bash_bindings

## .bash_bindings: source this file from your .bashrc or .bash_profile
#
# For those who want to use Vi bindings in bash, this corrects a few annoyances:
#    - up and down arrows retrieve history lines even in insert mode
#    - left and right arrows work in insert mode
#    - Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E work how you would expect (from emacs mode)
#    - And Ctrl-L.
#    - So does Ctrl-D.

## Command-mode bindings

# Ctrl-A or Home: insert at line beginning like in emacs mode
bind -m vi-command 'Control-a: vi-insert-beg'

# Ctrl-E or End: append at line end like in emacs mode
bind -m vi-command 'Control-e: vi-append-eol'

# to switch to emacs editing mode
bind -m vi-command '"ZZ": emacs-editing-mode'

## Insert-mode bindings

# up arrow or PgUp: append to previous history line
bind -m vi-insert '"\M-[A": ""'
bind -m vi-insert '"\M-[5~": ""'
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-p: previous-history'

# dn arrow or PgDn: append to next history line
bind -m vi-insert '"\M-[B": ""'
bind -m vi-insert '"\M-[6~": ""'
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-n: next-history'

# Ctrl-A: insert at line start like in emacs mode
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-a: beginning-of-line'

# Ctrl-E: append at line end like in emacs mode
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-e: end-of-line'

# Ctrl-D: delete character
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-d: delete-char'

# Ctrl-L: clear screen
bind -m vi-insert 'Control-l: clear-screen'

## Emacs bindings

# Meta-V: go back to vi editing
bind -m emacs '"\ev": vi-editing-mode'

## Specify vi editing mode
set -o vi