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Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace

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Thomas Anderson (12021-08-30):
> I would really like to be able to use terminal in such a way that when I
> backspace, it will echo the line I am currently typing
> 
> 1. say if I am receiving data into the terminal window, and
> 
> 2. I have *not* pressed carriage return.
> 
> My issue is: if I am typing to terminal, while receiving data, and I
> backspace -- I just don't know how far I have backspaced, I have to guess.

If you are really talking about the terminal echo and line edition, then
the rprnt entry of the terminal line settings, as can be observed with
"stty -a", is what you are looking for. It is usually ^R.

I just checked:

$ { sleep 5; echo bar } & cat
[1] 263571
I type this before the 5 seconds.bar
[1]  + done       { sleep 5; echo bar; }
^R
I type this before the 5 seconds. And I can continue.

> I think years ago, someone helped me add a line to my user bash settings.

... but bash does not use the terminal line edition, it uses its own
line editor.

> If someone is familiar with how Mac's terminal emulator works, I would
> like it to be like that.

And I have no idea if Apple has done something non-standard here.
Knowing Apple, if they could break something standard, they did.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George

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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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