Changeset 98a43ee

Timestamp:

06/23/2005 05:22:06 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

37e62c3

Parents:

8559174

Message:

Rewrote the inputrc page.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6128 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• Makefile (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter07/inputrc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

Makefile

@@ -1 @@
-BASEDIR=~/lfs-book
+BASEDIR=~/public_html/lfs-book-trunk
 CHUNK_QUIET=0
 PDF_OUTPUT=LFS-BOOK.pdf

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 23rd, 2005 [archaic]: Rewrote the inputrc page.
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 22nd, 2005 [archaic]: Added a link to point to test
 results.</para></listitem>

chapter07/inputrc.xml

@@ -10 +10 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-inputrc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary></indexterm>
 
-<para>The <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> file deals with mapping
-the keyboard for specific situations. This file is the start-up file
-used by <application>Readline</application>, the input-related
-library used by <application>Bash</application> and most other
-shells.</para>
+<para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file handles keyboard mapping for
+specific situations. This file is the startup file used by Readline &mdash; the
+input-related library &mdash; used by Bash and most other shells.</para>
 
-<para>For more information, see the <command>bash</command> info page, section
-<emphasis>Readline Init File</emphasis>. The
-<filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> info page is
-also a good source of information.</para>
+<para>Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so the command
+below creates a global <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> used by everyone who
+logs in. If you later decide you need to override the defaults on a per-user
+basis, you can create a <filename>.inputrc</filename> file in the user's home
+directory with the modified mappings.</para>
 
-<para>Global values are set in <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>.
-Personal user values are set in <filename>~/.inputrc</filename>. The
-<filename>~/.inputrc</filename> file will override the global settings
-file. A later page sets up Bash to use
-<filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> if there is no
-<filename>.inputrc</filename> for a user when
-<filename>/etc/profile</filename> is read (usually at login). To make
-the system use both, or to negate global keyboard handling, it is a
-good idea to place a default <filename>.inputrc</filename> into the
-<filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory for use
-with new users.</para>
+<para>For more information on how to edit the inputrc file, see <command>info
+bash</command> under the <emphasis>Readline Init File</emphasis> section.
+<command>info readline</command> is also a good source of information.</para>
 
-<para>Below is a base <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>, along with
-comments to explain what the various options do. Note that comments
-cannot be on the same line as commands.</para>
-
-<para>To create the <filename>.inputrc</filename> in <filename
-class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> using the command below, change
-the command's output to <filename
-class="directory">/etc/skel/.inputrc</filename> and be sure to
-check/set permissions afterward. Copy that file to
-<filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> and the home directory of any user
-already existing on the system, including <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
-that needs a private version of the file. Be certain to use the
-<parameter>-p</parameter> parameter of <command>cp</command> to
-maintain permissions and be sure to change owner and group
-appropriately.</para>
+<para>Below is a generic global <filename>inputrc</filename> along with comments
+to explain what the various options do. Note that comments cannot be on the same
+line as commands. Create the file using the following command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/inputrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
@@ -53 +32 @@
 # Modified by Chris Lynn &lt;roryo@roryo.dynup.net&gt;
 
-# Make sure we don't output everything on the 1 line
+# Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
 set horizontal-scroll-mode Off