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[v2,3/4] terminal: set VMIN and VTIME in non-canonical mode

Message ID 7ae9b2365542b68d7d75f39b126d2acec3e223ff.1645556015.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 2c6860211f211dfa5625dd1a5a69a802b4384dbb
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Series a couple of read_key_without_echo() fixes | expand

Commit Message

Phillip Wood Feb. 22, 2022, 6:53 p.m. UTC
From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

If VMIN and VTIME are both set to zero then the terminal performs
non-blocking reads which means that read_key_without_echo() returns
EOF if there is no key press pending. This results in the user being
unable to select anything when running "git add -p".  Fix this by
explicitly setting VMIN and VTIME when enabling non-canonical mode.

Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 compat/terminal.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/compat/terminal.c b/compat/terminal.c
index 11288cfe5c9..3620184e790 100644
--- a/compat/terminal.c
+++ b/compat/terminal.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@  static int disable_bits(tcflag_t bits)
 	t = old_term;
 
 	t.c_lflag &= ~bits;
+	if (bits & ICANON) {
+		t.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
+		t.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
+	}
 	if (!tcsetattr(term_fd, TCSAFLUSH, &t))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -159,7 +163,11 @@  static int disable_bits(DWORD bits)
 
 		if (bits & ENABLE_LINE_INPUT) {
 			string_list_append(&stty_restore, "icanon");
-			strvec_push(&cp.args, "-icanon");
+			/*
+			 * POSIX allows VMIN and VTIME to overlap with VEOF and
+			 * VEOL - let's hope that is not the case on windows.
+			 */
+			strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "-icanon", "min", "1", "time", "0", NULL);
 		}
 
 		if (bits & ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT) {