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Re: Issue, most possibly with new Readline


On 2/6/06, Zach Gelnett <zachg99@XXXXXXXXX> wrote:
> On 2/6/06, Eric Blake <ericblake@XXXXXXXXX> wrote:
> > > After installing the latest readline updates (that fixed the earlier
> > > prompt issue) I'm finding an issue with the vi command line interface.
> > >
> > > Basically, when I hit [ESC] then fwd slash (/) to search through the
> > > history, it throws my cursor back to get beginning of the line (on top
> > > of the prompt) and acts weird.  This is in mrxvt, now if I do the same
> > > in the basic cygwin bash shell i get this:
> > >
> > > v468929@TRD-CAX40JXD ~> /
> > > âââââââââââââââââââââââââ
> >
> > I could not reproduce this with a quick check (I normally
> > use set -o emacs, so I am practically clueless about
> > vi mode).  Also, I normally use a multiline prompt, which
> > may be impacting things.  I tried:
> >
> > $ echo $PS1
> > \[\e]0;\w\a\e[0m\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \ \[\e[35m\](${PIPESTATUS[*]}) \[\e[33m\]~\[\e[0m\]\n\$
> > eblake@eblake (0) ~
> > $ echo hi
> > hi
> > eblake@eblake (0) ~
> > $ [ESC]/e[ENTER]       # those four keystrokes rewrite this line as:
> > $ echo hi         # with the cursor on the e
> >
> >
> > What is your PS1?  What settings do you have in your ~/.inputrc?
> >
> > One other thing to be aware of - readline 5.1 official patch 2
> > was released this weekend, so I need to make a 5.1-3 cygwin
> > release soon to incorporate it (it dealt with initialization issues
> > with line-wrapping).  I don't know if your bug would have been
> > fixed by official patch 2, or whether I should spend more time
> > investigating this first.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Blake
> > volunteer cygwin readline maintainer
> >
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>
> Eric,
>
> Basically, when using VI as the command line editor the [ESC] puts the
> line into command mode (just like pressing [ESC] within VI) then the /
> says search (again it's the same command within VI) for whatever you
> type next.  So, "/ls" would return the latest command line that
> included the letters "ls" and i can then press "n" to get the next
> occurrence and "N" to move the opposite direction through the history,
> it's quite handy.
>
> Here is my PS1:
>
>  echo $PS1
> \[\e]61;\u@\H\007\]\u@\H \W>
>
> Here is my .inputrc (i've tried commenting out the whole thing,
> commenting out sections and uncommenting sections, nothing seems to
> make a difference except emacs/vi):
>
> # the following line is actually
> # equivalent to "\C-?": delete-char
> "\e[3~": delete-char
>
> # VT
> #"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
> #"\e[4~": end-of-line
>
> # kvt
> #"\e[H": beginning-of-line
> #"\e[F": end-of-line
>
> # rxvt and konsole (i.e. the KDE-app...)
> "\e[7~": beginning-of-line
> "\e[8~": end-of-line
> "\eOc": forward-word
> "\eOd": backward-word
>
> # VT220
> #"\eOH": beginning-of-line
> #"\eOF": end-of-line
>
> set keymap vi
> set editing-mode vi
>
> # Allow 8-bit input/output
> set meta-flag on
> set convert-meta off
> set input-meta on
> set output-meta on
> $if Bash
>   # Don't ring bell on completion
>   set bell-style none
>   # or, don't beep at me - show me
>   set bell-style visible
>   # Filename completion/expansion
>   set completion-ignore-case on
>   set show-all-if-ambiguous on
>   # Expand homedir name
>   set expand-tilde on
>   # Append "/" to all dirnames
>   set mark-directories on
>   set mark-symlinked-directories on
>   # Match all files
>   set match-hidden-files on
> $endif
>
Eric,

I like the two line format and I dont have the issue there so I think
i'll just move over and use a multi line format instead.

Thank you,
Zach

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