On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:57:38PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > > As it states in the comment, you can't remove the longjump because > > it's the only way to break out of the read() call when using BSD signal > > semantics (unless you're proposing non-blocking read+select()). So the > > patch sets up the sigjump just before the read() and allows the routine > > to return. If you're not waiting for read(), no sigjump is done. > > I think you're missing my point, which is: do we need control-C to > force a break out of that fgets at all?
If you're asking me, yes. I use it a lot and would miss it if it were gone. Is there another shortcut for "abort current command and don't store in history but don't clear it from the screen"? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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