Ahh ... found something -- something of a bug in RH6.x that didn't
exist in RH5.x or 4.x.
If anyone's interested:
http://linuxwww.db.erau.edu/mail_archives/redhat-devel-list/May_99/0112.html
basically, the /etc/inputrc in RH6x contains some extra stuff that screws
up set -o vi. The suggested
I'm having a rather curious problem and wondered if anyone had some input:
I can set -o vi at the bash prompt and will get correct functioning
of the shell, shell editor environment, and history viewing/editing (as
per the vi-like shell editing option).
Further, I can add set -o vi to my .bas