On Fri, Nov 29, 2019, 10:40 AM Nikolaos Kakouros <n...@kth.se> wrote:
> Using bash version: > > GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) > > > Trying to map Backspace to execute a function, I try to do: > > bind -x '"Rubout": my_func' > > This, as expected, binds the string 'Rubout' to the function. Omitting the > double quotes makes bind fail. Escaping, like `\Rubout`, works neither. > > This is important in the case of Backspace, as there is no (to my > knowledge) other way to bind the backspace than using Rubout. Using Konsole > as my terminal emulator, `C-v Backspace` prints `^?` which I haven't > managed to use with bind. > Backspace is a terminal setting which has precedence. You have to first undefine it. stty erase undef bind -x '"\C-?":my_func' >
