Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace
Date	2021-09-02 15:40 +0200
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 05:44:33AM +0200, Thomas Anderson wrote:
> Thanks for the insightful replies.
> 
> I think I am getting closer to a solution.
> 
> Wouldn't it be possible to bind the "redraw-current-line" to the delete
> (ASCII DEL), i.e. Alt 127??
> 
> And, just add that to my user's bash file?

It would go in ~/.inputrc by preference.  But you *could* wrap it in "bind"
and put it in ~/.bashrc instead, if for some reason you wanted it to be
more complicated, or to be done only in bash and not in other programs
which use readline.

> I am thinking out loud, not sure this would work.

Me either.  Try It And See.

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Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-08-30 14:40 +0200
  Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 14:50 +0200
  Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 14:50 +0200
    Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-08-30 15:00 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-08-31 04:00 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 17:10 +0200
    Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 17:10 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 17:40 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-31 16:10 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-31 16:20 +0200
            Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-31 16:50 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-31 16:50 +0200
            Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-01 16:10 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-09-02 05:50 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-02 15:40 +0200

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