On 12/23/19 9:54 PM, Clark Wang wrote:
> Hi Chet,
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:02 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu
> <mailto:chet.ra...@case.edu>> wrote:
>
> On 11/20/19 9:27 PM, Clark Wang wrote:
> > It's quite common for people to press CTRL-C to discard the current
> command
> > line. This is harmless actually for most times except when people
> include
> > $? in $PS1. I also show $? in red color when it's not 0 so it's more
> > noticeable. So is it OK to not change $? when people are pressing
> CTRL-C to
> > discard the input?
>
> This behavior dates from at least 2009 and was added at user request so
> they could tell exactly that: whether or not entering the last command had
> been interrupted by a signal.
>
>
> I don't know how many people count on this behavior. Is it possible this be
fixed?
There is nothing to `fix'; this is the intended behavior.
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