Just to be sure, type the following command: bind -v : $ bind -v set blink-matching-paren on set byte-oriented on set completion-ignore-case off set convert-meta off set disable-completion off set enable-keypad off set expand-tilde off set history-preserve-point off set horizontal-scroll-mode off set input-meta off set mark-directories on set mark-modified-lines off set mark-symlinked-directories off set match-hidden-files on set meta-flag off set output-meta on set page-completions on set prefer-visible-bell on set print-completions-horizontally off set show-all-if-ambiguous off set visible-stats off set bell-style audible set comment-begin # set completion-query-items 100 set editing-mode emacs set keymap emacs
That's my settings... and it works from whitin console and PuTTY. By the way, You can set the variables without using .inputrc eg. by bind 'set meta-flag on' matthias ... > > > I have trouble to show german umlauts in bash command ... > > > $ less .inputrc > > > set input-meta on > > > set convert-meta off > > > set output-meta on ... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/