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Re: Readline macro question


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: Readline macro question
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 15:12:05 -0400
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On 7/29/22 2:09 PM, Robert E. Griffith wrote:

But the default ESC binding is to metafy the next character. Removing or replacing the ESC binding had no affect

No. ESC is bound to a keymap, which means that readline reads additional
characters to resolve a key sequence to a bindable command. You really
don't want to try and rebind it.


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