X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31564891.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 02:26:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Meanders To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why doesn't ~/inputrc work In-Reply-To: <4DB96020.7010100@cs.umass.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <87ei4w6hvx DOT fsf AT newsguy DOT com> <4DAF035B DOT 6030408 AT redhat DOT com> <4DAF140A DOT 8050501 AT cs DOT umass DOT edu> <87aafbc86s DOT fsf AT newsguy DOT com> <874o5jc75l DOT fsf AT newsguy DOT com> <4DB96020 DOT 7010100 AT cs DOT umass DOT edu> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Eliot Moss wrote: > > set convert-meta on > > in my .inputrc and also to write the escape sequences as > (for example): > > "\M-b": "echo meta b" > I was having exactly the same problem as Harry. Using the 'set convert-meta on' worked for me. I've had the same .inputrc file for years but this problem just appeared recently on a new Window 7 64bit machine with a recent cygwin installed. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Why-doesn%27t-%7E-inputrc-work-tp31442455p31564891.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple