Re: newbie

[Raghava Raju <vraghava_raju@yahoo.com>]

I don't think "bind -f file" when called from a
script will work. Because when script exits 
keymap will be back to original one. Child process
can't change environment of parent.

--- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net> wrote:
> 
> Raghava Raju wrote:
> 
> > It seems to be that modifying  .inputrc file is a
> good
> > option to change settings. But here I have to do
> all
> > this things from another bash script(say temp.sh),
> > like open .inputrc,modify it, then ask readline to
> > read inputrc file again. All this I have to do
> from
> > the temp.sh only. So I am unable to ask readline
> to
> > read inputrc file again from temp.sh. Because I
> cannot
> > give ctl-x,ctl-r from temp.sh. Is there any
> command to
> > have readline read inputrc again.??
> 
> 1. You can force an instance of bash to use a
> different file by
> setting the environment variable INPUTRC.
> 
> 2. You can modify the bindings for a running bash
> process using the
> "bind" command. "bind -f <filename>" will read key
> bindings from a
> file.
> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>


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