Re: Read builtin -e (readline) oddities

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/19/17 3:40 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:

>> #3
>> Hit `C-x C-e' thrice. Also, the mapping of `\C-m' became `self-insert' 
>> instead
>> of `accept-line'.
> 
> `read -e' changes it because it's no longer the line delimiter.
> 
>>   dualbus@debian:~$ PATH= EDITOR=: read -e -d ''
>>   
>>   PATH= EDITOR=: read -e -d ''; 
>>   
>>   fc -e "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-$(command -v editor || echo emacs)}}"
>>   : /tmp/bash-fc.IZAzmF
>>   PATH= EDITOR=: read -e -d ''; ; 
>>   bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
>>   
>>   fc -e "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-$(command -v editor || echo emacs)}}"
>>   vim /tmp/bash-fc.35ePED
>>   ^M^M^C
> 
> I'll have to check why it doesn't get restored on ^C.

It does get restored, but the code only has one level of restoration, so
the recursive calls overwrite it.  Who's going to do multiple levels of
edit-and-execute-command?

If you want to run multiple recursive versions of edit-and-execute-
command, you should be savvy enough to get out using ^@ (control-shift-2),
right? :-)

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