From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18289 invoked by alias); 26 Apr 2013 00:52:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 17785 Received: (qmail 15400 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2013 00:52:32 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at closedmail.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <130425175207.ZM17760@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:52:07 -0700 In-reply-to: <130425151839.ZM17476@torch.brasslantern.com> Comments: In reply to Bart Schaefer "Re: precmd: write error: interrupted" (Apr 25, 3:18pm) References: <130425111646.ZM17258@torch.brasslantern.com> <20130425193817.2f82b60c@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <130425151839.ZM17476@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: precmd: write error: interrupted MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 25, 3:18pm, Bart Schaefer wrote: } } Consider something like: } } x=({1..1000000} } print $x } } If you can't ^C that print, you're potentially in a world of pain. Of course this only applies in scripts/subshells already, because you can't ^C most builtins that are run directly from the shell prompt.