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I am a long time vi(m) user and recently made the switch to using vi key binding in bash. I can already tell that this will be an improvement, but I would like to customize a few things to really become proficient.

  1. I currently use the following mapping and it is totally entrenched: map ii <esc>. Can I do the same on the command line? It may seem trivial, but I am so used to just tapping i twice that reaching all the way up to the escape key is painful.
  2. I would LOVE to find a way to indicate what mode I am in: insert or command. This could take the from of changing the cursor type/color, putting a note in the prompt, etc.

I have looked through the man pages for bash and looked at creating an .inputrc file, but so far have come up with nothing that would work. I see that you can map keys, but can you do it for two keys hit in rapid succession, like I do?

I have seen solutions out there that say they work for zsh. I am not interested in switching to zsh. If this is not possible in bash, I can live with it.

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First question addressed here, second addressed here, but it's a zsh answer. I know that zsh/bash prompt handling is different. – pb2q Aug 19 '12 at 18:27
Also see this question – pb2q Aug 19 '12 at 19:25
Cool... Thanks, pb2q, that first link is exactly what I needed. Unfortunately, for now, it seems my second request above is just not possible yet. – JmZ Aug 19 '12 at 21:56

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