Re: Behavior change

[Gregory Heytings]

Hi Chet,

Thanks for your reply!

> > I just installed Bash 5.1 rc1.  I have IGNOREEOF set, and in 5.0 (and 
> > earlier version) when pressing C-d one sees:
> >
> > $ Use "logout" to leave the shell.
> >
> > With 5.1 rc1 there is a newline between the prompt and the message:
> >
> > $
> > Use "logout" to leave the shell.
> >
> > Is this change intentional?
>
> It's bracketed paste, which is enabled by default in bash-5.1-rc1. The 
> escape sequence that readline sends to the terminal to turn off 
> bracketed paste ends with a carriage return, to avoid confusing the 
> Linux terminal driver about the physical location of the cursor, so the 
> cursor ends up at column 0. If readline has seen EOF, the shell is going 
> to print something one way or another, and that text will overwrite what 
> is on the current screen line. Readline outputs a newline to compensate.

Okay.  I just set "set enable-bracketed-paste off" in my /etc/inputrc. 
Perhaps this change should be documented in CHANGES, and in the man page 
(where enable-bracketed-paste is said to have the default value Off).

Gregory