On Mon 21 Sep 2020 at 12:16:53 (+1000), David wrote: > On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 at 21:56, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > > > There are many ways to work around it. My preferred way is to clear > > the screen with Ctrl-L (ESC Ctrl-L for me, because I use bash in vi > > mode). That will redraw the shell prompt and the partially typed > > command after clearing the screen, and allow you to continue typing. > > Thank you very much for that advice. I was not aware that bash > "clear-screen" has the feature of repainting the partially typed > command. This exactly addresses what was causing my concern, so I am > less troubled by this now.
BTW, I failed to point out earlier that Ctrl-L is a safer workaround than Ctrl-U Enter Ctrl-Y for one other reason: Ctrl-L is not adjacent to the Enter key. You might say "but neither is Ctrl-U", but actually it is—it's adjacent to Ctrl-J (≡ Enter). Cheers, David.
