Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <2540FAFDA834D31181ED00508B303A7901AEE855@hqexch02.citrix.com> From: Kevin Schnitzius To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: RE: keyboard paste from clipboard into bash Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:07:33 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) The windows code is cake. Bash/readline code is heinous. Anyone craw through that code before who could save me some time figuring it out? Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Chris Faylor [mailto:cgf AT cygnus DOT com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 19:41 To: Kevin Schnitzius Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: keyboard paste from clipboard into bash On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 06:10:59PM -0500, Kevin Schnitzius wrote: >Is there a way to do this? No. >When I have my hands on the keyboard, I don't want to reach for the mouse to >do a paste and Alt-space, e, p is awkward. > >Would it be possible to extend bash to pick up a single char paste? Yes. Certainly. It will require a knowledge of Windows and bash, of course. If you come up with a patch, you should definitely submit this to the bash maintainer. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com