Re: [Bug-readline] Disable the "modify history with arrow keys" feature

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/29/19 2:59 AM, 林自均 wrote:
> Hi Chet,
> 
> Thank you for the explanation. I tried "revert-all-at-newline", but it's
> not what I wanted. What I wish is:
> 
> 1. Use arrow key to navigate to a history command (e.g., "echo 5566").
> 2. Modify the command (e.g., change to "echo 7788").
> 3. Instead of hitting enter to execute it, use arrow keys to navigate to
> other commands.
> 4. Ctrl+C
> 5. The history is NOT modified (i.e., "echo 5566" WON'T BE CHANGED to "echo
> 7788").
> 
> Is that possible?

What I wrote is accurate: "This is  pretty well baked in to how readline
operates." The history editing and undo list behavior is a fundamental part
of readline, and there isn't a way to completely disable it. The
`revert-all-at-newline' option is the way to undo its effects after the
fact, but that doesn't get invoked when you interrupt readline's processing
with SIGINT.

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