Re: bash 3.1.17: ~/.inputrc key bindings not being read

[Chet Ramey]

John Purnell wrote:

> 
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 17
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     ~/.inputrc has the following key bindings which work correctly in
> bash 2.05b:
>     
>     # Mac forward delete
>         "\e[3~": delete-char
> 
>         # Toggle insert/overwrite mode
>         $if mode=emacs
>         "\M-i": overwrite-mode
>         $endif
> 
>         # Kill the entire line
>         "\M-k": kill-whole-line
> 
>     When using bash 3.1.17 they do not work and the results of bind -p are:
> 
>         "\M-[3~": delete-char
>         "?": kill-whole-line
>         "?": overwrite-mode
> 
>     As can be seen the modifier keys are being read incorrectly.
> 
> Repeat-By:
>     Creating the above key bindings in ~/.inputrc.
>     C-x C-r
>     Press the respective key combinations--they don't work
>     Run bind -p
>     Note that the keys are not picked up

The bindings are, in fact, processed.  As of bash-3.1/readline-5.1, the
key binding code obeys the setting of the `convert-meta' variable.  The
same thing happens when the key bindings are processed as when the key
sequences are read as input:  if `convert-meta' is on, the \M- prefix
causes an escape character to be prefixed; if it is off, the \M- prefix
turns on the eighth bit.

Use `bind -v' to check the value of convert-meta.

Chet
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