On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 06:33:45AM +0000, luna via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: > Hi bash team, > > I noticed that upon read -e while set -o vi is on, the cursor shape does > not reflect the editing mode. Instead, the cursor shape depends on what it > was when read -e was executed, which is unexpected. > > I had asked this on Unix StackExchange and someone else was able to reproduce > it. > > Is there a known workaround to this? > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/800032/make-set-o-vi-vim-cursor-reflect-editing-mode-when-in-read?noredirect=1#comment1539947_800032 > > Looking forward to hearing your response! > > Thanks, > Luna
With 'read -e -p "prompt: "', the editting mode is reflected. Without -p it is not (also not with -p ''). Seems sensible. Though, i would have liked -p '' to show the editting mode too. -- Regards, Mike Jonkmans
