diff --git a/.config/readline/README.md b/.config/readline/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# `readline`-related Configurations
+
+This folder contains
+    the [`inputrc`](./inputrc)
+    for [`readline`](https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html),
+    found via `$INPUTRC` set in [`~/.config/shell/env`](../shell/env).
diff --git a/.config/readline/inputrc b/.config/readline/inputrc
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+# Enable `vi`-style line editing for all readline apps
+set editing-mode vi
+
+# Indicate the current mode via the cursor shape
+set show-mode-in-prompt on
+set vi-cmd-mode-string "\1\e[2 q\2"  # steady block
+set vi-ins-mode-string "\1\e[5 q\2"  # blinking bar
+
+
+set keyseq-timeout 100
+
+
+# Completion
+
+# Never require a second tab
+set completion-query-items 200       # Ask before listing only above this count
+set page-completions off             # No internal pager on long lists
+set show-all-if-ambiguous on         # List matches instead of beeping
+set show-all-if-unmodified on        # List even if no common prefix can be added
+
+# Case handling
+set completion-ignore-case on
+set completion-map-case on           # Treat "-" and "_" as equivalent
+
+# Readability and correctness
+set colored-completion-prefix on     # Highlight the common prefix
+set colored-stats on                 # Colorize matches by file type
+set mark-directories on              # Append "/" to directories
+set mark-symlinked-directories on    # Append "/" to symlinked directories
+set menu-complete-display-prefix on  # Insert common prefix before cycling
+set skip-completed-text on           # Avoid duplicating text after the cursor
+set visible-stats on                 # Append type indicators "/", "*", and "@"
+
+# Tab cycles through candidates while Shift-Tab goes back
+"\t": menu-complete
+"\e[Z": menu-complete-backward
+
+
+# Ctrl-L clears the screen in command mode only
+# => Bind in insert mode as well
+set keymap vi-insert
+"\C-l": clear-screen
+
+set keymap vi
diff --git a/.config/shell/env b/.config/shell/env
index d6a75fd..0e30405 100644
--- a/.config/shell/env
+++ b/.config/shell/env
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ unset _bat
 # Move common tools' config and cache files into XDG directories
 
 export BAT_CONFIG_PATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bat/config"
+export INPUTRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/readline/inputrc"
 export LESSHISTFILE="$XDG_STATE_HOME/less/history"
 export PSQLRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/psql/psqlrc"
 export PYENV_ROOT="$XDG_DATA_HOME/pyenv"