From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13924 invoked by alias); 15 Aug 2015 23:42:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 36186 Received: (qmail 1349 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2015 23:41:57 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= daniel.shahaf.name; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=XZB2qPJaZT4ZXbEqHL6fNktB3YA=; b=E1U3Vt ZHfDtSOCJu9U42d1GLvOkIPSbGHbw38k5yTWyXkUh0TG9Jq71Ei/JrZdnRwYREbm Nj3qV6ev5VknolrHwadNuJ7n1I9lWm3RdsUavxs1dOoij4Hf8DJZ37623rH+BKvj sls6F03GiGmCrKJFaq/W62co7jSCrZVWgGeMw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=XZB2qPJaZT4ZXbEqHL6fNktB3YA=; b=VhcJj 6j8+ejsBBQi3R8Bv2Xa6IAqIFkdTMuxbhtWBdbnFpwYeAY5766r6Qd53CURAgzx3 VNDLAyuNvIgtFiwwV/Kd/KryXAo2WdS8ekJw3QKARHDc0mmJIctFUyy2/fLRSi93 dVUAJW1+8gjIcuancXr8JTGqTfaOhZIIYw9CtU= X-Sasl-enc: 0exgeq7Q+qXHZLpmekjjpk5sRPYvjHkswNr/bs0+ZvLw 1439681675 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 23:34:33 +0000 From: Daniel Shahaf To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: bracketed paste - FAQ update Message-ID: <20150815233433.GG1952@tarsus.local2> References: <20150716234205.GH2032@tarsus.local2> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150716234205.GH2032@tarsus.local2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Daniel Shahaf wrote on Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 23:42:05 +0000: > Question 3.24 "3.24. What's wrong with cut and paste on my xterm?" has: > > myeit() When the shell is waiting for input, and you paste in a chunk of > text consisting of more than one complete set of commands. > [...] > Maybe update this to reflect the new 5.0.9 behaviour? Haven't caught up with my inbox yet, but in the meantime: diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index a9cc0a6..e6d5094 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -1702,11 +1702,17 @@ sect(What's wrong with cut and paste on my xterm?) already active, and needs to be turned off when the first command is executed. The shell doesn't even know if the remaining text is input to a command or for the shell, so there's simply nothing it can do. + However, if you have problems you can trick it: type `tt({)' on a line by itself, then paste the input, then type `tt(})' on a line by itself. The shell will not execute anything until the final brace is read; all input is read as continuation lines (this may require the fixes referred to above in order to be reliable). + + As of 5.0.9, this trick is not necessary on terminal emulators that + support the em(bracketed paste) feature (this includes most modern + terminal emulators). See the description of tt($zle_bracketed_paste) + in the tt(zshparam) manual page for details. )