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.

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Regards, Mike Jonkmans

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