Re: [Bug-readline] Using SIGINT/rl_free_line_state () in .inputrc?

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/27/10 6:36 PM, Tim Landscheidt wrote:

> (The "\\r\n" tells psql to clear its query buffer.) Unfortu-
> nately, this doesn't work if readline is in "quote mode",
> e. g. the preceding line contains an opening "'" or '"'. I
> noticed though that pressing C-c does what I want: It can-
> cels all active thingies and gives me a clean prompt.
> 
>   Unfortunately, I can't use "\C-c" to invoke it as the key
> probably gets passed as SIGINT to readline. Is there another
> way to "call" rl_free_line_state () from a binding defini-
> tion?

Why not bind a key sequence to "abort" and use it in the macro?


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