[ESC] triggering "string"

[caseybasichis]

On the verge of hacking into the rlwrap of a DSL I work in.

Is a single hotkey macro like trigger possible?

[ESC] triggering "this_function_alway_si_mistype(ouch)<enter>"

Is this in the scope of rlwrap or should I be looking at the DSL?

Is this the stuff? https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/blob/master/filters/handle_hotkeys

Wisdom for the ill-equipped?

[hanslub42]

Looking at this I found a bug (#136) that I need to investigate first.

In the meantime, all this is connected to the fact that ESC, CTRL+x etc are "prefix keys" being used on their own (which is a bad idea anyway, as readline will have to wait if anything follows the prefix)

If you use any other key, e.g. when you put

"\C-k":"this_function_forever_correctly_spelled()" # Use CTRL+k to trigger your string

into your ~/.inputrc, everything should work OK.