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

[primorec]

On Nov 22, 2007 1:48 PM, Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.

> > $ man readline
> > <-------------------------------------------------------------------
> > horizontal-scroll-mode (Off)
> >    When  set  to  On, makes readline use a single line for display,
<snip> <snip>
> > Since the default is your desired behavior i assume you have modified it in
> > your config somewhere.

nope  I did not modify anything anywhere. This is the behavior of the
Ubuntu 7.10 after installation.

> > you might overwrite it with:
> >
> > $ echo "set horizontal-scroll-mode off" >> ~/.bashrc

I've tried this...  Did not make any difference

> actually ~/.inputrc is correct - sorry

I've tried this too.    Nothing changed.

I even tried to change /etc/inputrc.  No effect.

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

which config you are talking about ?

Igor

P.S:    I really do not know what to do next. Google did not help me.