4 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index c68d549..318535f 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ man() {
     command man "$@"
 }
 
-# vim mode
-set -o vi
-
 # disable history
 unset HISTFILE
 
diff --git a/.config/python b/.config/python
index e026454..94a4e40 100644
--- a/.config/python
+++ b/.config/python
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 # disable history
 import readline
-readline.set_auto_history(False)
+readline.write_history_file = lambda *args: None
diff --git a/.config/readline b/.config/readline
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39a869f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/readline
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# vim: filetype=readline
+
+$include /etc/inputrc
+
+set editing-mode vi
+set keyseq-timeout 250
+
+set colored-stats
+set colored-completion-prefix
+
+set completion-ignore-case
+set completion-map-case
+set mark-symlinked-directories
+set show-all-if-ambiguous
+set blink-matching-paren
+set skip-completed-text
+set revert-all-at-newline
+
+"jj": "\e"
+
+Control-l: clear-screen
+Control-w: clear-screen line
+Control-a: beginning-of-line
+Control-e: end-of-line
+
+Control-k: history-search-backward
+Control-j: history-search-forward
+Control-n: menu-complete
+Control-b: menu-complete-backward
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 1b88f11..7bdfe10 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/run/user/$UID"
 
 # config file locations
+export INPUTRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/readline"
 export VIMINIT="source $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim"
 export XINITRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/x11"
 export NOTMUCH_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch"