site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) It looks like you've bound `[' and ']' to readline functions other than self-insert. Look at ~/.inputrc for the key bindings. `stty -a' might also provide clues. Here is what is contained in my .inputrc file: "[5D": backward-word "[5C": forward-word "[1~": beginning-of-line "[4~": end-of-line "[3~": delete-char "[B": history-search-forward "[A": history-search-backward "[5~": history-search-backward "[6~": history-search-forward Here is the output from executing stty -a: speed 9600 baud; 50 rows; 160 columns; lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo -extproc iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel -ignbrk brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs -onocr -onlret cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow -dtrflow -mdmbuf cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V; min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = ^T; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W; _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Chet Ramey wrote: Tron Thomas wrote: I am running Mac OS X 10.4.7. I have two systems, a PowerMac and an iBook. I've just recently discovered that I can no longer type square brackets "[]" in the Terminal application when I'm at the BASH prompt. If I run something like the Python interpreter I can type brackets. Once I go back to BASH brackets are again refused. Attempts to copy and paste do not work. The left bracket gets stripped from the paste operation. What is causing this behavior and how can I eliminate it? Chet I can't tell from either output if the brackets are bound to non self-insert readline functions. How useful is this information in determining the cause of the problem? This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com