Readline in vi mode: how can I enable up/down arrows?

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Mar 15, 20261063 views

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When bash has vi bindings available (set -o vi), up/down arrows work in both command and insertion mode. When I setup readline's ~/.inputrc to use vi mode (set editing-mode vi), applications like irb don't get the arrow functionality. I've tried "set enable-keypad on" in inputrc to no effect. How d…

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It seems to be an issue only with Ruby's readline (and it's still there). I deal with it by skipping if we're using ruby's readline: There's not really anything else to do unless ruby's readline gets fixed.

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Readline in vi mode: how can I enable up/down arrows?

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