Re: glob-expand-word and vi-command mode

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/3/24 6:23 PM, Mike Jonkmans wrote:

> > > esc * is bound to insert-completions
> >
> > It's bound to vi-complete, which bash replaces with something that does
> > the pathname expansion that POSIX requires.
>
> How can I find this out?

You can assume that the bash vi mode behaves as POSIX specifies:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sh.html#tag_20_117_13_03

which has features that are more shell-specific than basic readline editing
(e.g., the pathname expansion that `*' performs in vi command mode).

>     INPUTRC=/dev/null bash --norc --noprofile
>     set -o vi
>     bind -m vi-insert -p
>     bind -m vi-command -p
> Both show no bindings for "*".
> (`man 3 readline' mentions "*" on vi-complete in command mode)

Good point. I added a bindable name for bash's replacement.

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