Re: bash 5.1-rc1: how to disable highlight upon paste?

[Corey Hickey]

On 2020-10-26 06:39, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 10/21/20 10:39 PM, Corey Hickey wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just installed bash 5.1-rc1, and I noticed that text pasted onto the
> > command line is now highlighted (until another key is pressed).
>
> This is tied to bracketed paste, and you can disable it by disabling
> bracketed paste.

Ok. I didn't really want to disable bracketed paste, since it looks like 
it can protect me from the occasional times I accidentally paste random 
multi-line text into the terminal. :)
> > I actually _do_ like the highlighting upon CTRL-R searches, so I would like
> > to keep that enabled if I can, while disabling highlighting upon paste.
>
> They are not currently separated; disabling bracketed paste disables the
> active region feature.

I guess I'll have to weigh the pros and cons.

Now that I think about it, the part I didn't like the most might be 
considered a bug: hitting CTRL-C does not clear the highlighting. For 
example:
1. Paste text into terminal; observe highlighting.
2. Hit CTRL-C; note that highlighting remains.
3. Type something else; note that highlighting still remains.

I would expect the highlighting to clear on CTRL-C, but I don't know if 
that was the intention. In any case, I used 'bashbug' to report this a 
moment ago.

Thanks for your help.

-Corey