Re: nano hangs when pasting just a few characters

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:56:31 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Op 24-02-2025 om 07:00 schreef Doug Smythies:
> Sequence of hex codes:  1b  5b  32  30  30  7e  31  30  30  30  30  1b  5b  32  30  31
> Sequence of hex codes:  7e

> Sequence of hex codes:  1b  5b  32  30  30  7e  23  64  65  66  69  6e  65  20  4d  41
> Sequence of hex codes:  58  5f  4a  50  53  20  31  30  30  30  30  1b  5b  32  30  31  7e

It seems that for your terminal, the first batch of a paste is
just 16 bytes, not 50 -- and that subsequent batches are larger.

Please try the attached quick patch.  When you experience a hang,
hitting ^C (or any other control combo) should stop the hang.


Benno

prevent-hang.patch (text/x-patch, 494 B)

diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index b3f51e06..b47efa8f 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1456,8 +1456,10 @@ void suck_up_input_and_paste_it(void)
 			line->data = nrealloc(line->data, index + 2);
 			line->data[index++] = (char)input;
 			line->data[index] = '\0';
-		} else if (input != BRACKETED_PASTE_MARKER)
-			beep();
+		} else if (input != BRACKETED_PASTE_MARKER) {
+			statusline(ALERT, "Bad terminal");
+			bracketed_paste = FALSE;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ISSET(VIEW_MODE))

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