How to change gnome-terminal command line behavior from scrolling left mode to wrapping mode

[Thilo Six]

Thilo Six wrote the following on 22.11.2007 22:37
> primorec wrote the following on 20.11.2007 08:31
>> How to prevent gnome-terminal to scroll the command line toward left,
>> when the command line is longer then the width of the terminal ? I do
>> prefer the  wrap-around functionality.
>>
>> system: UBUNTU Gutsy 7.10
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Igor
> 
> 
> $ man readline
> <-------------------------------------------------------------------
> horizontal-scroll-mode (Off)
>    When  set  to  On, makes readline use a single line for display,
>    scrolling the input horizontally on a single screen line when it
>    becomes  longer  than the screen width rather than wrapping to a
>    new line.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------->
> 
> Since the default is your desired behavior i assume you have modified it in
> your config somewhere.
> 
> you might overwrite it with:
> 
> $ echo "set horizontal-scroll-mode off" >> ~/.bashrc

actually ~/.inputrc is correct - sorry


> 
> after that open a new term and test - if that works look through your config


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Thilo

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