[Haskell-cafe] CTRL+C in ghci.exey

[John Ky]

Hi Stefan,

It doesn't work for me.  I'm running GHC 6.6 on Windows XP.  The computation
stops, but I don't get my prompt back.

C:\>ghci
   ___         ___ _
  / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
 / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.6, for Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> [1..]
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,3
0,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,
57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83
,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107
,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127
,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147
,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167
,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187
,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207
,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227
,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247
,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,267
,268,269,270,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284,285,286,287
,288,289,290,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307
,308,309,3

Thanks

-John

On 1/12/07, Stefan O'Rear <stefanor at cox.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 05:07:04PM +1100, John Ky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to use CTRL+C or equivalent to interrupt a computation or
> I/O
> > and return to the ghci prompt?
>
> Yes.
>
> stefan at stefans:~/lb-sorear$ ghci
>    ___         ___ _
>   / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
> / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.7, for Haskell 98.
> / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.
>
> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
> Prelude> [0..]
>
> [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,
>
> 32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,
>
> 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,
>
> 90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,1
>
> 14,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,
>
> 136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157
>
> ,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,17
>
> 9,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,2
>
> 01,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,
>
> 223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244
>
> ,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,26
>
> 6,267,268,269,270,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284,285,286,287,2
>
> 88,289,290,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,
>
> 310,311,312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319,320,321,322,323,324,325,326,327,328,329,330,331
>
> ,332,333,334,335,336,337,338,339,340,341,342,343,344,345,346,347,348,349,350,351,352,35
> 3,354,355,356,357,358,35Interrupted.
> Prelude>
>
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