Posts tagged linux
Hacking Your Bash Terminal with Custom Widgets
- 25 October 2026
Blog Post Publish Date: 2026/10/25
This blog post is an extension of GNU Readline: The Magic Behind Terminal Autocomplete. Here, I explain how to create custom Bash widgets by registering Bash functions to keyboard shortcuts powered by the GNU Readline library.
GNU Readline: The Magic Behind Terminal Autocomplete
- 18 October 2026
Blog Post Publish Date: 2026/10/18
This blog post explains what GNU Readline is and how it powers the line editing, history navigation, and auto-completion you use every day in the terminal. I will also show the one configuration I reach for the most: making the Up and Down arrows search your command history by prefix. It is a small change that saved me a lot of keystrokes.