minor bug fix

[distro-setup] / .inputrc

diff --git a/.inputrc b/.inputrc
index c47fe9453ae3f5c75656dc90cd5188675e88311b..fba266ef0203f527f022a8a2397acdf98b670e67 100644 (file)
--- a/.inputrc
+++ b/.inputrc
@@ -34,21 +34,26 @@ set page-completions off
 #   the trailing / and I have to hit  <Tab> again. I don't like this.
 set mark-symlinked-directories on
 
-
-# makes the c-u keybind work.
-# perhaps other binds that didn't work would work with this.
-# todo, try it out
-set bind-tty-special-chars off
+# i had this set in the past to make c-u work, but it doesn't seem to be needed now.
+# not sure if it affected any other keybinds.
+#set bind-tty-special-chars off
 
 
 
 # key bindings:
 
+# note c-i/m/h/w are unusable, duplicating tab, enter, ctrl-del or something, backspace
+# C-x would be hard to rebind because emacs.
+
 "\C-q": exchange-point-and-mark
-"\C-w": kill-region
-"\C-e": yank-last-arg
+# default not bound
+
+"\C-e": kill-region
+# default M-S-3
 "\C-a": insert-comment
-"\C-s": yank-nth-arg
+
+# default is C-M-y
+"\e,": yank-nth-arg
 
 "\C-f": menu-complete
 "\C-b": menu-complete-backward
@@ -63,27 +68,30 @@ set bind-tty-special-chars off
 
 Control-Space: set-mark
 
-
+# default is C-M-e which kinda sucks
 "\C-t": shell-expand-line
 
-#C-RETURN: undo
-
 # ctrl-delete
 "\e[3;5~": kill-word
 
-
+# default is C-x C-e
 "\C-g": edit-and-execute-command
 
+# default is C-y
 "\C-v": yank
 
+# default is C-M-y
 "\C-\M-v": yank-pop
 
+# by default, not bound
 "\C-p": dabbrev-expand # similar menu-complete, except for commands in history
+
+# default is C-q. this matches emacs.
 "\C-\M-q": quoted-insert
 
+# default is C-x C-u
 "\C-d": undo
 
-"\C-u": backward-kill-word
 
 
 
@@ -94,11 +102,6 @@ Control-Space: set-mark
 
 ####### commented out stuff ###########
 
-# in bash, bind -p helped me figure out how to make some binds work
-# i don't see this documented anywhere. not sure where I got it from but it doesn't work now
-#"\C-p": paste-from-clipboard
-
-
 # vi mode settings and observatoins
 # double pound indicates it is only commented because I am not using vi mode
 ##set editing-mode vi
@@ -106,9 +109,6 @@ Control-Space: set-mark
 # completion from history. how cool
 ##Control-SPACE: dynamic-complete-history
 
-# if this is a command in history, execute it and bring up the next command in history.
-##"\C-o": operate-and-get-next
-
 # this is just kinda cool to show off:
 ##"\M-{": complete-into-braces