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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Trying to Bind a keypress to a function Post 302558214 by Azrael on Friday 23rd of September 2011 05:31:01 AM
Old 09-23-2011
Trying to Bind a keypress to a function
I've been trying to re-think an old problem that didn't get answered. I know this is possible, but I'm having trouble getting it to run. I just want to call a function with a key-press or key combination. I looked and saw bind can be used to run functions and other scripts this way. Here's what I've been trying:

Code:
# Bind F12 to Ctrl-U
bind -x '"\e[24~": CtrlU';

And here's my error:
Code:
bind: warning: line editing not enabled

From what I saw in the bash man page and online I must be close. Any help would be much appreciated.
 

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vga_getch

vga_getch(3)							Svgalib User Manual						      vga_getch(3)

NAME

       vga_getch - wait for a key

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vga.h>

       int vga_getch(void);

DESCRIPTION

       waits for a key press just like getchar(3) would.

       For a non blocking check for a keypress use vga_getkey(3) or use vga_waitevent(3) if you want to wait for several events to occur at once.

SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), vga_getkey(3), vga_setflipchar(3), vga_waitevent(3), getchar(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of the
       original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or  corrections
       to this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>;= 1.2.11)						   27 July 1997 						      vga_getch(3)
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