I noticed when in vi mode in Bash (i.e., the mode enabled with "set -o vi"), that some commands, such as "diw", that work in Vim, but not in vi, don't work on the Bash command line. Is there an easy way to configure Bash so that its keybindings will support Vim commands?
I would like to be able to enter Vim commands on the command line without having to actually start the Vim program, as described in this question.
First, the "vi mode" you get with set -o vi is not vi itself. It's an incomplete approximation of vi's behavior built into readline, the command-line editing library used by bash under the hood.
Second, because it is incomplete there's no reason whatsoever to expect every vi command to work.
Third, no, there's no "vim mode" so even less reason to expect any vim commands to work.
Fourth, if you absolutely want to edit the current command-line with Vim-like commands, why don't you go all the way and… actually use Vim:
<C-x><C-e>
That said, $ man readline tells you everything you need to customize its behavior and add bindings.
vi mode, then the equivalent of <C-x><C-e> is ESC+v.
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man readlineoutput.The best way of doing this that I know of would be to use Athame. It can be a surprisingly powerful experience in some cases. I particularly like it for interacting with a REPL.
Athame patches your shell to add full Vim support by routing your keystrokes through an actual Vim process. Athame can currently be used to patch readline (used by bash, gdb, python, etc) and/or zsh (which doesn't use readline).
Alternatively, I find Spacemacs with the eshell to be a reasonably functional, if strange, solution.
Teach vi-command-mode diw to any software that uses readline (such as Bash) by adding this to your ~/.inputrc file:
set keymap vi-command
"diw": "bde"
You can use ble.sh. Which is a command line editor written in pure Bash which replaces the default GNU Readline. I like to call it "zsh for bash".
Appart from vim-style navigation it gives you:
After installation don't forget to add (recommended) to your .bashrc:
# at the start of your .bashrc file
[[ $- == *i* ]] && source /usr/share/blesh/ble.sh --noattach
...
#for vim-style mode
set -o vi
...
#at the end of your .bashrc file
[[ ${BLE_VERSION-} ]] && ble-attach
or you can just:
# at the start of your .bashrc file
source /usr/share/blesh/ble.sh
but this may not work as expected - read this.
.blerc and put in something from here
bashdoesn't supportviorvimcommands; rather, it has keybindings similar tovi's bindings for its own command set.