READLINE PATCH REPORT ===================== Readline-Release: 7.0 Patch-ID: readline70-005 Bug-Reported-by: Nuzhna Pomoshch Bug-Reference-ID: <1317167476.1492079.1495999776464@mail.yahoo.com> Bug-Reference-URL: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2017-05/msg00005.html Bug-Description: There are cases where a failing readline command (e.g., delete-char at the end of a line) can cause a multi-character key sequence to `back up' and attempt to re-read some of the characters in the sequence. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../readline-7.0/readline.c 2016-04-20 15:53:52.000000000 -0400 --- readline.c 2018-05-26 17:19:00.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 1058,1062 **** r = _rl_dispatch (ANYOTHERKEY, m); } ! else if (r && map[ANYOTHERKEY].function) { /* We didn't match (r is probably -1), so return something to --- 1056,1060 ---- r = _rl_dispatch (ANYOTHERKEY, m); } ! else if (r < 0 && map[ANYOTHERKEY].function) { /* We didn't match (r is probably -1), so return something to *************** *** 1070,1074 **** return -2; } ! else if (r && got_subseq) { /* OK, back up the chain. */ --- 1068,1072 ---- return -2; } ! else if (r < 0 && got_subseq) /* XXX */ { /* OK, back up the chain. */ *** ../readline-7.0/patchlevel 2013-11-15 08:11:11.000000000 -0500 --- patchlevel 2014-03-21 08:28:40.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 1,3 **** # Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch ! 4 --- 1,3 ---- # Do not edit -- exists only for use by patch ! 5