Joe Peterson

For those of you who read my previous blog entry on this subject, you'll be happy to know that you won't have to wait much longer for a better Linux terminal experience. That's right, my patches (sorry, more than a one-line change) to the Linux kernel were merged today by Linus, bringing "Real ctrl-C echo" (tm) to a console (or xterm!) near you.

Now, when you interrupt a program, you'll be able to revel in that confirmation that YOU interrupted the process:

^C

Yay! And it doesn't stop there, you'll see ^Z too (or whatever ctrl character you may have assigned to "susp" in stty).

Beyond that, "stty ixany" was basically broken, eating the character that resumed the output as well as not honoring ^C and the unusual ^\ ("quit"). You'll soon enjoy a more compliant (i.e. in-line with other Unixes) behavior here too.

I'm not sure which kernel version will bring these new and exciting capabilities, but rest assured, you will see these revolutionary enhancements soon.