Why does ci" (change inside quotes) not work in bash with vi mode enabled?

Question

My favourite way to use bash is with readline's vi mode, enabled with set -o vi. It works perfectly for me, except that ci" does nothing. The change inside X feature does not work.

What can I do to fix this? Why is it not working?

Answer 1

readline's vi-mode is a subset of vi (essentially features that affect a single line, with some allowances for usability). The ci command is not part of vi; it is a vim feature.

Further reading:

• A powerful VIM command I never knew about until now.
• Vim 101: Efficient HTML Editing with Text Objects
• How to replace text between quotes in vi
• Change inside comments with Vim