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0 pointshappysadpanda227d ago0 comments

Aren't they actually readline keystrokes, and emacs is "readline-aware"?

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I'm pretty sure the navigation shortcuts date back to when Emacs was literally just a set of TECO macros, and GNU Readline adopted them

kstrauser27d ago

Yep. Readline’s modeled after what Emacs was already doing.

anitil20d ago

Strangely enough I tried using vi mode for readline and hated it even though I use them constantly in vim. I just hated having to switch modes on my terminal

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bandrami27d ago

I'm pretty sure the navigation shortcuts date back to when Emacs was literally just a set of TECO macros, and GNU Readline adopted them

kstrauser27d ago

Yep. Readline’s modeled after what Emacs was already doing.

anitil20d ago

Strangely enough I tried using vi mode for readline and hated it even though I use them constantly in vim. I just hated having to switch modes on my terminal

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