no control-C in zsh when inactive, works when active

["Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@xxxxxxxx>]

Suddenly I can't use control-C in zsh (3.0.2)

I can get it in pine & csh, so it must be something I did to zsh....

I thought it might have something to do with the TERM or TERMCAP but I  
restored the originals and nothing happened....

TERM=vt100
TERMCAP=/etc/termcap

here's the vt100 from /etc/termcap (better ones accepted!)

d0|vt100|vt100-am|vt100am|dec vt100:\
        :do=^J:co#80:li#24:cl=\E[;H\E[2J:sf=2*\ED:\
        :le=^H:bs:am:cm=5\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=2\E[C:up=2\E[A:\
        :ce=3\E[K:cd=50\E[J:so=2\E[7m:se=2\E[m:us=2\E[4m:ue=2\E[m:\
        :md=2\E[1m:mr=2\E[7m:mb=2\E[5m:me=2\E[m:\
        :rf=/usr/lib/tabset/vt100:\
        :rs=\E>\E[?3l\E[?4l\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h\E[;r\E[0m\E(B\E)B\E[2J:\
        :ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
        :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\
        :ho=\E[H:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:pt:sr=2*\EM:vt#3:xn:\
        :sc=\E7:rc=\E8:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:


Weird thing: if a process is running, I can exit it (break) with control-C,  
but if I am entering a command (ie still at the prompt before I press  
'enter') I cannot break with control-C

Anyone got any bright ideas?

Thanks

TjL

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