Harry Putnam wrote: > Anyone know why entries in ~/.inputrc (or for that matter) > /etc/inputrc are ignored in xterms? > > I find that inputrc entries work in console mode but not in X. > > Further, testing just now with a silly test entry: > > cat ~/.inputrc: > > ## C-x C-r reread init files > Control-o: "now what" > > That even in console mode I get really bad behavior. > > Ctrl-o inserts `now what' as expected but then I find that any > attempts thereafter to do some command like ls or whatever, when I > press <ENTER> instead of running the command `ls' I get > > `lsnow what' and the ls command doesn't fire any press of <ENTER> > prints `now what'. > > I'm guessing some kind of conflict with keyboard settings but mine are > totally stock. I've done no customizing in that area. > > I'd be interested to here what others see when they use ~/.inputrc. > > They work fine for me under KDE's konsole.
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