Re: [PLUG] PLUG N 2015-12-08: QEMU, sshfs and readline

[PaulNM <plug@paulscrap.com>]

Hi JP,

	I'm wondering if those bind commands give you any advantage over ctrl-r 
history searching (aside from the neat case insensitive one). Or did you 
not know about ctrl-r when making them. :)

- PaulNM


On 12/09/2015 03:12 AM, JP Vossen wrote:
> Thanks to Keith for a very interesting QEMU P2V (physical 2 virtual) talk!

SNIP

> -----
> ####################### JP settings ##############################
> # Only if interactive bash with a terminal!
> [ -t 1 -a -n "$BASH_VERSION" ] && {
>    PS1='\n[\u@\h:T\l:L$SHLVL:C\!:J\j:\D{%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_%Z}]\n$PWD\$ '
>    alias ll='ls --color=auto -F -h -l'
>    alias md='mkdir'
>    alias vzip='unzip -lvM'
>    export LESS='--LONG-PROMPT --LINE-NUMBERS --ignore-case --QUIET --no-init'
>    bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'
>    bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'
>    bind '"\C-i": menu-complete'
>    bind 'set completion-ignore-case on'
>    export HISTCONTROL='erasedups:ignoredups:ignorespace'
>    export HISTIGNORE='&:[ ]*'    # bash >= 3, omit dups & lines starting
> with space
>    export MANWIDTH=80            # man page width, use < 80 if COLUMNS=80
> & less -N
>    export VISUAL='vi'
>    function mcd {
>      mkdir -p "$1"
>        cd "$1"
>    }
> }
> -----
>
> Most of that should be clear, but the 4 `bind` commands are really the
> key in the context of the discussion with Mike.  The first two set it so
> that when you type the first few characters of a commend then hit up
> arrow, it will search.  E.g., type "vi " then hit up arrow for the last
> `vi` command.  Keep hitting up or down arrow to scroll the list of `vi`
> commands in your history.  REALLY useful, should be the default (might
> be the default in zsh).
>
> The 3rd `bind` command changes tab completion to both display all the
> possible tab completion alternatives and to cycle through them at each
> tab press.
>
> The 4th one makes tab completion case insensitive.
>
> There are LOTS more things you can tweak in Readline, check out the
> docs.  And you can get the Readline docs, and a whole lot more at the
> following page, which I amusingly generate using a Perl script:
> 	http://www.bashcookbook.com/bashinfo/
> 	http://www.bashcookbook.com/bashinfo/#readline
>
> Later,
> JP
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