cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] [ksh93] Line continuation problem in interactive shell --------
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Janis Papanagnou < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I suppose it's the fact that after _closing_ the whole clause with double > > quotes and hitting <enter> the shell is _not_ supposed to answer with > > PS2 asking for continuation, rather responding with PS1, ready for a > > new command. > > I cannot confirm that with version t+ but the poster tried two newer > > releases, u+ and v+. > > > > Seems like it's caused by the jj KEYBD trap given by David here: > http://lists.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-users/2012q1/002947.html . > Another KEYBD related issue is > http://lists.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-users/2012q4/003713.html . > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:17:50 -0500 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [ast-users] [ksh93] Line continuation problem in > > interactive shell > > > > > > cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] [ksh93] Line continuation problem in > > interactive shell > > > -------- > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Clark WANG <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > See following example: > > > > > > > > > > $ echo ${.sh.version} > > > > > Version JMP 93u+ 2012-06-06 > > > > > $ echo abc\ <== This is fine. > > > > > > def > > > > > abcdef > > > > > $ echo "abc\ > > > > > > def" <== It still waits for input after pressing ENTER. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 93v- 2013-02-13 still has this problem. > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand the problem. Inside "", \<newline> is special > > > and means line continuation. This is defined in the last paragraph of > > > section 2.2.3 of the posix standard. > > > > > > David Korn > > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ast-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users > > > The line continuation problem caused by the KEYBD trap should be fixed in the next alpha. David Korn [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
