From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: C K Kashyap Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: bash/readline emacs mode help Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:35:42 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87hagjgatk.fsf@mithlond.arda> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372521976 29428 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2013 16:06:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: "J. David Boyd" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 29 18:06:17 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UsxfF-0003yY-06 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:06:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57504 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UsxfE-0003NR-1p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:06:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33088) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usxf4-0003NJ-1q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:06:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usxf2-0006Oc-2s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pd0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::233]:62865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usxf1-0006O0-R6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pd0-f179.google.com with SMTP id q10so1595978pdj.38 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:06:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=ZOx8Jt0v5KGsYlwUXgd4CbgQxtTVr7SFTLy2FTIpGx8=; b=mkNNFCYx43CBjlChIvEfanFGIvwCRxPYYL0Bpfx+AOWEXyM/+bTyBXvU72+eCXjF5e XJx1mHBHdQ7APaKub3p3Zc+U4JRGf/VhzWIBBABbBiCCQNU2W0oSRfJC2odeSpyzYFlW 2lzvoFEPeSuwgxH2eyBE3BxyfrCbLT8X07af3w8L7I0n0VGAwRvoTZWkmSAfAcGqrf4D 0YDcpZOkI/QSJeLA20TR4j2gt6A+HfhROMCtDeJku3G7Y8xj4fqQNFDHuK8zlXUS6OeP cftvp0z9wuJTjPcrStJPY3naVS0poe5jbNxg6uGsh+zMNiYhCKbZ+BoqRHt2e33RYJRO b3fg== X-Received: by 10.68.190.104 with SMTP id gp8mr16162727pbc.120.1372521962339; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:06:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.70.87.38 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:05:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::233 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91856 Archived-At: Thanks David -- I should've tried EDITOR first :) Regards, Kashyap On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:47 PM, J. David Boyd wrote: > Teemu Likonen writes: > > > C. K. Kashyap [2013-06-27 14:44:21 +05:30] wrote: > > > >> One of the things I get with this mode is the ability to open up vi to > >> edit a command line (using Escape v) [...] > >> > >> I was wondering if there is an equivalent in emacs mode? > > > > In Emacs editing mode the key "C-x C-e" (edit-and-execute-command) opens > > the text editor defined in $VISUAL or $EDITOR variables (or "emacs"). > > Doesn't seem all that useful though. I have my $EDITOR set to be > "emacsclient -n", which doesn't work at all in this circumstance. > > If I get rid of the '-n' it works fine, but I'm not doing that.... > > >