# use vi style:
# bindkey -v
+## beginning-of-line OR beginning-of-buffer OR beginning of history
+## by: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>, Bernhard Tittelbach
+beginning-or-end-of-somewhere() {
+ local hno=$HISTNO
+ if [[ ( "${LBUFFER[-1]}" == $'\n' && "${WIDGET}" == beginning-of* ) || \
+ ( "${RBUFFER[1]}" == $'\n' && "${WIDGET}" == end-of* ) ]]; then
+ zle .${WIDGET:s/somewhere/buffer-or-history/} "$@"
+ else
+ zle .${WIDGET:s/somewhere/line-hist/} "$@"
+ if (( HISTNO != hno )); then
+ zle .${WIDGET:s/somewhere/buffer-or-history/} "$@"
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+zle -N beginning-of-somewhere beginning-or-end-of-somewhere
+zle -N end-of-somewhere beginning-or-end-of-somewhere
+
+
#if [[ "$TERM" == screen ]] ; then
-bindkey '\e[1~' beginning-of-line # home
-bindkey '\e[4~' end-of-line # end
+
+## with HOME/END, move to beginning/end of line (on multiline) on first keypress
+## to beginning/end of buffer on second keypress
+## and to beginning/end of history on (at most) the third keypress
+# terminator & non-debian xterm
+bindkey '\eOH' beginning-of-somewhere # home
+bindkey '\eOF' end-of-somewhere # end
+# freebsd console
+bindkey '\e[H' beginning-of-somewhere # home
+bindkey '\e[F' end-of-somewhere # end
+# xterm,gnome-terminal,quake,etc
+bindkey '^[[1~' beginning-of-somewhere # home
+bindkey '^[[4~' end-of-somewhere # end
+# if terminal type is set to 'rxvt':
+bindkey '\e[7~' beginning-of-somewhere # home
+bindkey '\e[8~' end-of-somewhere # end
+#fi
+
bindkey '\e[A' up-line-or-search # cursor up
bindkey '\e[B' down-line-or-search # <ESC>-
bindkey "\e[6~" history-beginning-search-forward #PageDown
# bindkey -s '^L' "|less\n" # ctrl-L pipes to less
# bindkey -s '^B' " &\n" # ctrl-B runs it in the background
-# if terminal type is set to 'rxvt':
-bindkey '\e[7~' beginning-of-line # home
-bindkey '\e[8~' end-of-line # end
-#fi
+
# insert unicode character
# usage example: 'ctrl-x i' 00A7 'ctrl-x i' will give you an ยง