-change-meta
- Vi change prefix command.
vi-insert-at-bol
- Vi enter insert mode at the beginning of line.
vi-replace-char
- Vi replace character under the cursor with the next character typed.
vi-replace-mode
- Vi enter replace mode.
vi-substitute-char
- Vi replace character under the cursor and enter insert mode.
vi-substitute-line
- Vi substitute entire line.
vi-change-to-eol
- Vi change to end of line.
vi-insert
- Vi enter insert mode.
vi-add
- Vi enter insert mode after the cursor.
vi-add-at-eol
- Vi enter insert mode at end of line.
vi-delete-meta
- Vi delete prefix command.
vi-end-word
- Vi move to the end of the current space delimited word.
vi-to-end-word
- Vi move to the end of the current word.
vi-undo
- Vi undo last change.
vi-command-mode
- Vi enter command mode (use alternative key bindings).
vi-zero
- Vi move to the beginning of line.
vi-delete-prev-char
- Vi move to previous character (backspace).
vi-list-or-eof
- Vi list choices for completion or indicate end of file if empty line.
vi-kill-line-prev
- Vi cut from beginning of line to cursor.
vi-search-prev
- Vi search history previous.
vi-search-next
- Vi search history next.
vi-repeat-search-next
- Vi repeat current search in the same search direction.
vi-repeat-search-prev
- Vi repeat current search in the opposite search direction.
vi-next-char
- Vi move to the character specified next.
vi-prev-char
- Vi move to the character specified previous.
vi-to-next-char
- Vi move up to the character specified next.
vi-to-prev-char
- Vi move up to the character specified previous.
vi-repeat-next-char
- Vi repeat current character search in the same search direction.
vi-repeat-prev-char
- Vi repeat current character search in the opposite search direction.
em-delete-or-list
- Delete character under cursor or list completions if at end of line.
em-delete-next-word
- Cut from cursor to end of current word.
em-yank
- Paste cut buffer at cursor position.
em-kill-line
- Cut the entire line and save in cut buffer.
em-kill-region
- Cut area between mark and cursor and save in cut buffer.
em-copy-region
- Copy area between mark and cursor to cut buffer.
em-gosmacs-transpose
- Exchange the two characters before the cursor.
em-next-word
- Move next to end of current word.
em-upper-case
- Uppercase the characters from cursor to end of current word.
em-capitol-case
- Capitalize the characters from cursor to end of current word.
em-lower-case
- Lowercase the characters from cursor to end of current word.
em-set-mark
- Set the mark at cursor.
em-exchange-mark
- Exchange the cursor and mark.
em-universal-argument
- Universal argument (argument times 4).
em-meta-next
- Add 8th bit to next character typed.
em-toggle-overwrite
- Switch from insert to overwrite mode or vice versa.
em-copy-prev-word
- Copy current word to cursor.
em-inc-search-next
- Emacs incremental next search.
em-inc-search-prev
- Emacs incremental reverse search.
ed-end-of-file
- Indicate end of file.
ed-insert
- Add character to the line.
ed-delete-prev-word
- Delete from beginning of current word to cursor.
ed-delete-next-char
- Delete character under cursor.
ed-kill-line
- Cut to the end of line.
ed-move-to-end
- Move cursor to the end of line.
ed-move-to-beg
- Move cursor to the beginning of line.
ed-transpose-chars
- Exchange the character to the left of the cursor with the one under
it.
ed-next-char
- Move to the right one character.
ed-prev-word
- Move to the beginning of the current word.
ed-prev-char
- Move to the left one character.
ed-quoted-insert
- Add the next character typed verbatim.
ed-digit
- Adds to argument or enters a digit.
ed-argument-digit
- Digit that starts argument.
ed-unassigned
- Indicates unbound character.
ed-tty-sigint
- Tty interrupt character.
ed-tty-dsusp
- Tty delayed suspend character.
ed-tty-flush-output
- Tty flush output characters.
ed-tty-sigquit
- Tty quit character.
ed-tty-sigtstp
- Tty suspend character.
ed-tty-stop-output
- Tty disallow output characters.
ed-tty-start-output
- Tty allow output characters.
ed-newline
- Execute command.
ed-delete-prev-char
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
ed-clear-screen
- Clear screen leaving current line at the top.
ed-redisplay
- Redisplay everything.
ed-start-over
- Erase current line and start from scratch.
ed-sequence-lead-in
- First character in a bound sequence.
ed-prev-history
- Move to the previous history line.
ed-next-history
- Move to the next history line.
ed-search-prev-history
- Search previous in history for a line matching the current.
ed-search-next-history
- Search next in history for a line matching the current.
ed-prev-line
- Move up one line.
ed-next-line
- Move down one line.
ed-command
- Editline extended command.
FILES¶
- ~/.editrc
- User configuration file for the editline(3)
library.
SEE ALSO¶
editline(3),
regex(3),
termcap(5)
AUTHORS¶
The
editline
library was written by Christos
Zoulas, and this manual was written by Luke Mewburn, with some sections
inspired by
tcsh(1).