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authorTom Feist <shabble@cowu.be>2010-07-24 17:07:17 +0000
committerTom Feist <shabble@cowu.be>2010-07-24 17:07:17 +0000
commite84c9fbeea28652bec8e5d024ec4798db2569654 (patch)
tree415fa7df0cd0f3a27ee23977c3959c5de7f93f1c
parentsomething confusing going on here, have I got nested repos? (diff)
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added some notes to the rl_history_search script regarding the use of Ctrl-S when flow control is enabled
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-rw-r--r--history-search/rl_history_search.pl10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/history-search/rl_history_search.pl b/history-search/rl_history_search.pl
index 9b58fd7..60defa6 100644
--- a/history-search/rl_history_search.pl
+++ b/history-search/rl_history_search.pl
@@ -8,10 +8,18 @@
# * You can cycle through multiple matches with ^R (older matches), and
# ^S (newer matches)
+# NOTE: Ctrl-S may not work if you have software flow control configured for
+# your terminal. It may appear to freeze irssi entirely. If this happens, it can
+# be restored with Ctrl-Q, but you will be unable to use the Ctrl-S binding.
+# You can disable flow control by running the command `stty -ixon' in your
+# terminal, or setting `defflow off' in your ~/.screenrc if using GNU Screen.
+
# * Hitting enter selects a match and terminates search mode.
# * You can use ^G to exit search mode without selecting.
+# * Any other ctrl- or meta- key binding will terminate search mode, leaving the
+# selected item in the input line.
# Original script Copyright 2007 Wouter Coekaerts <coekie@irssi.org>
# Heavy modifications by Shabble <shabble+irssi@metavore.org>, 2010.
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ $VERSION = '1.0';
%IRSSI =
(
authors => 'Wouter Coekaerts, Tom Feist',
- contact => 'coekie@irssi.org',
+ contact => '',
name => 'rl_history_search',
description => 'Search within your typed history as you type'
. ' (like ctrl-R in readline applications)',