alt Hacker NewsUsing the terminal becomes much more cozy and comfortable after I activate vim-mode.
A mistake 3 words earlier? No problem: <esc>3bcw and I'm good to go.
Want to delete the whole thing? Even easier: <esc>cc
I can even use <esc>v to open the command inside a fully-fledged (neo)vim instance for more complex rework.
If you use (neo)vim already, this is the best way to go as there are no new shortcuts to learn and memorize.
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I've been a (n)vim user for 20+ years now, but I hate vi-mode in the shell. However if I feel that I need to do a complex command, I just do ctrl-x+e to open up in neovim (with EDITOR=nvim set). I find it a good middle ground.
<esc>3bcw
Oh wow I didn't know about this, thank you. The underlying feature is called "readline vi-mode" for folks who want to search more about it.
This reminds me of an excerpt from an old Emacs manual:
This weird command is presented with such a benevolent innocence as if it's the simplest thing in the world.I think the better advice for command-line editing would be to set up the mouse.