glfs/postlfs/config/inputrc.xml
Larry Lawrence 9a67723145 update inputrc & placehold skel
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<sect1 id="postlfs-config-inputrc">
<?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html" dir="postlfs"?>
<title>/etc/inputrc</title>
<para>Inputrc deals with the mapping of the keyboard for certain
situations. This file is the start-up file used by readline - the input
related library used by Bash and most other shells.</para>
<para>For more information see <filename>info bash</filename> -- Node:
Readline Init file as well as <filename>info readline</filename>. There
is a lot that can be done with this one rc file.</para>
<para>The following is a base <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> along with
comments to explain what the various options do.</para>
<para>Please note that comments can <emphasis>not</emphasis> be on the
same line as commands in <filename>inputrc</filename>.</para>
<para><screen># Begin /etc/inputrc
# Make sure we don't output everything on the 1 line
set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
# Enable 8bit input
set meta-flag On
set input-meta On
# Turns off 8th bit stripping
set convert-meta Off
# Keep the 8th bit for display
set output-meta On
# none, visible or audible
set bell-style none
# All of the following map the escape sequence of the
# value contained inside the 1st argument to the
# readline specific functions
"\eOd": backward-word
"\eOc": forward-word
# for linux console
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
"\e[6~": end-of-history
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
# for xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
# End /etc/inputrc</screen></para>
<para>Global values are set in <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>.
Personal user values as are set in <filename>~/.inputrc</filename>. The
<filename>~/.inputrc</filename> file will override the global settings
file. The previous page sets up Bash to use
<filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> by default. If you want your system
to use both, it might be a good idea to place a default
<filename>.inputrc</filename> into the <filename>/etc/skel</filename>
directory for use with new users.</para>
</sect1>