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Re: How do I disable the mode for using j-k keys to scroll through history?

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From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
To: "Steve Dondley" <s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: How do I disable the mode for using j-k keys to scroll through history?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:24:08 -0400
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2022, at 6:55 PM, Steve Dondley wrote:
>> 
>> Are you sure you want to disable it?  Why are you using vi commands if
>> you never want to be in command mode?
>
> Because I want the insert mode commands. I have no idea how I would use 
> vi command mode from a command line.

By hitting Esc or C-[ and then using command-mode commands.  Just
like in vi.

> All it seems to do is annoy me 
> frequently by somehow getting accidentally triggered. I have no need for 
> traversing command history with j-k keys which is all it seems to be 
> good for.

Command mode provides basically the full complement of vi operators,
not just j/k.  If you never want vi command mode I don't understand
why you wouldn't want to use the emacs keymap, which by default is
far more powerful than viins.

-- 
vq

References:
- How do I disable the mode for using j-k keys to scroll through history?
  - From: Steve Dondley
- Re: How do I disable the mode for using j-k keys to scroll through history?
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: How do I disable the mode for using j-k keys to scroll through history?
  - From: Steve Dondley

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