I did have it in bashrc and it did not help.

The other solution worked.

Thanks anyway

The Wolf




"Gorman, John" wrote:

> Also set it in your .bash_profile
>
> As a general rule .bashrc will be invoked when you spawn
> a new shell (a sub-process) and open a new x window.
>
> man bash
>      When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as  a
>      non-interactive  shell  with  the  --login  option, it first
>      reads and executes commands from the file  /etc/profile,  if
>      that  file  exists.   After  reading that file, it looks for
>      ~/.bash_profile,  ~/.bash_login,  and  ~/.profile,  in  that
>      order,  and  reads  and executes commands from the first one
>      that exists and is readable.  The --noprofile option may  be
>      used when the shell is started to inhibit this behavior.
>
>      When a login shell exits, bash reads and  executes  commands
>      from the file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.
>
>      When an interactive shell that  is  not  a  login  shell  is
>      started, bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if
>      that file exists.  This may be inhibited by using the --norc
>      option.   The  --rcfile  file option will force bash to read
>      and execute commands from file instead of ~/.bashrc.
>
> John
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: The Wolf [mailto:xanadu@speedchoice.com]
> |Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 8:35 PM
> |To: PLUG
> |Subject: setting options in bash
> |
> |
> |Hi all
> |
> |I seem to be having problem setting options in bash.
> |
> |basically I want bash to behave like ksh with vi as a line editor
> |I am using following command:
> |$ set -o vi
> |
> |to set the vi as an editor.
> |
> |I have tried to put this in the .bashrc file but I do not
> |get the result as with the command executed from the prompt.
> |
> |Is there a way to automate the process of setting the
> |command editing without me typing it every time I log in??
> |
> |Thanks
> |
> |
> |The Wolf
> |
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> |
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