Reading Commands

The key timeout is also applied when ZLE is reading the bytes from a multibyte character string when it is in the appropriate mode. (This requires that the shell was compiled with multibyte mode enabled; typically also the locale has characters with the UTF-8 encoding, although any multibyte encoding known to the operating system is supported.) If the second or a subsequent byte is not read within the timeout period, the shell acts as if ? were typed and resets the input state.

As well as ZLE commands, key sequences can be bound to other strings, by using `bindkey -s'. When such a sequence is read, the replacement string is pushed back as input, and the command reading process starts again using these fake keystrokes. This input can itself invoke further replacement strings, but in order to detect loops the process will be stopped if there are twenty such replacements without a real command being read.

A key sequence typed by the user can be turned into a command name for use in user-defined widgets with the read-command widget, described in the subsection `Miscellaneous' of the section `Standard Widgets' below.

Local Keymaps

If a key sequence is defined in a local keymap, it will hide a key sequence in the global keymap that is a prefix of that sequence. An example of this occurs with the binding of iw in viopp as this hides the binding of i in vicmd. However, a longer sequence in the global keymap that shares the same prefix can still apply so for example the binding of ^Xa in the global keymap will be unaffected by the binding of ^Xb in the local keymap.

Special Widgets

zle-isearch-exit

Executed at the end of incremental search at the point where the isearch prompt is removed from the display. See zle-isearch-update for an example.

zle-isearch-update

Executed within incremental search when the display is about to be redrawn. Additional output below the incremental search prompt can be generated by using `zle -M' within the widget. For example,

zle-isearch-update() { zle -M "Line $HISTNO"; }
zle -N zle-isearch-update

zle-isearch-exit() { zle -M ""; }
zle -N zle-isearch-exit

zle-line-pre-redraw

Executed whenever the input line is about to be redrawn, providing an opportunity to update the region_highlight array.

zle-line-init

Executed every time the line editor is started to read a new line of input. The following example puts the line editor into vi command mode when it starts up.

zle-line-init() { zle -K vicmd; }
zle -N zle-line-init

zle-line-finish

This is similar to zle-line-init but is executed every time the line editor has finished reading a line of input.

zle-history-line-set

Executed when the history line changes.

zle-keymap-select

Executed every time the keymap changes, i.e. the special parameter KEYMAP is set to a different value, while the line editor is active. Initialising the keymap when the line editor starts does not cause the widget to be called.

Movement

vi-backward-blank-word (unbound) (B) (unbound)

Move backward one word, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters.

vi-backward-blank-word-end (unbound) (gE) (unbound)

Move to the end of the previous word, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters.

backward-char (^B ESC-[D) (unbound) (unbound)

Move backward one character.

vi-backward-char (unbound) (^H h ^?) (ESC-[D)

Move backward one character, without changing lines.

backward-word (ESC-B ESC-b) (unbound) (unbound)

Move to the beginning of the previous word.

emacs-backward-word

Move to the beginning of the previous word.

vi-backward-word (unbound) (b) (unbound)

Move to the beginning of the previous word, vi-style.

vi-backward-word-end (unbound) (ge) (unbound)

Move to the end of the previous word, vi-style.

beginning-of-line (^A) (unbound) (unbound)

Move to the beginning of the line. If already at the beginning of the line, move to the beginning of the previous line, if any.

vi-beginning-of-line

Move to the beginning of the line, without changing lines.

down-line (unbound) (unbound) (unbound)

Move down a line in the buffer.

end-of-line (^E) (unbound) (unbound)

Move to the end of the line. If already at the end of the line, move to the end of the next line, if any.

vi-end-of-line (unbound) ($) (unbound)

Move to the end of the line. If an argument is given to this command, the cursor will be moved to the end of the line (argument - 1) lines down.

vi-forward-blank-word (unbound) (W) (unbound)

Move forward one word, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters.

vi-forward-blank-word-end (unbound) (E) (unbound)

Move to the end of the current word, or, if at the end of the current word, to the end of the next word, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters.

forward-char (^F ESC-[C) (unbound) (unbound)

Move forward one character.

vi-forward-char (unbound) (space l) (ESC-[C)

Move forward one character.

vi-find-next-char (^X^F) (f) (unbound)

Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the next occurrence of it in the line.

vi-find-next-char-skip (unbound) (t) (unbound)

Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the position just before the next occurrence of it in the line.

vi-find-prev-char (unbound) (F) (unbound)

Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the previous occurrence of it in the line.

vi-find-prev-char-skip (unbound) (T) (unbound)

Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the position just after the previous occurrence of it in the line.

vi-first-non-blank (unbound) (^) (unbound)

Move to the first non-blank character in the line.

vi-forward-word (unbound) (w) (unbound)

Move forward one word, vi-style.

forward-word (ESC-F ESC-f) (unbound) (unbound)

Move to the beginning of the next word. The editor's idea of a word is specified with the WORDCHARS parameter.

emacs-forward-word

Move to the end of the next word.

vi-forward-word-end (unbound) (e) (unbound)

Move to the end of the next word.

vi-goto-column (ESC-|) (|) (unbound)

Move to the column specified by the numeric argument.

vi-goto-mark (unbound) (`) (unbound)

Move to the specified mark.

vi-goto-mark-line (unbound) (') (unbound)

Move to beginning of the line containing the specified mark.

vi-repeat-find (unbound) (;) (unbound)

Repeat the last vi-find command.

vi-rev-repeat-find (unbound) (,) (unbound)

Repeat the last vi-find command in the opposite direction.

up-line (unbound) (unbound) (unbound)

Move up a line in the buffer.

History Control

beginning-of-buffer-or-history (ESC-<) (gg) (unbound)

Move to the beginning of the buffer, or if already there, move to the first event in the history list.

beginning-of-line-hist

Move to the beginning of the line. If already at the beginning of the buffer, move to the previous history line.

beginning-of-history

Move to the first event in the history list.

down-line-or-history (^N ESC-[B) (j) (ESC-[B)

Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the bottom line, move to the next event in the history list.

vi-down-line-or-history (unbound) (+) (unbound)

Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the bottom line, move to the next event in the history list. Then move to the first non-blank character on the line.

down-line-or-search

Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the bottom line, search forward in the history for a line beginning with the first word in the buffer.

down-history (unbound) (^N) (unbound)

Move to the next event in the history list.

history-beginning-search-backward

Search backward in the history for a line beginning with the current line up to the cursor. This leaves the cursor in its original position.

end-of-buffer-or-history (ESC->) (unbound) (unbound)

Move to the end of the buffer, or if already there, move to the last event in the history list.

end-of-line-hist

Move to the end of the line. If already at the end of the buffer, move to the next history line.

end-of-history

Move to the last event in the history list.

vi-fetch-history (unbound) (G) (unbound)

Fetch the history line specified by the numeric argument. This defaults to the current history line (i.e. the one that isn't history yet).

history-incremental-search-backward (^R ^Xr) (unbound) (unbound)

Search backward incrementally for a specified string. The search is case-insensitive if the search string does not have uppercase letters and no numeric argument was given. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to the beginning of the line. When called from a user-defined function returns the following statuses: 0, if the search succeeded; 1, if the search failed; 2, if the search term was a bad pattern; 3, if the search was aborted by the send-break command.

zle history-incremental-search-backward forceps

history-incremental-search-forward (^S ^Xs) (unbound) (unbound)

Search forward incrementally for a specified string. The search is case-insensitive if the search string does not have uppercase letters and no numeric argument was given. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to the beginning of the line. The functions available in the mini-buffer are the same as for history-incremental-search-backward.

history-incremental-pattern-search-backward

history-incremental-pattern-search-forward

These widgets behave similarly to the corresponding widgets with no -pattern, but the search string typed by the user is treated as a pattern, respecting the current settings of the various options affecting pattern matching. See FILENAME GENERATION in zshexpn(1) for a description of patterns. If no numeric argument was given lowercase letters in the search string may match uppercase letters in the history. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to the beginning of the line.

history-search-backward (ESC-P ESC-p) (unbound) (unbound)

Search backward in the history for a line beginning with the first word in the buffer.

vi-history-search-backward (unbound) (/) (unbound)

Search backward in the history for a specified string. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to the beginning of the line.

history-search-forward (ESC-N ESC-n) (unbound) (unbound)

Search forward in the history for a line beginning with the first word in the buffer.

vi-history-search-forward (unbound) (?) (unbound)

Search forward in the history for a specified string. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to the beginning of the line. The functions available in the mini-buffer are the same as for vi-history-search-backward. Argument handling is also the same as for that command.

infer-next-history (^X^N) (unbound) (unbound)

Search in the history list for a line matching the current one and fetch the event following it.

insert-last-word (ESC-_ ESC-.) (unbound) (unbound)

Insert the last word from the previous history event at the cursor position. If a positive numeric argument is given, insert that word from the end of the previous history event. If the argument is zero or negative insert that word from the left (zero inserts the previous command word). Repeating this command replaces the word just inserted with the last word from the history event prior to the one just used; numeric arguments can be used in the same way to pick a word from that event.

zle insert-last-word -- -1 -1

zle insert-last-word -- -1 1 -

vi-repeat-search (unbound) (n) (unbound)

Repeat the last vi history search.

vi-rev-repeat-search (unbound) (N) (unbound)

Repeat the last vi history search, but in reverse.

up-line-or-history (^P ESC-[A) (k) (ESC-[A)

Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top line, move to the previous event in the history list.

vi-up-line-or-history (unbound) (-) (unbound)

Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top line, move to the previous event in the history list. Then move to the first non-blank character on the line.

up-line-or-search

Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top line, search backward in the history for a line beginning with the first word in the buffer.

up-history (unbound) (^P) (unbound)

Move to the previous event in the history list.

history-beginning-search-forward

Search forward in the history for a line beginning with the current line up to the cursor. This leaves the cursor in its original position.

set-local-history

By default, history movement commands visit the imported lines as well as the local lines. This widget lets you toggle this on and off, or set it with the numeric argument. Zero for both local and imported lines and nonzero for only local lines.

Modifying Text

vi-add-eol (unbound) (A) (unbound)

Move to the end of the line and enter insert mode.

vi-add-next (unbound) (a) (unbound)

Enter insert mode after the current cursor position, without changing lines.

backward-delete-char (^H ^?) (unbound) (unbound)

Delete the character behind the cursor.

vi-backward-delete-char (unbound) (X) (^H)

Delete the character behind the cursor, without changing lines. If in insert mode, this won't delete past the point where insert mode was last entered.

backward-delete-word

Delete the word behind the cursor.

backward-kill-line

Kill from the beginning of the line to the cursor position.

backward-kill-word (^W ESC-^H ESC-^?) (unbound) (unbound)

Kill the word behind the cursor.

vi-backward-kill-word (unbound) (unbound) (^W)

Kill the word behind the cursor, without going past the point where insert mode was last entered.

capitalize-word (ESC-C ESC-c) (unbound) (unbound)

Capitalize the current word and move past it.

vi-change (unbound) (c) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and kill from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement. Then enter insert mode. If the command is vi-change, change the current line.

bindkey -a -s cw dwi

vi-change-eol (unbound) (C) (unbound)

Kill to the end of the line and enter insert mode.

vi-change-whole-line (unbound) (S) (unbound)

Kill the current line and enter insert mode.

copy-region-as-kill (ESC-W ESC-w) (unbound) (unbound)

Copy the area from the cursor to the mark to the kill buffer.

copy-prev-word (ESC-^_) (unbound) (unbound)

Duplicate the word to the left of the cursor.

copy-prev-shell-word

Like copy-prev-word, but the word is found by using shell parsing, whereas copy-prev-word looks for blanks. This makes a difference when the word is quoted and contains spaces.

vi-delete (unbound) (d) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and kill from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement. If the command is vi-delete, kill the current line.

delete-char

Delete the character under the cursor.

vi-delete-char (unbound) (x) (unbound)

Delete the character under the cursor, without going past the end of the line.

delete-word

Delete the current word.

down-case-word (ESC-L ESC-l) (unbound) (unbound)

Convert the current word to all lowercase and move past it.

vi-down-case (unbound) (gu) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and convert all characters from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement to lowercase. If the movement command is vi-down-case, swap the case of all characters on the current line.

kill-word (ESC-D ESC-d) (unbound) (unbound)

Kill the current word.

gosmacs-transpose-chars

Exchange the two characters behind the cursor.

vi-indent (unbound) (>) (unbound)

Indent a number of lines.

vi-insert (unbound) (i) (unbound)

Enter insert mode.

vi-insert-bol (unbound) (I) (unbound)

Move to the first non-blank character on the line and enter insert mode.

vi-join (^X^J) (J) (unbound)

Join the current line with the next one.

kill-line (^K) (unbound) (unbound)

Kill from the cursor to the end of the line. If already on the end of the line, kill the newline character.

vi-kill-line (unbound) (unbound) (^U)

Kill from the cursor back to wherever insert mode was last entered.

vi-kill-eol (unbound) (D) (unbound)

Kill from the cursor to the end of the line.

kill-region

Kill from the cursor to the mark.

kill-buffer (^X^K) (unbound) (unbound)

Kill the entire buffer.

kill-whole-line (^U) (unbound) (unbound)

Kill the current line.

vi-match-bracket (^X^B) (%) (unbound)

Move to the bracket character (one of {}, () or []) that matches the one under the cursor. If the cursor is not on a bracket character, move forward without going past the end of the line to find one, and then go to the matching bracket.

vi-open-line-above (unbound) (O) (unbound)

Open a line above the cursor and enter insert mode.

vi-open-line-below (unbound) (o) (unbound)

Open a line below the cursor and enter insert mode.

vi-oper-swap-case (unbound) (g~) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and swap the case of all characters from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement. If the movement command is vi-oper-swap-case, swap the case of all characters on the current line.

overwrite-mode (^X^O) (unbound) (unbound)

Toggle between overwrite mode and insert mode.

vi-put-before (unbound) (P) (unbound)

Insert the contents of the kill buffer before the cursor. If the kill buffer contains a sequence of lines (as opposed to characters), paste it above the current line.

vi-put-after (unbound) (p) (unbound)

Insert the contents of the kill buffer after the cursor. If the kill buffer contains a sequence of lines (as opposed to characters), paste it below the current line.

put-replace-selection (unbound) (unbound) (unbound)

Replace the contents of the current region or selection with the contents of the kill buffer. If the kill buffer contains a sequence of lines (as opposed to characters), the current line will be split by the pasted lines.

quoted-insert (^V) (unbound) (unbound)

Insert the next character typed into the buffer literally. An interrupt character will not be inserted.

vi-quoted-insert (unbound) (unbound) (^Q ^V)

Display a `^' at the cursor position, and insert the next character typed into the buffer literally. An interrupt character will not be inserted.

quote-line (ESC-') (unbound) (unbound)

Quote the current line; that is, put a `'' character at the beginning and the end, and convert all `'' characters to `'\'''.

quote-region (ESC-") (unbound) (unbound)

Quote the region from the cursor to the mark.

vi-replace (unbound) (R) (unbound)

Enter overwrite mode.

vi-repeat-change (unbound) (.) (unbound)

Repeat the last vi mode text modification. If a count was used with the modification, it is remembered. If a count is given to this command, it overrides the remembered count, and is remembered for future uses of this command. The cut buffer specification is similarly remembered.

vi-replace-chars (unbound) (r) (unbound)

Replace the character under the cursor with a character read from the keyboard.

self-insert (printable characters) (unbound) (printable characters and some control characters)

Insert a character into the buffer at the cursor position.

self-insert-unmeta (ESC-^I ESC-^J ESC-^M) (unbound) (unbound)

Insert a character into the buffer after stripping the meta bit and converting ^M to ^J.

vi-substitute (unbound) (s) (unbound)

Substitute the next character(s).

vi-swap-case (unbound) (~) (unbound)

Swap the case of the character under the cursor and move past it.

transpose-chars (^T) (unbound) (unbound)

Exchange the two characters to the left of the cursor if at end of line, else exchange the character under the cursor with the character to the left.

transpose-words (ESC-T ESC-t) (unbound) (unbound)

Exchange the current word with the one before it.

vi-unindent (unbound) (<) (unbound)

Unindent a number of lines.

vi-up-case (unbound) (gU) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and convert all characters from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement to lowercase. If the movement command is vi-up-case, swap the case of all characters on the current line.

up-case-word (ESC-U ESC-u) (unbound) (unbound)

Convert the current word to all caps and move past it.

yank (^Y) (unbound) (unbound)

Insert the contents of the kill buffer at the cursor position.

yank-pop (ESC-y) (unbound) (unbound)

Remove the text just yanked, rotate the kill-ring (the history of previously killed text) and yank the new top. Only works following yank, vi-put-before, vi-put-after or yank-pop.

vi-yank (unbound) (y) (unbound)

Read a movement command from the keyboard, and copy the region from the cursor position to the endpoint of the movement into the kill buffer. If the command is vi-yank, copy the current line.

vi-yank-whole-line (unbound) (Y) (unbound)

Copy the current line into the kill buffer.

vi-yank-eol

Copy the region from the cursor position to the end of the line into the kill buffer. Arguably, this is what Y should do in vi, but it isn't what it actually does.

Arguments

digit-argument (ESC-0..ESC-9) (1-9) (unbound)

Start a new numeric argument, or add to the current one. See also vi-digit-or-beginning-of-line. This only works if bound to a key sequence ending in a decimal digit.

neg-argument (ESC--) (unbound) (unbound)

Changes the sign of the following argument.

universal-argument

Multiply the argument of the next command by 4. Alternatively, if this command is followed by an integer (positive or negative), use that as the argument for the next command. Thus digits cannot be repeated using this command. For example, if this command occurs twice, followed immediately by forward-char, move forward sixteen spaces; if instead it is followed by -2, then forward-char, move backward two spaces.

argument-base

Use the existing numeric argument as a numeric base, which must be in the range 2 to 36 inclusive. Subsequent use of digit-argument and universal-argument will input a new numeric argument in the given base. The usual hexadecimal convention is used: the letter a or A corresponds to 10, and so on. Arguments in bases requiring digits from 10 upwards are more conveniently input with universal-argument, since ESC-a etc. are not usually bound to digit-argument.

zle argument-base 16
zle universal-argument

Completion

accept-and-menu-complete

In a menu completion, insert the current completion into the buffer, and advance to the next possible completion.

complete-word

Attempt completion on the current word.

delete-char-or-list (^D) (unbound) (unbound)

Delete the character under the cursor. If the cursor is at the end of the line, list possible completions for the current word.

expand-cmd-path

Expand the current command to its full pathname.

expand-or-complete (TAB) (unbound) (TAB)

Attempt shell expansion on the current word. If that fails, attempt completion.

expand-or-complete-prefix

Attempt shell expansion on the current word up to cursor.

expand-history (ESC-space ESC-!) (unbound) (unbound)

Perform history expansion on the edit buffer.

expand-word (^X*) (unbound) (unbound)

Attempt shell expansion on the current word.

list-choices (ESC-^D) (^D =) (^D)

List possible completions for the current word.

list-expand (^Xg ^XG) (^G) (^G)

List the expansion of the current word.

magic-space

Perform history expansion and insert a space into the buffer. This is intended to be bound to space.

menu-complete

Like complete-word, except that menu completion is used. See the MENU_COMPLETE option.

menu-expand-or-complete

Like expand-or-complete, except that menu completion is used.

reverse-menu-complete

Perform menu completion, like menu-complete, except that if a menu completion is already in progress, move to the previous completion rather than the next.

end-of-list

When a previous completion displayed a list below the prompt, this widget can be used to move the prompt below the list.

Miscellaneous

accept-and-hold (ESC-A ESC-a) (unbound) (unbound)

Push the contents of the buffer on the buffer stack and execute it.

accept-and-infer-next-history

Execute the contents of the buffer. Then search the history list for a line matching the current one and push the event following onto the buffer stack.

accept-line (^J ^M) (^J ^M) (^J ^M)

Finish editing the buffer. Normally this causes the buffer to be executed as a shell command.

accept-line-and-down-history (^O) (unbound) (unbound)

Execute the current line, and push the next history event on the buffer stack.

auto-suffix-remove

If the previous action added a suffix (space, slash, etc.) to the word on the command line, remove it. Otherwise do nothing. Removing the suffix ends any active menu completion or menu selection.

auto-suffix-retain

If the previous action added a suffix (space, slash, etc.) to the word on the command line, force it to be preserved. Otherwise do nothing. Retaining the suffix ends any active menu completion or menu selection.

beep

Beep, unless the BEEP option is unset.

bracketed-paste

This widget is invoked when text is pasted to the terminal emulator. It is not intended to be bound to actual keys but instead to the special sequence generated by the terminal emulator when text is pasted.

vi-cmd-mode (^X^V) (unbound) (^[)

Enter command mode; that is, select the `vicmd' keymap. Yes, this is bound by default in emacs mode.

vi-caps-lock-panic

Hang until any lowercase key is pressed. This is for vi users without the mental capacity to keep track of their caps lock key (like the author).

clear-screen (^L ESC-^L) (^L) (^L)

Clear the screen and redraw the prompt.

deactivate-region

Make the current region inactive. This disables vim-style visual selection mode if it is active.

describe-key-briefly

Reads a key sequence, then prints the function bound to that sequence.

exchange-point-and-mark (^X^X) (unbound) (unbound)

Exchange the cursor position (point) with the position of the mark. Unless a negative numeric argument is given, the region between point and mark is activated so that it can be highlighted. If a zero numeric argument is given, the region is activated but point and mark are not swapped.

execute-named-cmd (ESC-x) (:) (unbound)

Read the name of an editor command and execute it. Aliasing this widget with `zle -A' or replacing it with `zle -N' has no effect when interpreting key bindings, but `zle execute-named-cmd' will invoke such an alias or replacement.

execute-last-named-cmd (ESC-z) (unbound) (unbound)

Redo the last function executed with execute-named-cmd.

get-line (ESC-G ESC-g) (unbound) (unbound)

Pop the top line off the buffer stack and insert it at the cursor position.

pound-insert (unbound) (#) (unbound)

If there is no # character at the beginning of the buffer, add one to the beginning of each line. If there is one, remove a # from each line that has one. In either case, accept the current line. The INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS option must be set for this to have any usefulness.

vi-pound-insert

If there is no # character at the beginning of the current line, add one. If there is one, remove it. The INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS option must be set for this to have any usefulness.

push-input

Push the entire current multiline construct onto the buffer stack and return to the top-level (PS1) prompt. If the current parser construct is only a single line, this is exactly like push-line. Next time the editor starts up or is popped with get-line, the construct will be popped off the top of the buffer stack and loaded into the editing buffer.

push-line (^Q ESC-Q ESC-q) (unbound) (unbound)

Push the current buffer onto the buffer stack and clear the buffer. Next time the editor starts up, the buffer will be popped off the top of the buffer stack and loaded into the editing buffer.

push-line-or-edit

At the top-level (PS1) prompt, equivalent to push-line. At a secondary (PS2) prompt, move the entire current multiline construct into the editor buffer. The latter is equivalent to push-input followed by get-line.

read-command

Only useful from a user-defined widget. A keystroke is read just as in normal operation, but instead of the command being executed the name of the command that would be executed is stored in the shell parameter REPLY. This can be used as the argument of a future zle command. If the key sequence is not bound, status 1 is returned; typically, however, REPLY is set to undefined-key to indicate a useless key sequence.

recursive-edit

Only useful from a user-defined widget. At this point in the function, the editor regains control until one of the standard widgets which would normally cause zle to exit (typically an accept-line caused by hitting the return key) is executed. Instead, control returns to the user-defined widget. The status returned is non-zero if the return was caused by an error, but the function still continues executing and hence may tidy up. This makes it safe for the user-defined widget to alter the command line or key bindings temporarily.

self-insert-ucase() {
  LBUFFER+=${(U)KEYS[-1]}
}
integer stat
zle -N self-insert self-insert-ucase
zle -A caps-lock save-caps-lock
zle -A accept-line caps-lock
zle recursive-edit
stat=$?
zle -A .self-insert self-insert
zle -A save-caps-lock caps-lock
zle -D save-caps-lock
(( stat )) && zle send-break
return $stat

redisplay (unbound) (^R) (^R)

Redisplays the edit buffer.

reset-prompt (unbound) (unbound) (unbound)

Force the prompts on both the left and right of the screen to be re-expanded, then redisplay the edit buffer. This reflects changes both to the prompt variables themselves and changes in the expansion of the values (for example, changes in time or directory, or changes to the value of variables referred to by the prompt).

send-break (^G ESC-^G) (unbound) (unbound)

Abort the current editor function, e.g. execute-named-command, or the editor itself, e.g. if you are in vared. Otherwise abort the parsing of the current line; in this case the aborted line is available in the shell variable ZLE_LINE_ABORTED. If the editor is aborted from within vared, the variable ZLE_VARED_ABORTED is set.

run-help (ESC-H ESC-h) (unbound) (unbound)

Push the buffer onto the buffer stack, and execute the command `run-help cmd', where cmd is the current command. run-help is normally aliased to man.

vi-set-buffer (unbound) (") (unbound)

Specify a buffer to be used in the following command. There are 37 buffers that can be specified: the 26 `named' buffers "a to "z, the `yank' buffer "0, the nine `queued' buffers "1 to "9 and the `black hole' buffer "_. The named buffers can also be specified as "A to "Z.

zle vi-set-buffer A

vi-set-mark (unbound) (m) (unbound)

Set the specified mark at the cursor position.

set-mark-command (^@) (unbound) (unbound)

Set the mark at the cursor position. If called with a negative numeric argument, do not set the mark but deactivate the region so that it is no longer highlighted (it is still usable for other purposes). Otherwise the region is marked as active.

spell-word (ESC-$ ESC-S ESC-s) (unbound) (unbound)

Attempt spelling correction on the current word.

split-undo

Breaks the undo sequence at the current change. This is useful in vi mode as changes made in insert mode are coalesced on entering command mode. Similarly, undo will normally revert as one all the changes made by a user-defined widget.

undefined-key

This command is executed when a key sequence that is not bound to any command is typed. By default it beeps.

undo (^_ ^Xu ^X^U) (u) (unbound)

Incrementally undo the last text modification. When called from a user-defined widget, takes an optional argument indicating a previous state of the undo history as returned by the UNDO_CHANGE_NO variable; modifications are undone until that state is reached, subject to any limit imposed by the UNDO_LIMIT_NO variable.

redo (unbound) (^R) (unbound)

Incrementally redo undone text modifications.

vi-undo-change (unbound) (unbound) (unbound)

Undo the last text modification. If repeated, redo the modification.

visual-mode (unbound) (v) (unbound)

Toggle vim-style visual selection mode. If line-wise visual mode is currently enabled then it is changed to being character-wise. If used following an operator, it forces the subsequent movement command to be treated as a character-wise movement.

visual-line-mode (unbound) (V) (unbound)

Toggle vim-style line-wise visual selection mode. If character-wise visual mode is currently enabled then it is changed to being line-wise. If used following an operator, it forces the subsequent movement command to be treated as a line-wise movement.

what-cursor-position (^X=) (ga) (unbound)

Print the character under the cursor, its code as an octal, decimal and hexadecimal number, the current cursor position within the buffer and the column of the cursor in the current line.

where-is

Read the name of an editor command and print the listing of key sequences that invoke the specified command. A restricted set of editing functions is available in the mini-buffer. Keys are looked up in the special command keymap, and if not found there in the main keymap.

which-command (ESC-?) (unbound) (unbound)

Push the buffer onto the buffer stack, and execute the command `which-command cmd'. where cmd is the current command. which-command is normally aliased to whence.

vi-digit-or-beginning-of-line (unbound) (0) (unbound)

If the last command executed was a digit as part of an argument, continue the argument. Otherwise, execute vi-beginning-of-line.

Text Objects

select-a-blank-word (aW)

Select a word including adjacent blanks, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters. With a numeric argument, multiple words will be selected.

select-a-shell-word (aa)

Select the current command argument applying the normal rules for quoting.

select-a-word (aw)

Select a word including adjacent blanks, using the normal vi-style word definition. With a numeric argument, multiple words will be selected.

select-in-blank-word (iW)

Select a word, where a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters. With a numeric argument, multiple words will be selected.

select-in-shell-word (ia)

Select the current command argument applying the normal rules for quoting. If the argument begins and ends with matching quote characters, these are not included in the selection.

select-in-word (iw)

Select a word, using the normal vi-style word definition. With a numeric argument, multiple words will be selected.