Re: Fwd: Don't set $?=130 when discarding the current command line (not run yet) with CTRL-C?

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/23/19 9:54 PM, Clark Wang wrote:
> Hi Chet,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:02 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu
> <mailto:chet.ramey@case.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     On 11/20/19 9:27 PM, Clark Wang wrote:
>     > It's quite common for people to press CTRL-C to discard the current
>     command
>     > line. This is harmless actually for most times except when people 
> include
>     > $? in $PS1. I also show $? in red color when it's not 0 so it's more
>     > noticeable. So is it OK to not change $? when people are pressing
>     CTRL-C to
>     > discard the input?
> 
>     This behavior dates from at least 2009 and was added at user request so
>     they could tell exactly that: whether or not entering the last command had
>     been interrupted by a signal.
> 
> 
> I don't know how many people count on this behavior. Is it possible this be
fixed?

There is nothing to `fix'; this is the intended behavior.


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