inputrc

.inputrc

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# Visible = Don't ring the bell (sound), but show it as visible ([none, visible, audible])
set bell-style none

## Be more intelligent when autocompleting by also looking at the text after
# the cursor. For example, when the current line is "cd ~/src/mozil", and
# the cursor is on the "z", pressing Tab will not autocomplete it to "cd
# ~/src/mozillail", but to "cd ~/src/mozilla". (This is supported by the
# Readline used by Bash 4.)
set skip-completed-text on

# Ignore case when doing completion (allows completing 'docu' to 'Documents' instead)
set completion-ignore-case on
# Treat "-" and "_" as equivalent when performing case-insensitive filename matching
set completion-map-case on
# Match "." (hidden files) even if the '.' ins't supplied
set match-hidden-files on
# Show extra file information when completing, like `ls -F` does
# set visible-stats on
# Add colors for directories versus Files, etc
set colored-stats on
# Display the common prefix as a different colors
# Note: works in bash 4.4+ only (Ubuntu 16.04 is 4.3.48), enabling it for future
set colored-completion-prefix on

# Briefly move the cursor to an opening parenthesis when a closing parenthesis is inserted
# set blink-matching-paren on

# List all matches in case multiple possible completions are possible instead of ringing the bell
# => words are partially completed to the point where there is ambiguity AND print all completions in one step
# I don't like this, slower...
set show-all-if-ambiguous off

# If set to ‘on’, words which have more than one possible completion without any possible partial completion
# (the possible completions don’t share a common prefix)
# cause the matches to be listed immediately instead of ringing the bell
set show-all-if-unmodified on

# Note: I set ambiguous to off and unmodified to on so that we always just
# complete to the point where we cannot anymore, then we show in one go
# That's the least disruptive while still being truly helpful IMHO


# Not sure I like this behavior in irb/pry personally, clutters the display too much perhaps
# Show all autocomplete results at once (without using the '--more--'
# set page-completions off

# Turn it on
set page-completions on

# If there are more than X possible completions for a word, ask to show them all
# I set it to 30 mostly for pry, I want to avoid triggering autocomplete results too often,
# I want to generally be able to see the lines of code above
set completion-query-items 31

# Use the text that has already been typed as the prefix for searching through
# commands (i.e. more intelligent Up/Down behavior)
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward

# Already maps HOME/END keys in /etc/inputrc on Linux for term=rxvt, but can't hurt
"\e[7~": beginning-of-line
"\e[8~": end-of-line
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# Allow UTF-8 input and output, instead of showing stuff like $'\0123\0456'
set input-meta on
set output-meta on
set convert-meta off

# Use Alt/Meta + Delete (Retour Arrière) to delete the preceding word
"\e[3;3~": kill-word