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File: zsh.info,  Node: Zsh Line Editor,  Next: Completion Widgets,  Prev: Shell Builtin Commands,  Up: Top

Zsh Line Editor
***************

Description
===========

If the ZLE option is set (which it is by default in interactive shells)
and the shell input is attached to the terminal, the user is able to
edit command lines.

There are two display modes.  The first, multiline mode, is the
default.  It only works if the TERM parameter is set to a valid
terminal type that can move the cursor up.  The second, single line
mode, is used if TERM is invalid or incapable of moving the cursor up,
or if the SINGLE_LINE_ZLE option is set.  This mode is similar to
`ksh', and uses no termcap sequences.  If TERM is "emacs", the ZLE
option will be unset by default.

The parameters BAUD, COLUMNS, and LINES are also used by the line
editor.  *Note Parameters Used By The Shell::.

* Menu:

* Keymaps::
* Zle Builtins::
* Zle Widgets::


File: zsh.info,  Node: Keymaps,  Next: Zle Builtins,  Up: Zsh Line Editor

Keymaps
=======

A keymap in ZLE contains a set of bindings between key sequences and
ZLE commands.  The empty key sequence cannot be bound.

There can be any number of keymaps at any time, and each keymap has one
or more names.  If all of a keymap's names are deleted, it disappears.
bindkey can be used to manipulate keymap names.

Initially, there are four keymaps:

emacs
     EMACS emulation

viins
     vi emulation - insert mode

vicmd
     vi emulation - command mode

.safe
     fallback keymap

The `.safe' keymap is special.  It can never be altered, and the name
can never be removed.  However, it can be linked to other names, which
can be removed.  In the future other special keymaps may be added;
users should avoid using names beginning with `.' for their own keymaps.

In addition to these four names, either `emacs' or `viins' is also
linked to the name `main'.  If one of the VISUAL or EDITOR environment
variables contain the string `vi' when the shell starts up then it will
be `viins', otherwise it will be `emacs'.  bindkey's -e and -v options
provide a convenient way to override this default choice.

When the editor starts up, it will select the `main' keymap.  If that
keymap doesn't exist, it will use `.safe' instead.

In the `.safe' keymap, each single key is bound to self-insert, except
for ^J (line feed) and ^M (return) which are bound to accept-line.
This is deliberately not pleasant to use; if you are using it, it means
you deleted the main keymap, and you should put it back.

Reading Commands
----------------

When ZLE is reading a command from the terminal, it may read a sequence
that is bound to some command and is also a prefix of a longer bound
string.  In this case ZLE will wait a certain time to see if more
characters are typed, and if not (or they don't match any longer
string) it will execute the binding.  This timeout is defined by the
KEYTIMEOUT parameter; its default is 0.4 sec.  There is no timeout if
the prefix string is not itself bound to a command.

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.


File: zsh.info,  Node: Zle Builtins,  Next: Zle Widgets,  Prev: Keymaps,  Up: Zsh Line Editor

Zle Builtins
============

The ZLE module contains three related builtin commands. The bindkey
command manipulates keymaps and key bindings; the vared command invokes
ZLE on the value of a shell parameter; and the zle command manipulates
editing widgets and allows command line access to ZLE commands from
within shell functions.

bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -l
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -d
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -D KEYMAP ...
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -A OLD-KEYMAP NEW-KEYMAP
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -N NEW-KEYMAP [ OLD-KEYMAP ]
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -m
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -r IN-STRING ...
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] -s IN-STRING OUT-STRING ...
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] IN-STRING COMMAND ...
bindkey [ OPTIONS ] [ IN-STRING ]
     bindkey's options can be divided into three categories: keymap
     selection, operation selection, and others.  The keymap selection
     options are:

    -e
          Selects keymap `emacs', and also links it to `main'.

    -v
          Selects keymap `viins', and also links it to `main'.

    -a
          Selects keymap `vicmd'.

    -M
          The first non-option argument is used as a keymap name, and
          does not otherwise count as an argument.

     If a keymap selection is required and none of the options above
     are used, the `main' keymap is used.  Some operations do not
     permit a keymap to be selected, namely:

    -l
          List all existing keymap names.  If the -L option is also
          used, list in the form of bindkey commands to create the
          keymaps.

    -d
          Delete all existing keymaps and reset to the default state.

    -D KEYMAP ...
          Delete the named KEYMAPs.

    -A OLD-KEYMAP NEW-KEYMAP
          Make the NEW-KEYMAP name an alias for OLD-KEYMAP, so that
          both names refer to the same keymap.  The names have equal
          standing; if either is deleted, the other remains.  If there
          is already a keymap with the NEW-KEYMAP name, it is deleted.

    -N NEW-KEYMAP [ OLD-KEYMAP ]
          Create a new keymap, named NEW-KEYMAP.  If a keymap already
          has that name, it is deleted.  If an OLD-KEYMAP name is
          given, the new keymap is initialized to be a duplicate of it,
          otherwise the new keymap will be empty.

     To use a newly created keymap, it should be linked to main.  Hence
     the sequence of commands to create and use a new keymap `mymap'
     initialized from the emacs keymap (which remains unchanged) is:

          bindkey -N mymap emacs
          bindkey -A mymap main

     Note that while `bindkey -A NEWMAP main' will work when NEWMAP is
     emacs or viins, it will not work for vicmd, as switching from vi
     insert to command mode becomes impossible.

     The following operations act on the `main' keymap if no keymap
     selection option was given:

    -m
          Add the built-in set of meta-key bindings to the selected
          keymap.  Only keys that are unbound or bound to self-insert
          are affected.

    -r IN-STRING ...
          Unbind the specified IN-STRINGs in the selected keymap.  This
          is exactly equivalent to binding the strings to undefined-key.

          When -R is also used, interpret the IN-STRINGs as ranges.

          When -p is also used, the IN-STRINGs specify prefixes.  Any
          binding that has the given IN-STRING as a prefix, not
          including the binding for the IN-STRING itself, if any, will
          be removed.  For example,

               bindkey -rpM viins '^['

          will remove all bindings in the vi-insert keymap beginning
          with an escape character (probably cursor keys), but leave
          the binding for the escape character itself (probably
          vi-cmd-mode).  This is incompatible with the option -R.

    -s IN-STRING OUT-STRING ...
          Bind each IN-STRING to each OUT-STRING.  When IN-STRING is
          typed, OUT-STRING will be pushed back and treated as input to
          the line editor.  When -R is also used, interpret the
          IN-STRINGs as ranges.

    IN-STRING COMMAND ...
          Bind each IN-STRING to each COMMAND.  When -R is used,
          interpret the IN-STRINGs as ranges.

    [ IN-STRING ]
          List key bindings.  If an IN-STRING is specified, the binding
          of that string in the selected keymap is displayed.
          Otherwise, all key bindings in the selected keymap are
          displayed.  (As a special case, if the -e or -v option is
          used alone, the keymap is _not_ displayed - the implicit
          linking of keymaps is the only thing that happens.)

          When the option -p is used, the IN-STRING must be present.
          The listing shows all bindings which have the given key
          sequence as a prefix, not including any bindings for the key
          sequence itself.

          When the -L option is used, the list is in the form of bindkey
          commands to create the key bindings.

     When the -R option is used as noted above, a valid range consists
     of two characters, with an optional `-' between them.  All
     characters between the two specified, inclusive, are bound as
     specified.

     For either IN-STRING or OUT-STRING, the following escape sequences
     are recognised:

    \a
          bell character

    \b
          backspace

    \e, \E
          escape

    \f
          form feed

    \n
          linefeed (newline)

    \r
          carriage return

    \t
          horizontal tab

    \v
          vertical tab

    \NNN
          character code in octal

    \xNN
          character code in hexadecimal

    \M[-]X
          character with meta bit set

    \C[-]X
          control character

    ^X
          control character

     In all other cases, `\' escapes the following character.  Delete is
     written as `^?'.  Note that `\M^?' and `^\M?' are not the same,
     and that (unlike emacs), the bindings `\M-X' and `\eX' are
     entirely distinct, although they are initialized to the same
     bindings by `bindkey -m'.

vared [ -Aache ] [ -p PROMPT ] [ -r RPROMPT ] NAME
     The value of the parameter NAME is loaded into the edit buffer,
     and the line editor is invoked.  When the editor exits, NAME is
     set to the string value returned by the editor.  When the -c flag
     is given, the parameter is created if it doesn't already exist.
     The -a flag may be given with -c to create an array parameter, or
     the -A flag to create an associative array.  If the type of an
     existing parameter does not match the type to be created, the
     parameter is unset and recreated.

     If an array or array slice is being edited, separator characters
     as defined in $IFS will be shown quoted with a backslash, as will
     backslashes themselves.  Conversely, when the edited text is split
     into an array, a backslash quotes an immediately following
     separator character or backslash; no other special handling of
     backslashes, or any handling of quotes, is performed.

     Individual elements of existing array or associative array
     parameters may be edited by using subscript syntax on NAME.  New
     elements are created automatically, even without -c.

     If the -p flag is given, the following string will be taken as the
     prompt to display at the left.  If the -r flag is given, the
     following string gives the prompt to display at the right.  If the
     -h flag is specified, the history can be accessed from ZLE. If the
     -e flag is given, typing ^D (Control-D) on an empty line causes
     vared to exit immediately with a non-zero return value.

zle -l [ -L | -a ] [ STRING ... ]
zle -D WIDGET ...
zle -A OLD-WIDGET NEW-WIDGET
zle -N WIDGET [ FUNCTION ]
zle -C WIDGET COMPLETION-WIDGET FUNCTION
zle -R [ -c ] [ DISPLAY-STRING ] [ STRING ... ]
zle -M STRING
zle -U STRING
zle -I
zle WIDGET [ -n NUM ] [ -N ] ARGS ...
zle
     The zle builtin performs a number of different actions concerning
     ZLE.  Which operation it performs depends on its options:

    -l [ -L | -a ]
          List all existing user-defined widgets.  If the -L option is
          used, list in the form of zle commands to create the widgets.

          When combined with the -a option, all widget names are listed,
          including the builtin ones. In this case the -L option is
          ignored.

          If at least one STRING is given, nothing will be printed but
          the return status will be zero if all STRINGs are names of
          existing widgets (or of user-defined widgets if the -a flag
          is not given) and non-zero if at least one STRING is not a
          name of an defined widget.

    -D WIDGET ...
          Delete the named WIDGETs.

    -A OLD-WIDGET NEW-WIDGET
          Make the NEW-WIDGET name an alias for OLD-WIDGET, so that
          both names refer to the same widget.  The names have equal
          standing; if either is deleted, the other remains.  If there
          is already a widget with the NEW-WIDGET name, it is deleted.

    -N WIDGET [ FUNCTION ]
          Create a user-defined widget.  If there is already a widget
          with the specified name, it is overwritten.  When the new
          widget is invoked from within the editor, the specified shell
          FUNCTION is called.  If no function name is specified, it
          defaults to the same name as the widget.  For further
          information, see the section _Widgets_ in *Note Zsh Line
          Editor::.

    -C WIDGET COMPLETION-WIDGET FUNCTION
          Create a user-defined completion widget named WIDGET. The
          completion widget will behave like the built-in
          completion-widget whose name is given as COMPLETION-WIDGET.
          To generate the completions, the shell function FUNCTION will
          be called.  For further information, see *Note Completion
          Widgets::.

    -R [ -c ] [ DISPLAY-STRING ] [ STRING ... ]
          Redisplay the command line; this is to be called from within
          a user-defined widget to allow changes to become visible.  If
          a DISPLAY-STRING is given and not empty, this is shown in the
          status line (immediately below the line being edited).

          If the optional STRINGs are given they are listed below the
          prompt in the same way as completion lists are printed. If no
          STRINGs are given but the -c option is used such a list is
          cleared.

          Note that this option is only useful for widgets that do not
          exit immediately after using it because the strings displayed
          will be erased immediately after return from the widget.

          This command can safely be called outside user defined
          widgets; if zle is active, the display will be refreshed,
          while if zle is not active, the command has no effect.  In
          this case there will usually be no other arguments.  The
          status is zero if zle was active, else one.

    -M STRING
          As with the -R option, the STRING will be displayed below the
          command line; unlike the -R option, the string will not be
          put into the status line but will instead be printed normally
          below the prompt.  This means that the STRING will still be
          displayed after the widget returns (until it is overwritten
          by subsequent commands).

    -U STRING
          This pushes the characters in the STRING onto the input stack
          of ZLE.  After the widget currently executed finishes ZLE
          will behave as if the characters in the STRING were typed by
          the user.

          As ZLE uses a stack, if this option is used repeatedly the
          last string pushed onto the stack will be processed first.
          However, the characters in each STRING will be processed in
          the order in which they appear in the string.

    -I
          Unusually, this option is only useful _outside_ ordinary
          widget functions.  It invalidates the current zle display in
          preparation for output; usually this will be from a trap
          function.  It has no effect if zle is not active.  When a
          trap exits, the shell checks to see if the display needs
          restoring, hence the following will print output in such a
          way as not to disturb the line being edited:

               TRAPUSR1() {
                   # Invalidate zle display
                 zle -I
                   # Show output
                 print Hello
               }

          Note that there are better ways of manipulating the display
          from within zle widgets.  In general, the trap function may
          need to test whether zle is loaded before using this method;
          if it is not, there is no point in loading it specially since
          the line editor will not be active.

          The status is zero if zle was active, else one.

    WIDGET [ -n NUM ] [ -N ] ARGS ...
          Invoke the specified widget.  This can only be done when ZLE
          is active; normally this will be within a user-defined widget.

          With the options -n and -N, the current numerical argument
          will be saved and then restored after the call to widget; `-n
          NUM' sets the numerical argument temporarily to NUM, while
          `-N' sets it to the default, i.e. as if there were none.

          Any further arguments will be passed to the widget.  If it is
          a shell function, these are passed down as positional
          parameters; for builtin widgets it is up to the widget in
          question what it does with them.  Currently arguments are
          only handled by the incremental-search commands, the
          history-search-forward and -backward and the corresponding
          functions prefixed by vi-, and by universal-argument.  No
          error is flagged if the command does not use the arguments,
          or only uses some of them.

          The return status reflects the success or failure of the
          operation carried out by the widget, or if it is a
          user-defined widget the return status of the shell function.

          A non-zero return status causes the shell to beep when the
          widget exits, unless the BEEP options was unset or the widget
          was called via the zle command.  Thus if a user defined
          widget requires an immediate beep, it should call the beep
          widget directly.

     With no options and no arguments, only the return status will be
     set. It is zero if ZLE is currently active and widgets could be
     invoked using this builtin command and non-zero if ZLE is not
     active.


File: zsh.info,  Node: Zle Widgets,  Prev: Zle Builtins,  Up: Zsh Line Editor

Widgets
=======

All actions in the editor are performed by `widgets'.  A widget's job is
simply to perform some small action.  The ZLE commands that key
sequences in keymaps are bound to are in fact widgets.  Widgets can be
user-defined or built in.

The standard widgets built in to ZLE are listed in Standard Widgets
below.  Other built-in widgets can be defined by other modules (see
*Note Zsh Modules::).  Each built-in widget has two names: its normal
canonical name, and the same name preceded by a `.'.  The `.' name is
special: it can't be rebound to a different widget.  This makes the
widget available even when its usual name has been redefined.

User-defined widgets are defined using `zle -N', and implemented as
shell functions.  When the widget is executed, the corresponding shell
function is executed, and can perform editing (or other) actions.  It
is recommended that user-defined widgets should not have names starting
with `.'.

User-Defined Widgets
====================

User-defined widgets, being implemented as shell functions, can execute
any normal shell command.  They can also run other widgets (whether
built-in or user-defined) using the zle builtin command.  The standard
input of the function is closed to prevent external commands from
unintentionally blocking ZLE by reading from the terminal, but read -k
or read -q can be used to read characters.  Finally, they can examine
and edit the ZLE buffer being edited by reading and setting the special
parameters described below.

These special parameters are always available in widget functions, but
are not in any way special outside ZLE.  If they have some normal value
outside ZLE, that value is temporarily inaccessible, but will return
when the widget function exits.  These special parameters in fact have
local scope, like parameters created in a function using local.

Inside completion widgets and traps called while ZLE is active, these
parameters are available read-only.

BUFFER (scalar)
     The entire contents of the edit buffer.  If it is written to, the
     cursor remains at the same offset, unless that would put it
     outside the buffer.

BUFFERLINES
     The number of screen lines needed for the edit buffer currently
     displayed on screen (i.e. without any changes to the preceding
     parameters done after the last redisplay).

CURSOR (integer)
     The offset of the cursor, within the edit buffer.  This is in the
     range 0 to $#BUFFER, and is by definition equal to $#LBUFFER.
     Attempts to move the cursor outside the buffer will result in the
     cursor being moved to the appropriate end of the buffer.

HISTNO (integer)
     The current history number.

KEYS (scalar)
     The keys typed to invoke this widget, as a literal string.

LASTWIDGET (scalar)
     The name of the last widget that was executed.

LBUFFER (scalar)
     The part of the buffer that lies to the left of the cursor
     position.  If it is assigned to, only that part of the buffer is
     replaced, and the cursor remains between the new $LBUFFER and the
     old $RBUFFER.

MARK (integer)
     Like CURSOR, but for the mark.

NUMERIC (integer)
     The numeric argument. If no numeric argument was given, this
     parameter is unset. When this is set inside a widget function,
     builtin widgets called with the zle builtin command will use the
     value assigned. If it is unset inside a widget function, builtin
     widgets called behave as if no numeric argument was given.

PENDING (integer)
     The number of bytes pending for input, i.e. the number of bytes
     which have already been typed and can immediately be read. On
     systems where the shell is not able to get this information, this
     parameter will always have a value of zero.

PREBUFFER (scalar)
     In a multi-line input at the secondary prompt, this read-only
     parameter contains the contents of the lines before the one the
     cursor is currently in.

RBUFFER (scalar)
     The part of the buffer that lies to the right of the cursor
     position.  If it is assigned to, only that part of the buffer is
     replaced, and the cursor remains between the old $LBUFFER and the
     new $RBUFFER.

WIDGET (scalar)
     The name of the widget currently being executed.

Standard Widgets
================

The following is a list of all the standard widgets, and their default
bindings in emacs mode, vi command mode and vi insert mode (the
`emacs', `vicmd' and `viins' keymaps, respectively).

Note that cursor keys are bound to movement keys in all three keymaps;
the shell assumes that the cursor keys send the key sequences reported
by the terminal-handling library (termcap or terminfo).  The key
sequences shown in the list are those based on the VT100, common on
many modern terminals, but in fact these are not necessarily bound.  In
the case of the viins keymap, the initial escape character of the
sequences serves also to return to the vicmd keymap: whether this
happens is determined by the KEYTIMEOUT parameter, see *Note
Parameters::.

* Menu:

* Movement::
* History Control::
* Modifying Text::
* Arguments::
* Completion::
* Miscellaneous::


File: zsh.info,  Node: Movement,  Next: History Control,  Up: Zle Widgets

Movement
--------

vi-backward-blank-word (unbound) (B) (unbound)
     Move backward one 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.

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.

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.


File: zsh.info,  Node: History Control,  Next: Modifying Text,  Prev: Movement,  Up: Zle Widgets

History Control
---------------

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

     If called from a function by the zle command with arguments, the
     first argument is taken as the string for which to search, rather
     than 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.

     A restricted set of editing functions is available in the
     mini-buffer.  An interrupt signal, as defined by the stty setting,
     will stop the search and go back to the original line.  An
     undefined key will have the same effect. The supported functions
     are: backward-delete-char, vi-backward-delete-char, clear-screen,
     redisplay, quoted-insert, vi-quoted-insert, accept-and-hold,
     accept-and-infer-next-history, accept-line and
     accept-line-and-down-history.

     magic-space just inserts a space.  vi-cmd-mode toggles between the
     `main' and `vicmd' keymaps; the `main' keymap (insert mode) will
     be selected initially.  history-incremental-search-backward will
     get the next occurrence of the contents of the mini-buffer.
     history-incremental-search-forward inverts the sense of the search.
     vi-repeat-search and vi-rev-repeat-search are similarly supported.
     The direction of the search is indicated in the mini-buffer.

     Any multi-character string that is not bound to one of the above
     functions will beep and interrupt the search, leaving the last
     found line in the buffer. Any single character that is not bound
     to one of the above functions, or self-insert or
     self-insert-unmeta, will have the same effect but the function
     will be executed.

     When called from a widget function by the zle command, the
     incremental search commands can take a string argument.  This will
     be treated as a string of keys, as for arguments to the bindkey
     command, and used as initial input for the command.  Any
     characters in the string which are unused by the incremental
     search will be silently ignored.  For example,

          zle history-incremental-search-backward forceps

     will search backwards for forceps, leaving the minibuffer
     containing the string `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-search-backward (ESC-P ESC-p) (unbound) (unbound)
     Search backward in the history for a line beginning with the first
     word in the buffer.

     If called from a function by the zle command with arguments, the
     first argument is taken as the string for which to search, rather
     than 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.

     A restricted set of editing functions is available in the
     mini-buffer.  An interrupt signal, as defined by the stty setting,
     will stop the search.  The functions available in the mini-buffer
     are: accept-line, backward-delete-char, vi-backward-delete-char,
     backward-kill-word, vi-backward-kill-word, clear-screen, redisplay,
     quoted-insert and vi-quoted-insert.

     vi-cmd-mode is treated the same as accept-line, and magic-space is
     treated as a space.  Any other character that is not bound to
     self-insert or self-insert-unmeta will beep and be ignored. If the
     function is called from vi command mode, the bindings of the
     current insert mode will be used.

     If called from a function by the zle command with arguments, the
     first argument is taken as the string for which to search, rather
     than the first word in the buffer.

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.

     If called from a function by the zle command with arguments, the
     first argument is taken as the string for which to search, rather
     than 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.

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.

     If called from a function by the zle command with arguments, the
     first argument is taken as the string for which to search, rather
     than 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.


File: zsh.info,  Node: Modifying Text,  Next: Arguments,  Prev: History Control,  Up: Zle Widgets

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.

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 (ESC-^_) (unbound) (unbound)
     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.

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
     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.

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.

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, and yank the
     new top.  Only works following yank 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.


File: zsh.info,  Node: Arguments,  Next: Completion,  Prev: Modifying Text,  Up: Zle Widgets

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.

     Inside a widget function, a call to this function treats the last
     key of the key sequence which called the widget as the 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.

     Inside a widget function, if passed an argument, i.e. `zle
     universal-argument NUM', the numerical argument will be set to
     NUM; this is equivalent to `NUMERIC=NUM'.


File: zsh.info,  Node: Completion,  Next: Miscellaneous,  Prev: Arguments,  Up: Zle Widgets

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.

