Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace
It's hard for me to describe, so here is an example of I am looking to
emulate (this is from a mac).
https://cloud.little-beak.com/s/KxpjEHJ5RTEYZmS
On debian, I have tried many different terminal emulators, and all the
visible options to get this type
of behavior, but have failed. =(
On 30/08/2021 14:41, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:26:32PM +0200, Thomas Anderson wrote:
>> My issue is: if I am typing to terminal, while receiving data, and I
>> backspace -- I just don't know how far I have backspaced, I have to guess.
> What you want to do is redraw the current command. The easiest way to
> do this is to press Ctrl-L. (Or if you're in vi mode, ESC Ctrl-L, and
> then you'll need to go back to command mode.)
>
> This clears the whole screen, though. So if there's information you
> need to preserve, take that into account.
>
> Of course, another approach would be to stop doing whatever you're doing
> that causes you to "receive data" while you're typing in an interactive
> shell. This might be a workflow issue of some kind. Maybe you're
> running some sort of background job that spews noise. Maybe you simply
> need to redirect that background job's output to a file. Or maybe you
> want to run the noisy background job as a foreground job in a separate
> terminal (or a separate "tab", or a separate "virtual terminal" within
> screen or tmux, etc.).
>
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