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Get VI bindings in IEX (Elixir REPL)
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# VI bindings in iex:
brew install rlwrap # on OSX
echo "alias iex='rlwrap -a foo iex'" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "set editing-mode vi" >> ~/.inputrc
source ~/.bash_profile
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mkyed commented Feb 17, 2015

Thanx!

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chrisdambrosio commented Sep 30, 2016

Thanks for this

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dylan-chong commented Nov 3, 2017

alias iex='rlwrap -a foo iex'

What is the foo?

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led commented Nov 24, 2017

The -a switch tells rlwrap to 'always remain in readline mode'. On OSX the -a option requires an argument, in this case a dummy argument foo.

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Lumuy commented Feb 22, 2019

Thanks

alias iex='rlwrap -a iex'

On unbuntu, this worked for me.

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