Re: Bash-Problem with cursor position after calling a function with READLINE_LINE

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2018-09-07 11:07, Stefan Krusche wrote:
> Hallo Norbert,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 6. September 2018 schrieb Norbert Gruener:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In my Bash shell (».bashrc«) I have »bind« a command to the »F1« key
> >    bind -x '"\eOP":"_bash_man"'        # F1 man <command>
> >
> > The script »_bash_man«  looks like (it is simplified only for test 
> > reasons)
> >
> >    echo "${READLINE_LINE}"
>
> I tried exactly that and it seems to work. I put only that one line in
> a script,
> assigned the F1 key with bind to it and it outputs just the string I 
> typed
> before when I hit F1 like intended. No problems with cursor movements,
> backspace and any other command line editing.
>
> I'm on Devuan ascii and run GNU bash, Version 4.4.12(1)-release
> (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>
> >    bash^[[D^[[C^[[B^[[A
>
> This reminds me of programs (ed, rcs, telnet etc.) which don't use 
> readline and
> have less command line editing capabilities. Backspace should work, 
> though.

Had something similar with vi a while back.
put
"set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start"

or something
in .vimrc

https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/2162/why-doesnt-the-backspace-key-work-in-insert-mode

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