Is it possible to make the interactive Node.js shell use vi mode?

Question

This is a minor inconvenience, but since nobody seems to have asked it, here it is:

With Python, I can place set editing-mode vi in ~/.inputrc and then the Python and iPython interactive shells will use vi mode. Is it possible to do something similar with Node.js?

Answer 1

You can use rlwrap, but it comes at a price - you will loose native node TAB completion (you can find details here: Can rlwrap use a wrapped command's own TAB completion?):

rlwrap -a -- node