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Re:Using Guile for Emacs by setopt on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @06:08AM (#42449575)
> I just want to point out that it’s actually emacs keybindings and not readline keybindings that is the correct term here :)

Not least, because Readline also supports Vi keybindings (`set editing-mode vi` in `.inputrc`), it just defaults to Emacs keybindings (equivalent to `set editing-mode emacs`).

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Re:Using Guile for Emacs by PittleyDunkin on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:29AM (#42449936)
Sure but nobody's going to refer to the non-default bindings as "readline" bindings. Meanwhile cli prompts are where most users are exposed to emacs bindings.
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