If trying to read from the terminal results in end of file or an
error, the library signals end of file to the program and does not return a
string.
All default bindings described below can be overridden by individual programs
and can be changed with the editrc(5) bind builtin command.
In the following tables, `Ctrl-' indicates a character with the
bit 0x40 flipped, and `Meta-' indicates a character with the bit 0x80 set.
In vi insert mode and in emacs mode, all Meta-characters considered
printable by the current locale(1) are bound to ed-insert
instead of to the editor command listed below. Consequently, in UTF-8 mode,
most of the Meta-characters are not directly accessible because their code
points are occupied by printable Unicode characters, and Meta-characters are
usually input using the em-meta-next editor command. For example, to
enter `Meta-B' in order to call the ed-prev-word editor command in
emacs mode, call em-meta-next by pressing and releasing the escape
key (or equivalently, Ctrl-[), then press and release the `B' key. If you
have configured a Meta-key on your keyboard, for example with `setxkbmap'
-option altwin:left_meta_win , the Ctrl-Meta-characters are directly
accessible. For example, to enter `Ctrl-Meta-H' in order to call the
ed-delete-prev-word editor command in emacs mode, hold down the keys
`Ctrl', `Meta', and `H' at the same time. Alternatively, press and release
the escape key, then press and release `Ctrl-H'.
In vi input mode, input characters are bound to the following
editor commands by default: It Ctrl-D, EOF Ta vi-list-or-eof It
Ctrl-H, BS Ta vi-delete-prev-char It Ctrl-J, LF Ta ed-newline
It Ctrl-M, CR Ta ed-newline It Ctrl-Q Ta ed-tty-start-output
It Ctrl-S Ta ed-tty-stop-output It Ctrl-U Ta vi-kill-line-prev
It Ctrl-V Ta ed-quoted-insert It Ctrl-W Ta ed-delete-prev-word
It Ctrl-[, ESC Ta vi-command-mode It Ctrl-\, QUIT Ta
ed-tty-sigquit It Ctrl-?, DEL Ta vi-delete-prev-char
All other input characters except the NUL character (Ctrl-@) are
bound to ed-insert.
In vi command mode, input characters are bound to the following
editor commands by default: It Ctrl-A Ta ed-move-to-beg It Ctrl-C,
INT Ta ed-tty-sigint It Ctrl-E Ta ed-move-to-end It Ctrl-H, BS
Ta ed-delete-prev-char It Ctrl-J, LF Ta ed-newline It Ctrl-K
Ta ed-kill-line It Ctrl-L, FF Ta ed-clear-screen It Ctrl-M, CR
Ta ed-newline It Ctrl-N Ta ed-next-history It Ctrl-O Ta
ed-tty-flush-output It Ctrl-P Ta ed-prev-history It Ctrl-Q Ta
ed-tty-start-output It Ctrl-R Ta ed-redisplay It Ctrl-S Ta
ed-tty-stop-output It Ctrl-U Ta vi-kill-line-prev It Ctrl-W Ta
ed-delete-prev-word It Ctrl-[, ESC Ta em-meta-next It Ctrl-\,
QUIT Ta ed-tty-sigquit It Space Ta ed-next-char It # Ta
vi-comment-out It $ Ta ed-move-to-end It % Ta vi-match
It + Ta ed-next-history It , Ta vi-repeat-prev-char It - Ta
ed-prev-history It . Ta vi-redo It / Ta vi-search-prev
It 0 Ta vi-zero It 1 to 9 Ta ed-argument-digit It : Ta
ed-command It ; Ta vi-repeat-next-char It ? Ta
vi-search-next It @ Ta vi-alias It A Ta vi-add-at-eol
It B Ta vi-prev-big-word It C Ta vi-change-to-eol It D Ta
ed-kill-line It E Ta vi-end-big-word It F Ta
vi-prev-char It G Ta vi-to-history-line It I Ta
vi-insert-at-bol It J Ta ed-search-next-history It K Ta
ed-search-prev-history It N Ta vi-repeat-search-prev It O Ta
ed-sequence-lead-in It P Ta vi-paste-prev It R Ta
vi-replace-mode It S Ta vi-substitute-line It T Ta
vi-to-prev-char It U Ta vi-undo-line It W Ta
vi-next-big-word It X Ta ed-delete-prev-char It Y Ta
vi-yank-end It [ Ta ed-sequence-lead-in It ^ Ta
ed-move-to-beg It _ Ta vi-history-word It a Ta vi-add
It b Ta vi-prev-word It c Ta vi-change-meta It d Ta
vi-delete-meta It e Ta vi-end-word It f Ta vi-next-char
It h Ta ed-prev-char It i Ta vi-insert It j Ta
ed-next-history It k Ta ed-prev-history It l Ta
ed-next-char It n Ta vi-repeat-search-next It p Ta
vi-paste-next It r Ta vi-replace-char It s Ta
vi-substitute-char It t Ta vi-to-next-char It u Ta
vi-undo It v Ta vi-histedit It w Ta vi-next-word It x
Ta ed-delete-next-char It y Ta vi-yank It | Ta
vi-to-column It ~ Ta vi-change-case It Ctrl-?, DEL Ta
ed-delete-prev-char It Meta-O Ta ed-sequence-lead-in It Meta-[
Ta ed-sequence-lead-in
In emacs mode, input characters are bound to the following editor
commands by default: It 0 to 9 Ta ed-digit It Ctrl-@, NUL Ta
em-set-mark It Ctrl-A Ta ed-move-to-beg It Ctrl-B Ta
ed-prev-char It Ctrl-C, INT Ta ed-tty-sigint It Ctrl-D, EOF Ta
em-delete-or-list It Ctrl-E Ta ed-move-to-end It Ctrl-F Ta
ed-next-char It Ctrl-H, BS Ta em-delete-prev-char It Ctrl-J,
LF Ta ed-newline It Ctrl-K Ta ed-kill-line It Ctrl-L, FF Ta
ed-clear-screen It Ctrl-M, CR Ta ed-newline It Ctrl-N Ta
ed-next-history It Ctrl-O Ta ed-tty-flush-output It Ctrl-P Ta
ed-prev-history It Ctrl-Q Ta ed-tty-start-output It Ctrl-R Ta
ed-redisplay It Ctrl-S Ta ed-tty-stop-output It Ctrl-T Ta
ed-transpose-chars It Ctrl-U Ta ed-kill-line It Ctrl-V Ta
ed-quoted-insert It Ctrl-W Ta em-kill-region It Ctrl-X Ta
ed-sequence-lead-in It Ctrl-Y Ta em-yank It Ctrl-Z, TSTP Ta
ed-tty-sigtstp It Ctrl-[, ESC Ta em-meta-next It Ctrl-\, QUIT
Ta ed-tty-sigquit It Ctrl-] Ta ed-tty-dsusp It Ctrl-?, DEL Ta
em-delete-prev-char It Ctrl-Meta-H Ta ed-delete-prev-word It
Ctrl-Meta-L Ta ed-clear-screen It Ctrl-Meta-_ Ta
em-copy-prev-word It Meta-0 to 9 Ta ed-argument-digit It
Meta-B Ta ed-prev-word It Meta-C Ta em-capitol-case It Meta-D
Ta em-delete-next-word It Meta-F Ta em-next-word It Meta-L Ta
em-lower-case It Meta-N Ta ed-search-next-history It Meta-O Ta
ed-sequence-lead-in It Meta-P Ta ed-search-prev-history It
Meta-U Ta em-upper-case It Meta-W Ta em-copy-region It Meta-X
Ta ed-command It Meta-[ Ta ed-sequence-lead-in It Meta-b Ta
ed-prev-word It Meta-c Ta em-capitol-case It Meta-d Ta
em-delete-next-word It Meta-f Ta em-next-word It Meta-l Ta
em-lower-case It Meta-n Ta ed-search-next-history It Meta-p Ta
ed-search-prev-history It Meta-u Ta em-upper-case It Meta-w Ta
em-copy-region It Meta-x Ta ed-command It Ctrl-Meta-? Ta
ed-delete-prev-word
The remaining ascii(7) characters in the range 0x20 to 0x7e
are bound to ed-insert.
If standard output is not connected to a terminal device or
el_set(3) was used to set EL_EDITMODE to 0, all input character
bindings are disabled and all characters typed are appended to the edit
buffer. In that case, the edit buffer is returned to the program after a
newline or carriage return character is typed, or after the first character
typed if el_set(3) was used to set EL_UNBUFFERED to non-zero.
Most editor commands accept an optional argument. The argument is entered by
prefixing the editor command with one or more of the editor commands
ed-argument-digit, ed-digit, em-universal-argument, or
vi-zero. When an argument is not provided, it defaults to 1. For most
editor commands, the effect of an argument is to repeatedly execute the
command that number of times.
When talking about a character string from a left character to a
right character, the left character is included in the string, while the
right character is not included.
If an editor command causes an error, the input character is
discarded, no action occurs, and the terminal bell is rung. In case of a
non-fatal error, the terminal bell is also rung, but the editor command
takes effect anyway.
In the following list, the default key bindings are listed after
each editor command.
- ed-argument-digit Pq vi command: 1 to 9; emacs: Meta-0 to
Meta-9
- If in argument input mode, append the input digit to the argument being
read. Otherwise, switch to argument input mode and use the input digit as
the most significant digit of the argument. It is an error if the input
character is not a digit or if the existing argument is already greater
than a million.
- ed-clear-screen Pq vi command: Ctrl-L; emacs: Ctrl-L,
Ctrl-Meta-L
- Clear the screen and display the edit buffer at the top. Ignore any
argument.
- ed-command Pq vi command: So : Sc ; emacs: Meta-X, Meta-x
- Read a line from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and execute that line as an editrc(5) builtin
command. If in vi command mode, also switch back to vi insert mode. Ignore
any argument.
- ed-delete-next-char Pq vi command: x
- Delete the character at the cursor position. With an argument, delete that
number of characters. In emacs mode, it is an error if the cursor is at
the end of the edit buffer. In vi mode, the last character in the edit
buffer is deleted in that case, and it is an error if the buffer is
empty.
- ed-delete-prev-char Pq vi command: X, Ctrl-H, BS, Ctrl-?, DEL
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor position. With an argument,
delete that number of characters. It is an error if the cursor is at the
beginning of the edit buffer.
- ed-delete-prev-word Pq vi: Ctrl-W; emacs: Ctrl-Meta-H,
Ctrl-Meta-?
- Move to the left to the closest beginning of a word, delete the string
from that position to the cursor, and save it to the cut buffer. With an
argument, delete that number of words. It is an error if the cursor is at
the beginning of the edit buffer.
- ed-digit Pq emacs: 0 to 9
- If in argument input mode, append the input digit to the argument being
read. Otherwise, call ed-insert. It is an error if the input
character is not a digit or if the existing argument is already greater
than a million.
- ed-end-of-file Pq not bound by default
- Discard the edit buffer and indicate end of file to the program. Ignore
any argument.
- ed-ignore Pq various
- Discard the input character and do nothing.
- ed-insert Pq vi input: almost all; emacs: printable characters
- In insert mode, insert the input character left of the cursor position. In
replace mode, overwrite the character at the cursor and move the cursor to
the right by one character position. Accept an argument to do this
repeatedly. It is an error if the input character is the NUL character
(Ctrl-@). Failure to enlarge the edit buffer also results in an
error.
- ed-kill-line Pq vi command: D, Ctrl-K; emacs: Ctrl-K, Ctrl-U
- Delete the string from the cursor position to the end of the line and save
it to the cut buffer. Ignore any argument.
- ed-move-to-beg Pq vi command: ^, Ctrl-A; emacs: Ctrl-A
- In vi mode, move the cursor to the first non-space character in the edit
buffer. In emacs mode, move the cursor to the beginning of the edit
buffer. Ignore any argument. Can be used as a movement command after
vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank.
- ed-move-to-end Pq vi command: $, Ctrl-E; emacs: Ctrl-E
- Move the cursor to the end of the edit buffer. Ignore any argument. Can be
used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank.
- ed-newline Pq all modes: Ctrl-J, LF, Ctrl-M, CR
- Append a newline character to the edit buffer and return the edit buffer
to the program. Ignore any argument.
- ed-next-char Pq vi command: Space, l; emacs: Ctrl-F
- Move the cursor one character position to the right. With an argument,
move by that number of characters. Can be used as a movement command after
vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an
error if the cursor is already at the end of the edit buffer.
- ed-next-history Pq vi command: j, +, Ctrl-N; emacs: Ctrl-N
- Replace the edit buffer with the next history line. That line is older
than the current line. With an argument, go forward by that number of
history lines. It is a non-fatal error to advance by more lines than are
available.
- ed-next-line Pq not bound by default
- Move the cursor down one line. With an argument, move down by that number
of lines. It is an error if the edit buffer does not contain enough
newline characters to the right of the cursor position.
- ed-prev-char Pq vi command: h; emacs: Ctrl-B
- Move the cursor one character position to the left. With an argument, move
by that number of characters. Can be used as a movement command after
vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an
error if the cursor is already at the beginning of the edit buffer.
- ed-prev-history Pq vi command: k, -, Ctrl-P; emacs: Ctrl-P
- Replace the edit buffer with the previous history line. That line is newer
than the current line. With an argument, go back by that number of lines.
It is a non-fatal error to back up by more lines than are available.
- ed-prev-line Pq not bound by default
- Move the cursor up one line. With an argument, move up by that number of
lines. It is an error if the edit buffer does not contain enough newline
characters to the left of the cursor position.
- ed-prev-word Pq emacs: Meta-B, Meta-b
- Move the cursor to the left to the closest beginning of a word. With an
argument, repeat that number of times. Can be used as a movement command
after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It
is an error if the cursor is already at the beginning of the edit
buffer.
- ed-quoted-insert Pq vi insert, emacs: Ctrl-V
- Read one character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and call ed-insert on it. If trying to read the
character returns end of file or an error, call ed-end-of-file
instead.
- ed-redisplay Pq vi command, emacs: Ctrl-R
- Redisplay everything. Ignore any argument.
- ed-search-next-history Pq vi command: J; emacs: Meta-N, Meta-n
- Replace the edit buffer with the next matching history entry.
- ed-search-prev-history Pq vi command: K; emacs: Meta-P, Meta-p
- Replace the edit buffer with the previous matching history entry.
- ed-sequence-lead-in Pq vi cmd: O, [; emacs: Ctrl-X;\fP
-
both: Meta-O, Meta-[ Call a macro. See the section about Macros
below for details.
- ed-start-over Pq not bound by default
- Discard the contents of the edit buffer and start from scratch. Ignore any
argument.
- ed-transpose-chars Pq emacs: Ctrl-T
- Exchange the character at the cursor position with the one to the left of
it and move the cursor to the character to the right of the two exchanged
characters. Ignore any argument. It is an error if the cursor is at the
beginning of the edit buffer or if the edit buffer contains less than two
characters.
- ed-unassigned Pq all characters not listed
- This editor command always results in an error.
- em-capitol-case Pq emacs: Meta-C, Meta-c
- Capitalize the string from the cursor to the end of the current word. That
is, if it contains at least one alphabetic character, convert the first
alphabetic character to upper case, and convert all characters to the
right of it to lower case. In any case, move the cursor to the next
character after the end of the current word.
- em-copy-prev-word Pq emacs: Ctrl-Meta-_
- Copy the string from the beginning of the current word to the cursor and
insert it to the left of the cursor. Move the cursor to the character
after the inserted string. It is an error if the cursor is at the
beginning of the edit buffer.
- em-copy-region Pq emacs: Meta-W, Meta-w
- Copy the string from the cursor to the mark to the cut buffer. It is an
error if the mark is not set.
- em-delete-next-word Pq emacs: Meta-D, Meta-d
- Delete the string from the cursor to the end of the current word and save
it to the cut buffer. It is an error if the cursor is at the end of the
edit buffer.
- em-delete-or-list Pq emacs: Ctrl-D, EOF
- If the cursor is not at the end of the line, delete the character at the
cursor. If the edit buffer is empty, indicate end of file to the program.
It is an error if the cursor is at the end of the edit buffer and the edit
buffer is not empty.
- em-delete-prev-char Pq emacs: Ctrl-H, BS, Ctrl-?, DEL
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor. It is an error if the
cursor is at the beginning of the edit buffer.
- em-exchange-mark Pq not bound by default
- Exchange the cursor and the mark.
- em-gosmacs-transpose Pq not bound by default
- Exchange the two characters to the left of the cursor. It is an error if
the cursor is on the first or second character of the edit buffer.
- em-inc-search-next Pq not bound by default
- Emacs incremental next search.
- em-inc-search-prev Pq not bound by default
- Emacs incremental reverse search.
- em-kill-line Pq not bound by default
- Delete the entire contents of the edit buffer and save it to the cut
buffer.
- em-kill-region Pq emacs: Ctrl-W
- Delete the string from the cursor to the mark and save it to the cut
buffer. It is an error if the mark is not set.
- em-lower-case Pq emacs: Meta-L, Meta-l
- Convert the characters from the cursor to the end of the current word to
lower case.
- em-meta-next Pq vi command, emacs: Ctrl-[, ESC
- Set the bit 0x80 on the next character typed. Unless the resulting code
point is printable, holding down the `Meta-' key while typing that
character is a simpler way to achieve the same effect.
- em-next-word Pq Meta-F, Meta-f
- Move the cursor to the end of the current word. Can be used as a movement
command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is already at the end of the
edit buffer.
- em-set-mark Pq emacs: Ctrl-Q, NUL
- Set the mark at the current cursor position.
- em-toggle-overwrite Pq not bound by default
- Switch from insert to overwrite mode or vice versa.
- em-universal-argument Pq not bound by default
- If in argument input mode, multiply the argument by 4. Otherwise, switch
to argument input mode and set the argument to 4. It is an error if the
existing argument is already greater than a million.
- em-upper-case Pq emacs: Meta-U, Meta-u
- Convert the characters from the cursor to the end of the current word to
upper case.
- em-yank Pq emacs: Ctrl-Y
- Paste the cut buffer to the left of the cursor.
- vi-add Pq vi command: a
- Switch to vi insert mode. Unless the cursor is already at the end of the
edit buffer, move it one character position to the right.
- vi-add-at-eol Pq vi command: A
- Switch to vi insert mode and move the cursor to the end of the edit
buffer.
- vi-alias Pq vi command: @
- If an alias function was defined by calling the el_set(3) or
el_wset(3) function with the argument EL_ALIAS_TEXT , read one
character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality, call the alias function passing the argument that was
specified with EL_ALIAS_TEXT as the first argument and the character read,
with an underscore prepended, as the second argument, and pass the string
returned from the alias function to el_wpush(3). It is an error if
no alias function is defined or if trying to read the character results in
end of file or an error.
- vi-change-case Pq vi command: ~
- Change the case of the character at the cursor and move the cursor one
character position to the right. It is an error if the cursor is already
at the end of the edit buffer.
- vi-change-meta Pq vi command: c
- Delete the string from the cursor to the position specified by the
following movement command and save a copy of it to the cut buffer. When
given twice in a row, instead delete the whole contents of the edit buffer
and save a copy of it to the cut buffer. In either case, switch to vi
insert mode after that.
- vi-change-to-eol Pq vi command: C
- Delete the string from the cursor position to the end of the line and save
it to the cut buffer, then switch to vi insert mode.
- vi-command-mode Pq vi insert: Ctrl-[, ESC
- Discard pending actions and arguments and switch to vi command mode.
Unless the cursor is already at the beginning of the edit buffer, move it
to the left by one character position.
- vi-comment-out Pq vi command: #
- Insert a `#' character at the beginning of the edit buffer and return the
edit buffer to the program.
- vi-delete-meta Pq vi command: d
- Delete the string from the cursor to the position specified by the
following movement command and save a copy of it to the cut buffer. When
given twice in a row, instead delete the whole contents of the edit buffer
and save a copy of it to the cut buffer.
- vi-delete-prev-char Pq vi insert: Ctrl-H, BS, Ctrl-?, DEL
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor. It is an error if the
cursor is already at the beginning of the edit buffer.
- vi-end-big-word Pq vi command: E
- Move the cursor to the end of the current space delimited word. Can be
used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is
already at the end of the edit buffer.
- vi-end-word Pq vi command: e
- Move the cursor to the end of the current word. Can be used as a movement
command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is already at the end of the
edit buffer.
- vi-history-word Pq vi command: _
- Insert the first word from the most recent history entry after the cursor,
move the cursor after to the character after the inserted word, and switch
to vi insert mode. It is an error if there is no history entry or the most
recent history entry is empty.
- vi-insert Pq vi command: i
- Enter insert mode.
- vi-insert-at-bol Pq vi command: I
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the edit buffer and switch to vi
insert mode.
- vi-kill-line-prev Pq vi: Ctrl-U
- Delete the string from the beginning of the edit buffer to the cursor and
save it to the cut buffer.
- vi-list-or-eof Pq vi insert: Ctrl-D, EOF
- If the edit buffer is empty, indicate end of file to the program. It is an
error if the edit buffer is not empty.
- vi-match Pq vi command: %
- Consider opening and closing parentheses, braces, and brackets as
delimiters. If the cursor is not at a delimiter, move it to the right
until it gets to one, then move it to the matching delimiter. Can be used
as a movement command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta,
or vi_yank. It is an error if there is no delimiter at the cursor
or in the string to the right of the cursor, or if the first such
delimiter has no matching delimiter.
- vi-next-big-word Pq vi command: W
- Move the cursor to the right to the beginning of the next space delimited
word. Can be used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is
already at the end of the edit buffer or on its last character.
- vi-next-char Pq vi command: f
- Read one character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and move the cursor to the right to the next instance of
that character in the edit buffer. Can be used as a movement command after
vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. If trying
to read the character results in end of file or an error, call
ed-end-of-file instead. It is an error if the character is not
found searching to the right in the edit buffer.
- vi-next-word Pq vi command: w
- Move the cursor to the right to the beginning of the next word. Can be
used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is
already at the end of the edit buffer or on its last character.
- vi-paste-next Pq vi command: p
- Insert a copy of the cut buffer to the right of the cursor. It is an error
if the cut buffer is empty.
- vi-paste-prev Pq vi command: P
- Insert a copy of the cut buffer to the left of the cursor. It is an error
if the cut buffer is empty.
- vi-prev-big-word Pq vi command: B
- Move the cursor to the left to the next beginning of a space delimited
word. Can be used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is
already at the beginning of the edit buffer.
- vi-prev-char Pq vi command: F
- Read one character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and move the cursor to the left to the next instance of that
character in the edit buffer. Can be used as a movement command after
vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank. If trying
to read the character results in end of file or an error, call
ed-end-of-file instead. It is an error if the character is not
found searching to the left in the edit buffer.
- vi-prev-word Pq vi command: b
- Move the cursor to the left to the next beginning of a word. Can be used
as a movement command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta,
or vi_yank. It is an error if the cursor is already at the
beginning of the edit buffer.
- vi-redo Pq vi command: Sq .
- Redo the last non-motion command.
- vi-repeat-next-char Pq vi command: Sq ;
- Repeat the most recent character search in the same search direction. Can
be used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank.
- vi-repeat-prev-char Pq vi command: Sq ,
- Repeat the most recent character search in the opposite search direction.
Can be used as a movement command after vi_change_meta,
vi_delete_meta, or vi_yank.
- vi-repeat-search-next Pq vi command: n
- Repeat the most recent history search in the same search direction.
- vi-repeat-search-prev Pq vi command: N
- Repeat the most recent history search in the opposite search
direction.
- vi-replace-char Pq vi command: r
- Switch to vi replace mode, and automatically switch back to vi command
mode after the next character typed. See ed-insert for a
description of replace mode. It is an error if the cursor is at the end of
the edit buffer.
- vi-replace-mode Pq vi command: R
- Switch to vi replace mode. This is a variant of vi insert mode; see
ed-insert for the difference.
- vi-search-next Pq vi command: ?
- Replace the edit buffer with the next matching history entry.
- vi-search-prev Pq vi command: /
- Replace the edit buffer with the previous matching history entry.
- vi-substitute-char Pq vi command: s
- Delete the character at the cursor and switch to vi insert mode.
- vi-substitute-line Pq vi command: S
- Delete the entire contents of the edit buffer, save a copy of it in the
cut buffer, and enter vi insert mode.
- vi-to-column Pq vi command: |
- Move the cursor to the column specified as the argument. Can be used as a
movement command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank.
- vi-to-history-line Pq vi command: G
- Replace the edit buffer with the specified history entry.
- vi-to-next-char Pq vi command: t
- Read one character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and move the cursor to the right to the character before the
next instance of that character in the edit buffer. Can be used as a
movement command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank. If trying to read the character results in end of file or
an error, call ed-end-of-file instead. It is an error if the
character is not found searching to the right in the edit buffer.
- vi-to-prev-char Pq vi command: T
- Read one character from the terminal bypassing the normal line editing
functionality and move the cursor to the left to the character after the
next instance of that character in the edit buffer. Can be used as a
movement command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank. If trying to read the character results in end of file or
an error, call ed-end-of-file instead. It is an error if the
character is not found searching to the left in the edit buffer.
- vi-undo Pq vi command: u
- Undo the last change.
- vi-undo-line Pq vi command: U
- Undo all changes to the edit buffer.
- vi-yank Pq vi command: y
- Copy the string from the cursor to the position specified by the following
movement command to the cut buffer. When given twice in a row, instead
copy the whole contents of the edit buffer to the cut buffer.
- vi-yank-end Pq vi command: Y
- Copy the string from the cursor to the end of the edit buffer to the cut
buffer.
- vi-zero Pq vi command: 0
- If in argument input mode, multiply the argument by ten. Otherwise, move
the cursor to the beginning of the edit buffer. Can be used as a movement
command after vi_change_meta, vi_delete_meta, or
vi_yank.
If an input character is bound to the editor command ed-sequence-lead-in,
editline attempts to call a macro. If the input character by itself
forms the name of a macro, that macro is executed. Otherwise, additional input
characters are read until the string read forms the name of a macro, in which
case that macro is executed, or until the string read matches the beginning of
none of the existing macro names, in which case the string including the
final, mismatching character is discarded and the terminal bell is rung.
There are two kinds of macros. Command macros execute a single
editor command. Keyboard macros return a string of characters that is
appended as a new line to the Input Queue .
The following command macros are defined by default in vi command
mode and in emacs mode: It Esc [ A, Esc O A Ta ed-prev-history It Esc
[ B, Esc O B Ta ed-next-history It Esc [ C, Esc O C Ta
ed-next-char It Esc [ D, Esc O D Ta ed-prev-char It Esc [ F,
Esc O F Ta ed-move-to-end It Esc [ H, Esc O H Ta
ed-move-to-beg
In vi command mode, they are also defined by default without the
initial escape character.
In addition, the editline library tries to bind the strings
generated by the arrow keys as reported by the terminfo(5) database
to these editor commands, unless that would clobber user settings.
In emacs mode, the two-character string ``Ctrl-X Ctrl-X'' is bound
to the em-exchange-mark editor command.