Bug #62878 MySQL client no longer supports deletes via delete key

• Submitted: 22 Oct 2011 11:23
• Modified: 23 Oct 2011 9:51
• Reporter: Dimitriy A
• Status: Not a Bug
• Category: MySQL Server: Command-line Clients
• Severity: S2 (Serious)
• Version: 5.5.15
• OS: Linux (SuSE 64-bit)
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: client, delete, erase

[22 Oct 2011 11:23] Dimitriy A

Description:
In interactive mode, mysql client no longer supports deleting of typos via delete key, although backspace still works as expected.

How to repeat:
Open mysql client.
Type in some text.
Use the left arrow key to move back some characters.
Press the delete key.

Suggested fix:
Instead of showing "~" character when delete key is pressed, delete the character to the right of the cursor.

[22 Oct 2011 13:47] Valeriy Kravchuk

Please, send the output of:

mysql --version

I wonder if readline is used...

[22 Oct 2011 21:28] Dimitriy A

./mysql --version
./mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.13, for Linux (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

I just found out that this seems to be isolated to Percona's binaries.

[23 Oct 2011 9:51] Valeriy Kravchuk

This is not a proper place to discuss problems specific to Percona builds.

If EditLine is used you probably just need to define key bindings in file like .editrc in your home directory...