Added zsh trap function to make an aborted command (with ^C) yankable later.

[config/dotfiles.git] / zsh / rc

diff --git a/zsh/rc b/zsh/rc
index 92cffe2e95217acfce9d8161e3be84cbd22e97ca..17fb0cb34cd60d266566f7dd38a93d6a81e2e3fa 100644 (file)
--- a/zsh/rc
+++ b/zsh/rc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ autoload -U colors && colors
 # Set the default prompt. The current host and working directory is displayed,
 # the exit code of the last command if it wasn't 0 and a + if this shell is
 # running inside another shell.
-# The prompt is in green and blue to make easily detectable, The error exit
+# The prompt is in green and blue to make easily detectable, the error exit
 # code in red and bold.
 PROMPT="%{${fg[green]}%}%B%m%b%{${fg[default]}%}:\
 %{${fg[blue]}%}%B%~%b%{${fg[default]}%} %(2L.+.)%# \
@@ -52,7 +52,24 @@ zstyle ':completion:*' cache-path ~/.zsh/cache
 zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}'
 
 # Enable zsh's extended glob abilities.
-setopt  extendedglob
+setopt extendedglob
+
+# If ^C is pressed while typing a command, copy it in the kill buffer so it can
+# be "yanked" later and then abort like ^C normally does. This is useful when I
+# want to abort an command to do something in between and then finish typing
+# the command.
+TRAPINT() {
+    # Kill the current buffer so it gets stored and can be retrieved later with
+    # "yank". Then yank it so it gets displayed (otherwise I don't know which
+    # command I aborted).
+    zle && zle kill-buffer && zle yank
+
+    # Return the default exit code so zsh aborts the current command line.
+    return $1
+}
+# Make sure ^Y is bound to yank, necessary for the TRAPINT function to work as
+# excepted.
+bindkey "^Y" yank
 
 
 # If a rc.local file exists load it, otherwise load a rc file for the current