cedit

Purpose

Set command line editing and recall parameters (UNIX only).

Synopsis

cedit('on')
cedit('off')
cedit('vms')
cedit('emacs')

Description

cedit('on') enables command line edit and recall mode. In this mode, valid keystrokes are

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Keystroke      Description                                     
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Ctrl-p         Previous line                                   
Ctrl-n         Next line                                       
Ctrl-b         One character left                              
Ctrl-f         One character right                             
Esc-b, Ctrl-l  Cursor word left (not supported on Macintosh)   
Esc-f, Ctrl-r  Cursor word right (not supported on Macintosh)  
Ctrl-a         Beginning of line                               
Ctrl-e         End of line                                     
Ctrl-u         Cancel line                                     
Ctrl-d         In-place delete                                 
Ctrl-t         Insert toggle (not supported on Macintosh)      
Ctrl-k         Delete to end of line                           
                                                               
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cedit('off') turns off the command line edit and recall facility.

cedit('vms') enables VMS key definitions:

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Keystroke  Description         
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Ctrl-l     Cursor word left    
Ctrl-r     Cursor word right   
Ctrl-b     Beginning of line   
Ctrl-e     End of line         
Ctrl-u     Cancel line         
Ctrl-a     Insert toggle       
Ctrl-d     EOF                 
                               
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cedit('emacs') returns to the default Emacs key definitions. This option is always in effect for MS-Windows and Macintosh systems, in addition to the standard fixed key bindings.

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