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Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com> writes:
>> There's got to be something in your shell config which says "use emacs 
>> keys" instead of "use vi keys".

> Or something in yours setting vi?

I do have

export EDITOR=emacs

Possibly libreadline is reacting to that, but I've not checked
into it.

			regards, tom lane