From: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject: Re: Fix for vi editing mode in sftp(1) (PING)
To: Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
Cc: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <wai@roquesor.com>, tech@openbsd.org
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:28:59 +0000

On 2026/01/20 13:44, Damien Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2026, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 11:49:36AM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> > > Currently vi editing mode doesn't work in sftp(1), only emacs.  Since
> > > editline(3) support is already included in sftp, it doesn't hurt to make
> > > it fully work, right?
> > > 
> > > To test it you need this:
> > > 
> > >   $ cat ~/.editrc
> > >   sftp:bind -v
> 
> how does it support vi editing with this patch if EL_EDITOR is still
> unconditionally set to "emacs"? Does editrc override this?

yes