Bug 648744

Summary:	app-misc/screen vi-style autoindent
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	kuzetsa CatSwarm (kuza for short) <kuzetsa>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description kuzetsa CatSwarm (kuza for short) 2018-02-25 06:53:40 UTC

/usr/portage/app-misc/screen/files/screenrc contains hardcoded vi syntax:

when using ^a ^[ and ^] respectively (copy paste)

# Yet another hack:
# Prepend/append register [/] to the paste if ^a^] is pressed.
# This lets me have autoindent mode in vi.
  register [ "\033:se noai\015a"
  register ] "\033:se ai\015a"
  bind ^] paste [.]


This has been present for at least 4 years.

A user in #gentoo (freenode) wanted to know how to copy paste text from the curses-based browser they were using to be able to save on keystrokes manually typing every command.

unexpected result:

from a bash prompt, using ^a ^] to paste text, the string "se noai" is added unconditionally:

$ se noai
bash: se: command not found

Comment 1 kuzetsa CatSwarm (kuza for short) 2018-02-25 06:55:33 UTC

^a ^[ is not ^a [