*** ../bash-4.2-patched/lib/readline/readline.c	2010-07-25 17:07:40.000000000 -0400
--- lib/readline/readline.c	2012-01-22 16:47:45.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 856,859 ****
--- 891,900 ----
  #endif
  
+ 	  /* Tentative inter-character timeout for potential multi-key
+ 	     sequences?  If no input within timeout, abort sequence and
+ 	     act as if we got non-matching input. */
+ 	  if (_rl_input_queued (500000) == 0)
+ 	    return (_rl_subseq_result (-2, map, key, got_subseq));
+ 
  	  newkey = _rl_subseq_getchar (key);
  	  if (newkey < 0)