On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:49:08, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
I do a lot of command recall on the command line (xterm running on Xorg server in Cygwin). One of the most common things I do is type the UP-arrow once, then ESC-backspace to get rid of the last word on the line, so I can change it to something else.
Ctrl + W also works: $ bind -q unix-word-rubout unix-word-rubout can be invoked via "\C-w".
Occasionally I type these two keys out-of-order, ESC followed by UP-arrow. This seems to lock up the bash shell for about 30 seconds before control returns.
not for me - it prints "[A", as well as triggering a "bell", but "lock up" for me is about 1 second - however note i am using "Cygwin.bat" and custom terminal [1]. also note if you chose to start using "Ctrl + W" it would avoid the problem, as a mistaken "Ctrl, Up" would be the same as simply "Up" [1] http://github.com/svnpenn/bay/blob/master/config/bash/cygwin-readline.ti -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
