[b32e803] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[1770019] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[b32e803] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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| 6 | <sect1 id="ch-scripts-inputrc">
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[bce08ef] | 7 | <title>Creating the /etc/inputrc File</title>
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[b32e803] | 8 | <?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html"?>
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| 9 |
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[81fd230] | 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-inputrc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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[f208a1c] | 12 | <para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file handles keyboard mapping for
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| 13 | specific situations. This file is the startup file used by Readline — the
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| 14 | input-related library — used by Bash and most other shells.</para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so the command
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| 17 | below creates a global <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> used by everyone who
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| 18 | logs in. If you later decide you need to override the defaults on a per-user
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| 19 | basis, you can create a <filename>.inputrc</filename> file in the user's home
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| 20 | directory with the modified mappings.</para>
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| 21 |
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[e9ec91d] | 22 | <para>For more information on how to edit the <filename>inputrc</filename> file,
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| 23 | see <command>info bash</command> under the <emphasis>Readline Init File</emphasis>
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| 24 | section. <command>info readline</command> is also a good source of information.</para>
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[f208a1c] | 25 |
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| 26 | <para>Below is a generic global <filename>inputrc</filename> along with comments
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| 27 | to explain what the various options do. Note that comments cannot be on the same
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| 28 | line as commands. Create the file using the following command:</para>
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[f67f5cf] | 29 |
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| 30 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/inputrc << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 31 | <literal># Begin /etc/inputrc
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| 32 | # Modified by Chris Lynn <roryo@roryo.dynup.net>
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[b32e803] | 33 |
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[f208a1c] | 34 | # Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
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[b32e803] | 35 | set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
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| 36 |
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| 37 | # Enable 8bit input
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[e9ec91d] | 38 | set meta-flag On
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[b32e803] | 39 | set input-meta On
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| 40 |
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| 41 | # Turns off 8th bit stripping
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| 42 | set convert-meta Off
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| 43 |
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| 44 | # Keep the 8th bit for display
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| 45 | set output-meta On
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| 46 |
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| 47 | # none, visible or audible
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| 48 | set bell-style none
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| 49 |
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[e9ec91d] | 50 | # All of the following map the escape sequence of the
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| 51 | # value contained inside the 1st argument to the
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[b32e803] | 52 | # readline specific functions
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| 53 |
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| 54 | "\eOd": backward-word
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| 55 | "\eOc": forward-word
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| 56 |
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| 57 | # for linux console
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| 58 | "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
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| 59 | "\e[4~": end-of-line
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| 60 | "\e[5~": beginning-of-history
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| 61 | "\e[6~": end-of-history
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| 62 | "\e[3~": delete-char
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| 63 | "\e[2~": quoted-insert
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| 64 |
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| 65 | # for xterm
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| 66 | "\eOH": beginning-of-line
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| 67 | "\eOF": end-of-line
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| 68 |
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| 69 | # for Konsole
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| 70 | "\e[H": beginning-of-line
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| 71 | "\e[F": end-of-line
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| 72 |
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[d72e04a] | 73 | # End /etc/inputrc</literal>
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[f67f5cf] | 74 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[b32e803] | 75 |
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| 76 | </sect1>
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[81fd230] | 77 |
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