Ansible Role: inputrc

Ansible role to configure inputrc

Requirements

None

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows:

Variable	Required	Default	Comments
inputrc_write_global_config	No	true	Set to true if the global config file should also be written.
inputrc_global_file	No	/etc/inputrc	The path to the global inputrc config.
inputrc_file	No	.inputrc	The filename of the users dot file.
inputrc_users	No	['root']	This defines for which users the inputrc should be written.
inputrc_global_options	No	[...]	The global inputrc options are defined here.
inputrc_global_bindings	No	[...]	The global inputrc bindings are defined here.
inputrc_options	No	[]	The users inputrc options are defined here.
inputrc_bindings	No	[]	The users inputrc bindings are defined here.
inputrc_include	No	{{inputrc_global_file}}	The users inputrc will include this file.

The defaults for inputrc_global_options are as follows:

inputrc_global_options:
  # Enable 8bit input
  - name: meta-flag
    value: "on"
  - name: input-meta
    value: "on"
  # Turns off 8th bit stripping
  - name: convert-meta
    value: "off"
  # Keep the 8th bit for display
  - name: output-meta
    value: "on"

Note: Those are the debian-family defaults.

The defaults for inputrc_global_bindings are as follows:

inputrc_global_bindings:
  # allow the use of the Home/End keys
  - key: '\e[1~'
    function: beginning-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[4~'
    function: end-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  # allow the use of the Delete/Insert keys
  - key: '\e[3~'
    function: delete-char
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[2~'
    function: quoted-insert
    condition: mode=emacs
  # for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm
  - key: '\eOH'
    function: beginning-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\eOF'
    function: end-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  # for freebsd console
  - key: '\e[H'
    function: beginning-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[F'
    function: end-of-line
    condition: mode=emacs
  # mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving
  - key: '\e[1;5C'
    function: forward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[1;5D'
    function: backward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[5C'
    function: forward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e[5D'
    function: backward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e\e[C'
    function: forward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  - key: '\e\e[D'
    function: backward-word
    condition: mode=emacs
  # term rxvt things
  - key: '\e[7~'
    function: beginning-of-line
    condition: term=rxvt
  - key: '\e[8~'
    function: end-of-line
    condition: term=rxvt
  - key: '\eOc'
    function: forward-word
    condition: term=rxvt
  - key: '\eOd'
    function: backward-word
    condition: term=rxvt

Note: Those are the debian-family defaults.

Note: It is important not using the magic quotes for the key value.

Examples

- name: configure inputrc
  hosts: all
  tags:
    - inputrc
    - bashrc
    - bash
    - bind
  roles:
    - devil0000.inputrc
  vars:
    inputrc_users:
      - root
      - someone
    inputrc_options:
      # silence terminal on tab completeion fail - no bell or visuals
      - name: bell-style
        value: none
      # bash readline will append / on symlink completion if it is a directory
      - name: mark-symlinked-directories
        value: "on"
    inputrc_bindings:
      # arrow key up/down will do a history search
      - key: '\e[A'
        function: history-search-backward
      - key: '\e[B'
        function: history-search-forward