enable use of ^V prefix to allow forced insertion of any character. in
particular, without this it's impossible to enter a TAB on the commandline
(whether tab completion is enabled or not).
diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index e31ddad..cbe2bb9 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1752,8 +1752,8 @@
break;
default: /* If it's regular input, do the normal thing */
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_NONPRINTABLE_INVERSE_PUT
- /* Control-V -- Add non-printable symbol */
+
+ /* Control-V -- force insert of next char */
if (c == CTRL('V')) {
if (safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1) < 1)
goto prepare_to_die;
@@ -1761,8 +1761,7 @@
beep();
break;
}
- } else
-#endif
+ }
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_VI
if (vi_cmdmode) /* Don't self-insert */