readline (in c)

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

It is probably not the right list to post my question, just in case!

I would like to catch the ESC or ctl C key when using readline.

Is it possible?

Thank

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 Patrick DUPRÉ                                 | | email: [e-mail]
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[William Oliver]

On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It is probably not the right list to post my question, just in case!
>
> I would like to catch the ESC or ctl C key when using readline.
>
> Is it possible?
>
> Thank

I'm not sure, but I think you can set behaviors for special keys in an inputrc file.

See: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?readline+3

billo