
Hi, Is it possible to use CTRL+C or equivalent to interrupt a computation or I/O and return to the ghci prompt? Thanks -John

yeah, at least that's what ctrl-c already does for me... i'm using ghc-6.6. yang On 1/11/07, John Ky newhoggy-at-......... |haskell-cafe| <...> wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to use CTRL+C or equivalent to interrupt a computation or I/O and return to the ghci prompt?
Thanks
-John
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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@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>

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
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@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>

Hello John, Friday, January 12, 2007, 9:19:01 AM, you wrote:
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.
for windows, it was fixed after 6.6 release. you should download current snapshot of 6.6 version -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com
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