Bash's “set -o vi” vs readline's own options?

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I know there is, for readline,



set editing-mode vi


You can put the above option in ~/.inputrc, editing-mode is documented by Readline as




editing-mode (emacs) Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings similar to emacs or vi. editing-mode can be set to either emacs or vi.




There is also, for Bash,



set -o vi


According to the Bash documents




vi Use a vi-style line editing interface. This also affects the editing interface used for read -e.




Does Bash's -o vi do anything other than set the appropriate Readline mode? And, if you've already got editing-mode set in your ~/.inputrc does this do anything differently?










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    I know there is, for readline,



    set editing-mode vi


    You can put the above option in ~/.inputrc, editing-mode is documented by Readline as




    editing-mode (emacs) Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings similar to emacs or vi. editing-mode can be set to either emacs or vi.




    There is also, for Bash,



    set -o vi


    According to the Bash documents




    vi Use a vi-style line editing interface. This also affects the editing interface used for read -e.




    Does Bash's -o vi do anything other than set the appropriate Readline mode? And, if you've already got editing-mode set in your ~/.inputrc does this do anything differently?










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      I know there is, for readline,



      set editing-mode vi


      You can put the above option in ~/.inputrc, editing-mode is documented by Readline as




      editing-mode (emacs) Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings similar to emacs or vi. editing-mode can be set to either emacs or vi.




      There is also, for Bash,



      set -o vi


      According to the Bash documents




      vi Use a vi-style line editing interface. This also affects the editing interface used for read -e.




      Does Bash's -o vi do anything other than set the appropriate Readline mode? And, if you've already got editing-mode set in your ~/.inputrc does this do anything differently?










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      I know there is, for readline,



      set editing-mode vi


      You can put the above option in ~/.inputrc, editing-mode is documented by Readline as




      editing-mode (emacs) Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings similar to emacs or vi. editing-mode can be set to either emacs or vi.




      There is also, for Bash,



      set -o vi


      According to the Bash documents




      vi Use a vi-style line editing interface. This also affects the editing interface used for read -e.




      Does Bash's -o vi do anything other than set the appropriate Readline mode? And, if you've already got editing-mode set in your ~/.inputrc does this do anything differently?







      bash inputrc vi-mode






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          The two are identical.



          Doing set -o vi in an interactive bash shell calls the set builtin. The C code for the set builtin calls rl_variable_bind("editing-mode", option_name) (where option_name will be vi) which is the Readline library function that sets the command line editing mode.



          Setting the command line editing mode on the command line with set -o would override the corresponding setting configured in ~/.inputrc.






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            The two are identical.



            Doing set -o vi in an interactive bash shell calls the set builtin. The C code for the set builtin calls rl_variable_bind("editing-mode", option_name) (where option_name will be vi) which is the Readline library function that sets the command line editing mode.



            Setting the command line editing mode on the command line with set -o would override the corresponding setting configured in ~/.inputrc.






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              The two are identical.



              Doing set -o vi in an interactive bash shell calls the set builtin. The C code for the set builtin calls rl_variable_bind("editing-mode", option_name) (where option_name will be vi) which is the Readline library function that sets the command line editing mode.



              Setting the command line editing mode on the command line with set -o would override the corresponding setting configured in ~/.inputrc.






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                The two are identical.



                Doing set -o vi in an interactive bash shell calls the set builtin. The C code for the set builtin calls rl_variable_bind("editing-mode", option_name) (where option_name will be vi) which is the Readline library function that sets the command line editing mode.



                Setting the command line editing mode on the command line with set -o would override the corresponding setting configured in ~/.inputrc.






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                The two are identical.



                Doing set -o vi in an interactive bash shell calls the set builtin. The C code for the set builtin calls rl_variable_bind("editing-mode", option_name) (where option_name will be vi) which is the Readline library function that sets the command line editing mode.



                Setting the command line editing mode on the command line with set -o would override the corresponding setting configured in ~/.inputrc.







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