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Re: Why doesn't ~/inputrc work
- From: Meanders <andrew dot myers at maptek dot com dot au>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 02:26:08 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't ~/inputrc work
- References: <87ei4w6hvx.fsf@newsguy.com> <4DAF035B.6030408@redhat.com> <4DAF140A.8050501@cs.umass.edu> <87aafbc86s.fsf@newsguy.com> <874o5jc75l.fsf@newsguy.com> <4DB96020.7010100@cs.umass.edu>
Eliot Moss wrote:
>
> set convert-meta on
>
> in my .inputrc and also to write the escape sequences as
> (for example):
>
> "\M-b": "echo meta b"
>
I was having exactly the same problem as Harry.
Using the 'set convert-meta on' worked for me. I've had the same .inputrc
file for years but this problem just appeared recently on a new Window 7
64bit machine with a recent cygwin installed.
Thanks
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