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| author | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2015-09-17 07:15:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2015-09-17 07:15:44 -0700 |
| commit | 91935fc0c9a1ccf23cee42b614baf0b49bc868ec (patch) | |
| tree | 4f14432d8a21533c448db4e28a7d22ad0357aa5b /txr.1 | |
| parent | ee117e6c9c10be90ba6be970e77b77a5ddb24864 (diff) | |
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linenoise: Ctrl-X Ctrl-V super verbatim mode.
* linenoise/linenoise.c (edit): Support a verbatim
entry mode with limited commands, in which most
characters self-insert, including Enter.
* txr.1: Documented.
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@@ -33485,6 +33485,17 @@ a mode in which the next character is interpreted literally and inserted into the line, even if that character is a special character such as Enter, or a command character. +.NP* Verbatim Insert Mode +The two-character sequence Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V ("extended verbatim", "super paste") +enters into an verbatim insert mode useful for entry of free-form text. It is +particularly useful in multi-line mode. In this mode, almost every character +is inserted verbatim, including Enter. The only commands recognized are: +Ctrl-X, which terminates this mode, Backspace (both ASCII BS and DEL +variants) and arrow key navigation. Enter inserts a line break, which +appears as such in multi-line mode, or as +.code ^M +in line mode. + .NP* History Recall By default, the most recent 500 lines submitted to the interactive listener are |