Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
> And there's your problem. That is not the proper syntax for a .inputrc > file (it is NOT for shell commands, but for readline commands, which have > an entirely different syntax). Read 'man readline'. By starting a line > with 'echo', you tried to define a macro for the key 'e', explaining why > 'e' did nothing for you. > > -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! > > Eric Blake ebb9 <at> byu.net > volunteer cygwin readline maintainer Thank you for the solution. Of course now I feel silly for what I did. I've been away from *nix for over 10 years, so I guess that makes me an old-newbie. On to the next problem. Lou -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/