Say I am editing a single line, with my cursor at the indicated position:
$ abc ꕯ def ghi
I would now like to split into two lines and continue editing (like hitting ENTER would do in a text editor):
$ abc
$ ꕯ def ghi
Is there a way to do this in ZSH?
Best Answer
In ZLE's
emacs
mode:… the Control+V character (ASCII
SYN
) is bound to thequoted-insert
widget. So just enter Control+V then Control+J (ASCIILF
).In ZLE's
vi
mode:… the Control+Q (ASCII
DC1
) and Control+V characters are bound to thevi-quoted-insert
widget. So again, in insert mode, just enter Control+V, then Control+J.Remember:
Newlines in the middle of command lines separate commands. (In the terminology of the
zsh
manual: both newline and;
terminate a list.) Quote the newline if you don't want that.