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Re: 'x' key not working in cygwin shell


On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:20:54AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jul  7 09:37, Csaba Raduly wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Christopher Faylor  wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 07:41:03PM +0000, Peter Waltman wrote:
>> >>This is a weird one. ??I just updated cygwin on my windows 7 machine, and now my
>> >>'x' (lowercase 'x') key isn't working.
>> >>
>> >>The key works outside of cygwin, and when I type the uppercase 'X' it works, but
>> >>just not the lowercase. ??When I type a lowercase 'x', I get nothing.
>> >>
>> >>No idea where to start with that one. ??Any suggestions?
>> >>
>> >>To quit the window, I had to use the 'ctrl-d' key combo to shut it down.
>> >
>> > Sounds like your .inputrc file has CRLF line endings.
>> 
>> That's some impressive psychic debugging. Care to you explain it?
>
>The problem with super-natural abilities is the fact that you *can't*
>explain them.

In my case, it took 13 years of special training to achieve this state
of ability and it only works with .inputrc.  I've tried going to the
race track but they never have any horse by that name so I've never
been able to cash in.

cgf

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