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diff --git a/chapter07/inputrc.xml b/chapter07/inputrc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f8327beb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter07/inputrc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> +<sect1 id="ch-scripts-inputrc"> +<title>Creating the /etc/inputrc file</title> +<?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html"?> + +<para><filename>Inputrc</filename> deals with the mapping of the keyboard for +certain situations. This file is the start-up file used by +<application>readline</application> - the input related library used by +<application>Bash</application> and most other shells.</para> + +<para>For more information see <command>info bash</command> -- <emphasis +role="strong">Node: Readline Init</emphasis> file as well as +<command>info readline</command>. There is a lot that can be done with this +one rc file.</para> + +<para>Global values are set in <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>. +Personal user values are set in <filename>~/.inputrc</filename>. The +<filename>~/.inputrc</filename> file will override the global settings +file. A later page sets up <application>Bash</application> to use +<filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> if there is no +<filename>.inputrc</filename> for a user when +<filename>/etc/profile</filename> is read (usually at login). If you +want your system to use both, or don't want <emphasis>global</emphasis> +keyboard handling, it is a good idea to place a default +<filename>.inputrc</filename> into the <filename>/etc/skel</filename> +directory for use with new users.</para> + +<para> +Below is a base <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> along with +comments to explain what the various options do. Note that comments +can <emphasis>not</emphasis> be on the same line as commands. +</para> + +<para>If you will create an <filename>.inputrc</filename> in +<filename>/etc/skel</filename> using the command below, change the +command's output to <filename>/etc/skel/.inputrc</filename> and be +sure to check/set permissions afterward. Then you can just copy that +file to <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> and the home directory +of any user already existing in the system, including root, that needs +a private version of the file. Be sure to use the <option>-p</option> parameter +of <command>cp</command> to maintain permissions and be sure to change owner and group +appropriately. +</para> + +<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/inputrc << "EOF"</userinput> +# Begin /etc/inputrc + +# Make sure we don't output everything on the 1 line +set horizontal-scroll-mode Off + +# Enable 8bit input +set meta-flag On +set input-meta On + +# Turns off 8th bit stripping +set convert-meta Off + +# Keep the 8th bit for display +set output-meta On + +# none, visible or audible +set bell-style none + +# All of the following map the escape sequence of the +# value contained inside the 1st argument to the +# readline specific functions + +"\eOd": backward-word +"\eOc": forward-word + +# for linux console +"\e[1~": beginning-of-line +"\e[4~": end-of-line +"\e[5~": beginning-of-history +"\e[6~": end-of-history +"\e[3~": delete-char +"\e[2~": quoted-insert + +# for xterm +"\eOH": beginning-of-line +"\eOF": end-of-line + +# for Konsole +"\e[H": beginning-of-line +"\e[F": end-of-line + +# End /etc/inputrc +<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen> + +</sect1> |