Message-Id: <199612251405.XAA16694@mail.st.rim.or.jp>
From: "Daisuke Aoyama" <jack AT st DOT rim DOT or DOT jp>
To: <rob AT rozix DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: "DJGPP ML" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Latest BASH cursor left/right strangeness
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 17:06:51 +0900
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> I downloaded a compiled only bash.exe which has support for cursor key
> command history - Great.  But cusor left/right are swapped round, and

That is a bug of previous version. Get bashb2.zip (Dec 10 1996) from:

    http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~jack/beta/index.html
    http://www.neongenesis.com/~jack/djgpp-work/beta/index.html

> trying to move too far left or right causes bash to 'hang' for a period
> of time proportional to the # of excess cursor presses. 

In this case, BASH echos ^G(rings bell) and you are waiting.
If you don't want bells, change or add readline's setting in your _inputrc
like this:

    set bell-style off

After changing , you can move cursor quickly.
Note: visible bell is not supported yet.

Daisuke Aoyama
jack AT st DOT rim DOT or DOT jp