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From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Cc: xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] libxcmd: use emacs mode for command history editing
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:58:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211201175846.GM8467@magnolia> (raw)

From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>

Prior to xfsprogs 5.7.0, we built xfsprogs with libreadline support by
default.  In its default configuration, that library interpreted various
keystrokes in a direct manner (e.g. backspace deletes the character to
the left of the cursor), which seems consistent with how emacs behaves.

However, libeditline's default keybindings are consistent with vim,
which means that suddenly users are presented with not the same line
editing interface that they had before.  Since libeditline is
configurable (put "bind -v" in editrc if you really want vim mode),
let's put things back the way they were.  At least as much as we can.

Fixes: bbe12eb9 ("xfsprogs: remove libreadline support")
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
---
 db/input.c      |    1 +
 libxcmd/input.c |    1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/db/input.c b/db/input.c
index 448e84b0..d8113599 100644
--- a/db/input.c
+++ b/db/input.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ fetchline(void)
 		el_set(el, EL_SIGNAL, 1);
 		el_set(el, EL_PROMPT, el_get_prompt);
 		el_set(el, EL_HIST, history, (const char *)hist);
+		el_set(el, EL_EDITOR, "emacs");
 	}
 
 	if (inputstacksize == 1) {
diff --git a/libxcmd/input.c b/libxcmd/input.c
index e3fa626a..fa80e5ab 100644
--- a/libxcmd/input.c
+++ b/libxcmd/input.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ fetchline(void)
 		el_set(el, EL_SIGNAL, 1);
 		el_set(el, EL_PROMPT, el_get_prompt);
 		el_set(el, EL_HIST, history, (const char *)hist);
+		el_set(el, EL_EDITOR, "emacs");
 	}
 	cmd = el_gets(el, &count);
 	if (!cmd)

             reply	other threads:[~2021-12-01 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-01 17:58 Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2021-12-03  7:26 ` [PATCH] libxcmd: use emacs mode for command history editing Christoph Hellwig

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