Try putting a -n switch on that echo command and I predict this problem
will go away.
On Thu, 6 Sep 2018, Norbert Gruener wrote:
> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:38:10
> From: Norbert Gruener <norb...@norbert-gruener.de>
> To: debianUsers <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Bash-Problem with cursor position after calling a function with
> READLINE_LINE
> Resent-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:01:44 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my Bash shell (?.bashrc?) I have ?bind? a command to the ?F1? key
> bind -x '"\eOP":"_bash_man"' # F1 man <command>
>
> The script ?_bash_man? looks like (it is simplified only for test reasons)
>
> echo "${READLINE_LINE}"
>
>
> When I type ?aaa? and then press ?F1?, I see a new line on the screen
> containing the string ?aaa? and the cursor is positioned behind the
> string. The ?Backspace? key is doing nothing, and pressing the four
> ?arrow? keys just give that result
>
> bash^[[D^[[C^[[B^[[A
>
> but does not move the cursor in any direction. When I press
>
> aaa^Az?Enter?
>
> then the output on the screen is
>
> bash: zaaa: command not found
>
> Apparently the cursor position is not set correctly and the cursor
> movements are not done on the screen.
>
>
> Technical detail:
> Debian: Debian GNU/Linux 9.5.0 _Stretch_
> Bash: GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>
>
> Any help or any information would be very much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Norbert
>
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