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Bravo2bad
Bravo2bad

Reputation: 569

zsh: How to create a keybinding for history-beginning-search-forward when in vim mode (with oh-my-zsh's vi-mode plugin)?

I'm using the zsh shell on my Ubuntu 20.04 and I'm starting to learn how to use vim as well.

Having oh-my-zsh installed, I actually use the vi-mode plugin in order to use vim with zsh.

It works well and it's very handy.

However, before using zsh's vi-mode, I was used to the arrow keys. There is this widget called history-beginning-search-forward in zsh (not sure if this is the correct one though).

When I type the beginning of my command, I could use the arrow keys in order to go back through my history that started with the same command.

This widget doesn't work with vi-mode. When I'm in normal mode, the j and k keys use the classic history search feature (going to the last command and then back to the previous ones regardless of the command I already typed in).

I would like to know if it's possible to create a custom bindkey for vim's normal mode and to use this widget with my j and k keys.

And eventually bind the classic search mode to other keys such as Ctrl+j and Ctrl+k for example.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1155

Answers (1)

Marlon Richert
Marlon Richert

Reputation: 7020

Add this to your .zshrc file:

bindkey -M vicmd "j" up-line-or-beginning-search
bindkey -M vicmd "k" down-line-or-beginning-search

Upvotes: 4

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