enable use of ^V prefix to allow forced insertion of any character. in

particular, without this it's impossible to enter a TAB on the commandline
(whether tab completion is enabled or not).

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index e31ddad5d..cbe2bb916 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1752,8 +1752,8 @@ int read_line_input(const char *prompt, char *command, int maxsize, line_input_t
                         break;
 
                 default:        /* If it's regular input, do the normal thing */
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_NONPRINTABLE_INVERSE_PUT
-                        /* Control-V -- Add non-printable symbol */
+
+                        /* Control-V -- force insert of next char */
                         if (c == CTRL('V')) {
                                 if (safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1) < 1)
                                         goto prepare_to_die;
@@ -1761,8 +1761,7 @@ int read_line_input(const char *prompt, char *command, int maxsize, line_input_t
                                         beep();
                                         break;
                                 }
-                        } else
-#endif
+                        }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_VI
                         if (vi_cmdmode)  /* Don't self-insert */