If using bash in vi mode instead of emacs mode: ESC v. zsh starts minimal, so one needs the following for such a feature to be operational: # enable a

If using bash in vi mode instead of emacs mode: ESC v. zsh starts minimal, so one needs the following for such a feature to be operational: # enable autoload edit-command-line zle -N edit-command-line # bash-like emacs mode shortcut bindkey "^X^E" edit-command-line # bash-like vi mode shortcut bindkey -M vicmd v edit-command-line