Unable to have Bash-like C-x-e in Zsh

Question

I found the following command in Bash which Zsh does not have in the same buttons at the thread.

Ctrl-x-e

It opens the current input in terminal to an editor.

How can you have the same command in Zsh?

score 49 · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-24T15:47:05.973

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I'm using it with VIM mode. Basically ESC-v (or simply v if already in command mode) opens the terminal. It is setup by:

autoload -U edit-command-line
zle -N edit-command-line
bindkey -M vicmd v edit-command-line

Here is how to setup it in emacs mode:

autoload edit-command-line
zle -N edit-command-line
bindkey '^Xe' edit-command-line

Use 'bindkey -e’ to to enable emacs style or ‘bindkey -v’ to enable vi style.

edited May 24 '09 at 15:47

answered May 24 '09 at 15:15

Is the command for Emacs mode Ctrl-X-e? It did not work for me in terminal. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 May 24 '09 at 15:31
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It's Ctr-x, then e. You could change '^Xe' to '^X^e' if it is Ctrl-x ctrl-e what you want. Be sure to turn on emacs style (although it is the zsh default) by simply: bindkey -e alone in a line. – May 24 '09 at 15:48
@emg-2: It works. Thank you! I had a corrupted shell script which Zsh did not give any alert. I get an alert about it in Bash. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 May 24 '09 at 16:01
What do the first 2 lines do? Can I get away with just setting `bindkey -M vicmd v edit-command-line` with my other bindkeys? – Ehtesh Choudhury Feb 27 '14 at 13:26
This is absolutely delicious! Thank you for teaching my zsh how to do what I missed most from my stock bash days. – codekoala Mar 18 '14 at 22:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '22 at 20:57

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If you are using Sublime as your editor then make sure you have -w option added in .zshrc or .bashrc file, otherwise it may won't work.

export EDITOR='subl -w'

answered Nov 13 '22 at 20:57

michal-michalak

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