As well as ~/.inputrc (which I have "set editing-mode vi" within), there is also ~/.editrc which has support for the editline library (which some repls use). I

As well as ~/.inputrc (which I have "set editing-mode vi" within), there is also ~/.editrc which has support for the editline library (which some repls use). I have my ~/.editrc set to the following to give me a vim-like editing environment bind -v bind "^R" em-inc-search-prev bind \\t rl_complete (NOTE: I forget the source for this, it was something like oh-my-vim but I can't find exactly where it was from.)