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From: Harry Putnam <reader AT newsguy DOT com>
Subject: Re: Why doesn't ~/inputrc work
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:26:51 -0500
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Eliot Moss <moss AT cs DOT umass DOT edu> writes:

> On 4/20/2011 12:01 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 04/20/2011 09:51 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> Do you have CRLF line endings on your ~/.inputrc?  That would explain
>> failures.  To fix it, run 'd2u ~/.inputrc'.  Other than that, it works
>> for me, so I'm not sure why you're having problems.
>
> A great suggestion.  I also thought of two other things:
>
> - If the INPUTRC environment variable is set, you may be reading
>   something different from what you think
>
> - How and whether a terminal generates meta- keys will clearly affect
>   the specific bindings you mentioned. So you may need to dig into
>   the specific terminal and into stty settings for the terminal
>   driver

I kind of relied on the fact that emacs responds to Alt-x the same on
windows as it does on linux (its how you enter certain kinds of
commands in emacs) and is usually referred to as `M-x' 

If there was a problem with the meta key, seems like it would show up
then too.

I guess a way to test would be to use a different entry that relies on
something besides the meta (alt) key... I've never used anything else
since my inputrc files are not that complex.

Can you show an example of an entry that uses some other combo?  And
explain how one would enter it into an .inputrc When I see those
Sequences and ctrl char... I get very confused... and not sure how to
create an inputrc entry using them.

Someone mentioned using stty to figure out what is going on.  I've
included the output of `stty -a' and `env' in case anyone can see
something useful there.

-------        ---------       ---=---       ---------      -------- 

,----
|  stty -a
|  
| speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0;
| intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
| eol2 = <undef>; swtch = ^Z; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R;
| werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
| -parenb -parodd cs8 -hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
| -ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ixoff
| -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
| opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
| isig icanon iexten echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -tostop -echoctl -echoke
`----

env 

HOMEPATH=\cygwin\home\harry
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man
harry=/cygdrive/c/users/harry
HOSTNAME=m2
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=screen
WINDIR=C:\Windows
SSH_CLIENT=127.0.0.1 49178 22
USERDOMAIN=m2
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
OS=Windows_NT
SSH_TTY=/dev/tty0
USER=harry
HISTFILESIZE=3000
TERMCAP=SC|screen|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal:\
        :DO=\E[%dB:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC:UP=\E[%dA:bs:bt=\E[Z:\
        :cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:ct=\E[3g:\
        :do=^J:nd=\E[C:pt:rc=\E8:rs=\Ec:sc=\E7:st=\EH:up=\EM:\
        :le=^H:bl=^G:cr=^M:it#8:ho=\E[H:nw=\EE:ta=^I:is=\E)0:\
        :li#24:co#80:am:xn:xv:LP:sr=\EM:al=\E[L:AL=\E[%dL:\
        :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:dl=\E[M:DL=\E[%dM:dc=\E[P:DC=\E[%dP:\
        :im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l:mi:IC=\E[%d@:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
        :ke=\E[?1l\E>:vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[34h\E[?25h:vs=\E[34l:\
        :ti=\E[?1049h:te=\E[?1049l:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[24m:so=\E[3m:\
        :se=\E[23m:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:ms:\
        :Co#8:pa#64:AF=\E[3%dm:AB=\E[4%dm:op=\E[39;49m:AX:\
        :vb=\Eg:G0:as=\E(0:ae=\E(B:\
        :ac=\140\140aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~..--++,,hhII00:\
        :po=\E[5i:pf=\E[4i:k0=\E[10~:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:\
        :k4=\EOS:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:\
        :k9=\E[20~:k;=\E[21~:F1=\E[23~:F2=\E[24~:F3=\E[1;2P:\
        :F4=\E[1;2Q:F5=\E[1;2R:F6=\E[1;2S:F7=\E[15;2~:\
        :F8=\E[17;2~:F9=\E[18;2~:FA=\E[19;2~:kb=^?:K2=\EOE:\
        :kB=\E[Z:kF=\E[1;2B:kR=\E[1;2A:*4=\E[3;2~:*7=\E[1;2F:\
        :#2=\E[1;2H:#3=\E[2;2~:#4=\E[1;2D:%c=\E[6;2~:%e=\E[5;2~:\
        :%i=\E[1;2C:kh=\E[1~:@1=\E[1~:kH=\E[4~:@7=\E[4~:\
        :kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kI=\E[2~:kD=\E[3~:ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:\
        :kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:km:
USERNAME=harry
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/cvsb/m2/home/harry/scripts:/cvsb/m2/home/harry/scripts/perl:/cygdrive/c/users/harry/emacs/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/wbin:/wbin:/cygdrive/c/Users/harry/bin:/usr/local/bin:/cvsb/m2/home/harry/scripts:/cvsb/m2/home/harry/scripts/perl:/cygdrive/c/users/harry/emacs/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/wbin:/wbin:/cygdrive/c/Users/harry/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:%CommonProgramFiles%/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/Core-Static:/cygdrive/c/putty:/cygdrive/c/Users/harry/emacs/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Acronis/SnapAPI:%ProgramFiles%/digieffects/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/QuickTime/QTSystem:/bin
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/harry
STY=3780.tty0.m2
SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
PWD=/cygdrive/c/Users/harry
CYGWIN=ntsec tty
EDITOR=/cygdrive/c/vim/vim70/vim
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\harry
LANG=C.UTF-8
LOGONSERVER=\\M2
PS1=\[\033[01;31m\]HOST:\h \[\033[01;33m\]\w\n\u > \[\033[00m\]
HOME=/cygdrive/c/Users/harry
LOGONSERVER=\\M2
PS1=\[\033[01;31m\]HOST:\h \[\033[01;33m\]\w\n\u > \[\033[00m\]
HOME=/cygdrive/c/Users/harry
PS4=$LINENO:
SHLVL=2
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
HOMEDRIVE=C:
COMSPEC=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
SYSTEMROOT=C:\Windows
LOGNAME=harry
PRINTER=\\HARVEY\EPSON Stylus CX7800 Series
WINDOW=0
SSH_CONNECTION=127.0.0.1 49178 127.0.0.1 22
INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:
COMPUTERNAME=M2
HISTFILE=/cygdrive/c/Users/harry/.bash_history
_=/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/env


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