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Re: Binding Containing Escape Key Fails to Escape History Search

Started byChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
First post2019-10-30 13:43 -0400
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  Re: Binding Containing Escape Key Fails to Escape History Search Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-10-30 13:43 -0400

#15542 — Re: Binding Containing Escape Key Fails to Escape History Search

FromChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Date2019-10-30 13:43 -0400
SubjectRe: Binding Containing Escape Key Fails to Escape History Search
Message-ID<mailman.3.1572457422.3687.bug-bash@gnu.org>
On 10/22/19 5:45 PM, sunnycemetery@gmail.com wrote:
> Moreover, the history search should be closed when the cursor is moved
> (e.g. as with the left arrow key bound to backward-char), but the cursor
> does not move (even with “æ” bound directly to forward-word).

Because that character doesn't terminate the search. The arrow keys "work"
because the ESC prefix terminates the search and the isearch code is
helpful and recognizes that input has arrived fast enough that it's
probably a multi-key sequence generated by an arrow key.

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