Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:43:44 -0400 From: James E Keenan <jkeen@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_fish:_arrows_and_backspace_keys_no_longer_supported_a?= =?UTF-8?Q?fter_11.0-RELEASE=c2=a0upgrade?= Message-ID: <81cdbd80-3c5a-a1fe-8c93-74ae4c270e78@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <1476877902.1196.27.camel@europecamions-interactive.com> References: <1476877902.1196.27.camel@europecamions-interactive.com>
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On 10/19/2016 07:51 AM, David Guyot wrote: > Hello, there. > > I was using a 10.3-RELEASE FreeBSD with the packaged fish 2.2.0 > installed, without customization, and upgraded my system and packages > to 11.0-RELEASE. fish were upgraded to 2.3.1, and I lost the previous > default prompt, but that doesn't really matter. My main problem is that > it lost support of arrows and backspace keys: whenever I try to use > them, I get this: > # Up arrow for autocompletion with the last command > penegal@Aethelthryth-FreeBSD~/usr/home/penegal> [A > # Right arrow for autocompletion with the last similar command, then > # left arrow to correct input > penegal@Aethelthryth-FreeBSD~/usr/home/penegal> ls[C[D > > Tab still functions as usual; backspace produces no result, so I have > to Ctrl+C to erase the line and restart the typing from the start. As I > also use fish as the root shell, the problem persists when using sudo > su, but not with su -; the problem is also present when using fish from > vt, and the su tweak works all the same. bash doesn't have this problem > and responds as usual to these keys, as do fish over SSH connections, > so it's not keyboard-related. > > I suspect a configuration that broke upon the upgrade, but am unsure > about it, and the fish changelog doen't seem to have anything related, > but I'm not accustomed to its internals and can have missed it. Does > somebody have suggestions? > > Awaiting your answers, > > Regards. > Could it be the problem described in https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211360 and discussed in the thread with 'PS1' in the subject line on this list during the past two weeks?
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