Re: unix-filename-rubout doesn't work

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In article <mailman.2620.1091560392.1960.bug-bash@gnu.org>,
Chet Ramey  <chet@po.CWRU.Edu> wrote:
>> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>> 
>> Bash Version: 3.0
>> Patch Level: 0
>> 
>> Description:
>>     My ~/.inputrc is
>>      set editing-mode vi
>> 
>>      set keymap vi-insert
>>      C-w: unix-filename-rubout
>> 
>>      set keymap vi-command
>>      C-w: unix-filename-rubout
>> 
>>     And, C-w works in command mode, but doesn't work in insert mode.  The
>>     function rl_unix_filename_rubout() is the same as what I posted to
>>     <comp.unix.shell>, and that worked in Bash-2.05b.
>
>This happens because bash maps the tty special characters (^C, ^W, ^U, ^V,
>and so on) to their bash equivalents every time readline is invoked.
>
>I implemented this in response to complaints that readline failed to notice
>changes made via `stty'.  It's reasonable to have readline do what the user
>expects here.

[I posted a response to this a few days ago via Google, but it hasn't shown
up yet so I'm reposting].

It is, but unfortunately at least one of the special characters (^C) appears
to be ignored completely now.  With or without a .inputrc, on both Tru64
and Solaris 2.8 (sparcv9, LP64) I can't get bash 3.0 to honor ^C.

On my Tru64 workstation, `stty -a' reports:

#2 disc;speed 38400 baud; 24 rows; 80 columns
erase = ^H; werase = ^W; kill = ^U; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; susp = ^Z
dsusp = <undef>; eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 = ^@; stop = ^S; start = ^Q
lnext = ^V; discard = ^O; reprint = ^R; status = <undef>; time = 0
min = 1
-parenb -parodd cs8 -cstopb hupcl cread -clocal -crtscts 
-ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -iuclc 
-ixon -ixany -ixoff -imaxbel 
isig icanon -xcase echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -mdmbuf -nohang 
-tostop echoctl -echoprt echoke -altwerase iexten -nokerninfo 
opost -olcuc onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel tabs -onoeot 


bash-3.0 honors ^H, ^U, ^D, ^Z, but not ^C.  It just completely ignores it.

Tim
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