Re: Readline macro question

[Robert E. Griffith]

Thanks Koichi, that clears things up.

--BobG

On 7/29/22 19:28, Koichi Murase wrote:
> 2022年7月30日(土) 7:45 Robert E. Griffith <bobg@junga.com>:
> > Is there a way to get readline to return from inside the
> > rl_print_line_and_clear function?
> No.
>
> > If not, I think I can use a macro that invokes a shell function and then
> > has a \C-m to tell readline to return.  Is the only way to do that to
> > bind -x the function to a keyseq and then use that keyseq in the macro?
> Yes, AFAIK.
>
> > Are the key bindings from the emacs/VI mode different from those added
> > with bind in that they can not be removed or replaced?  Is that why
> > trying to remove or change the "TAB" binding did not work?
> How did you try to remove or change the keybinding of TAB (\C-i, \t)?
> TAB is actually an old compatible name, so you cannot use it in `bind
> -r' or in double-quotes.
>
> # remove the binding for TAB
> bind -r '\C-i'
> # or
> bind -r '\t'
>
> # change the binding for TAB
> bind '"\C-i": "hello"'
> # or
> bind '"\t": "hello"'
> # The following also works but is a deprecated form.
> bind 'TAB: "hello"'
>
> # You cannot use the following because it removes/changes the binding
> # for the sequence `T + A + B'.
> #bind -r TAB
> #bind '"TAB": "hello"'
>
> --
> Koichi