Re: [Mingw-msys] Msys customization: default window parameters: window size, font, colors; and more

Earnie Boyd wrote, quoting me:
>>
>>  bind '"\e[A":history-search-backward'
>>  bind '"\e[B":history-search-forward'
>>
>> to emulate the history search behaviour of the `4DOS' shell I used
>> at one time with MS-DOS: type the first few characters of a command,
>> then use <Cursor-Up> and <Cursor-Down> to find and replay matching
>> commands in the history.
>
> I like to set my command mode vi style ``set -o vi'' and then use 
> ``<esc>/stringToSearch'' to enter search mode.  I can then use ``n''
> to search forward and ``N'' to search reverse.  You can even use the
> <esc> key to enter a substitution command.

I used to have `set -o vi' for Korn shell, on a Solaris box I administer,
but with bash, I find the `emacs' style works better for me, (even though
I much prefer `vi' to `emacs' as my working editor).

I liked the 4DOS history search method, when I used that, and the two
bindings above emulate it in `readline'; these are complementary to the
preconfigured bindings for `<CTRL-R>' and `<CTRL-S>', which are analogues
for the `vi' mode `<ESC>/SearchString', followed by `n' or 'N' mechanism,
and which continue to work as configured.

Readline is an exceptionally flexible beast, and the choice between its
`vi' and `emacs' emulation modes is always going to come down to 
individual
preference.  The beauty is that we have that choice; experiment and choose
whatever suits *you* best.

Regards,
Keith.