rluserman: Readline Init File

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1 1.3 Readline Init File
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1 Although the Readline library comes with a set of Emacs-like keybindings
1 installed by default, it is possible to use a different set of
1 keybindings.  Any user can customize programs that use Readline by
1 putting commands in an "inputrc" file, conventionally in his home
1 directory.  The name of this file is taken from the value of the
1 environment variable 'INPUTRC'.  If that variable is unset, the default
1 is '~/.inputrc'.  If that file does not exist or cannot be read, the
1 ultimate default is '/etc/inputrc'.
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1    When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the init
1 file is read, and the key bindings are set.
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1    In addition, the 'C-x C-r' command re-reads this init file, thus
1 incorporating any changes that you might have made to it.
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· Readline Init File Syntax   Syntax for the commands in the inputrc file.
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· Conditional Init Constructs Conditional key bindings in the inputrc file.
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· Sample Init File            An example inputrc file.
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