Avoid TIOCSTI on Bash

[jtschuster]

To avoid using TIOCSTI on bash, mcfly can utilize the readline bindings. However, bind only lets you bind either a bash command / function or a readline function, but we can bind Ctrl+R to two keybindings - one which runs mcfly and binds/unbinds the second key to the accept-line readline depending on if enter or tab is pressed. It's a bit of a hack, so there's an escape hatch if a user prefers to use TIOCSTI.

[cantino]

Fascinating approach, I'll have to play with this and get back to you, thank you @jtschuster!

[cantino]

It seems to basically work in bash on Mac and Linux. On Linux I am getting the following error during script setup: bash: [: =: unary operator expected

[jtschuster]

Thanks for the heads up, missed that in my testing. Looks like it was an issue with using single brackets in the if statements, should be fixed now.

[nuke-web3]

In #404 running cargo r -r -- -d search git for this branch brings up the TUI to select history correctly, but with sudo sysctl -w dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=0 set now tab does not fill the command in the tty. (same behavior as before, I have not debuged if it's also from the same panic)

The same code referencing TIOCSTI exists in this branch that was panicing, so I am not sure this is a complete fix?

https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/blob/caad8168c407ee239e61ec10e4e02101a77cd0e4/src/fake_typer.rs#L10-L19

[cantino]

@nuke-web3 this will only work if executed from bash using the key bindings, I think.

[jamedeus]

Works on Ubuntu 24.04 server and desktop (bash 5.2.21, kernel 6.8.0-31)

[cantino]

Works for me in linux and mac bash.

@jtschuster do you think there's any avenue for fixing it for manual executions of mcfly search? I suspect no.

[jtschuster]

No, I couldn't find any drop-in replacement for it.

[cantino]

This is a good solution, thank you @jtschuster!