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Re: Add configure switch to define USE_XON_XOFF
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Add configure switch to define USE_XON_XOFF |
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Mon, 9 Nov 2020 09:46:01 -0500 |
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On 11/6/20 1:25 PM, Ivan Kozlov wrote:
> Readline tests that macro and suppresses software flow control. This is quite
> handy: I want software flow control, just not *in bash*, where it is not
> useful and I would like C-s to do incremental search instead. With
> USE_XON_XOFF, it is inactive in bash and is restored before executing a
> command alongside other termios settings. It is probably possible to hack
> this with PROMPT_COMMAND/PS0, but clearly this is a much cleaner and readily
> available option. The only thing lacking is a configure switch.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I will look at this for a future bash version.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/