.inputrc

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# Set some configuration variables
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# do not ring the bell ever
set bell-style none

# tab completion is case insensitive
set completion-ignore-case on

# expand the tilde during word completion
set expand-tilde on

# add trailing slash when autocompleting a symlink to directory
set mark-symlinked-directories on

# do not autocomplete hidden files unless pattern begins with a dot
set match-hidden-files off

# Allow UTF-8 input and output
set input-meta on
set output-meta on
set convert-meta off

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# Set some custom keybindings
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# tab cycles through completions instead of listing them
tab: menu-complete
# shift tab does it in reverse
"\e[Z": "\e-1\C-i"

# double tapping ctrl lists possible completions
#"\C\C": possible-completions

# control-x control-r reloads inputrc
"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file

# more intelligent up/down behaviour
# uses already typed text to search history
"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[A": history-search-backward