> In bash, 'ctrl-r' searches your command history No! In emacs ctrl-r searches your command history. It happens that bash use emacs mode by default. All other

> In bash, 'ctrl-r' searches your command history No! In emacs ctrl-r searches your command history. It happens that bash use emacs mode by default. All other emacs basic commands work too: ctrl-p, ctrl-n, ctrl-f etc... If you are a vim user, and especially if you love venting how much you hate emacs, then please add this to your bashrc: set -o vi and now you can use vim command instead of emacs.