| 1 | <sect1 id="postlfs-config-inputrc">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html" dir="postlfs"?>
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| 3 | <title>/etc/inputrc</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>There are a number of configuration files that are common to all
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| 6 | linux system. Inputrc deals with the mapping of the keybord in ceratin
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| 7 | situations. This file is the start-up file used by readline - the input
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| 8 | related library used by bash and most other shells. By changing this file
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| 9 | you can change how certain keys act in different situations. The following
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| 10 | is a simple inputrc along with comments to explain what the various
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| 11 | options do.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>The following file can be used as
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| 14 | <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> or <filename>~/.inputrc</filename> as
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| 15 | appropriate. See below for more details on which to use.</para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para><screen># Make sure we dont output everything on the 1 line
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| 18 | set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
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| 19 |
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| 20 | set meta-flag On # Enables 8 bit input
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| 21 | set input-meta On # Enables 8 bit input
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| 22 | set convert-meta Off # Turns off 8th bit stripping
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| 23 | set output-meta On # Keep the 8th bit for display
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| 24 | set bell-style none # none,visable or audible
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| 25 |
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| 26 | # All of the following map the escape sequence of the
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| 27 | # value contained inside the 1st argument to the
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| 28 | # readline specific functions
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| 29 |
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| 30 | "\eOd": backward-word
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| 31 | "\eOc": forward-word
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| 32 |
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| 33 | # for linux console
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| 34 | "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
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| 35 | "\e[4~": end-of-line
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| 36 | "\e[5~": beginning-of-history
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| 37 | "\e[6~": end-of-history
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| 38 | "\e[3~": delete-char
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| 39 | "\e[2~": quoted-insert
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| 40 |
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| 41 | # for xterm
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| 42 | "\eOH": beginning-of-line
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| 43 | "\eOF": end-of-line</screen></para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>Please see man 3 readline for more infomation. There is a lot that
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| 46 | can be done with this single rc file.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Note that the readline library checks ~/.inputrc, by default. If
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| 49 | you want to use <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> as your global
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| 50 | inputrc (i.e. for all users), you will need to add the line
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| 51 | <userinput>export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc</userinput> to your
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| 52 | .bash_profile, .bashrc or .profile file as appropriate.</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para>If you want to use per-user <userinput>.inputrc</userinput> files.
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| 55 | You can create one and drop it into <filename>/etc/skel</filename> for use
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| 56 | when creating new users.</para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | </sect1>
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