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Re: "\C-w": backward-kill-word in ~/.inputrc isn't honoured at bash star
From: |
Chet Ramey |
Subject: |
Re: "\C-w": backward-kill-word in ~/.inputrc isn't honoured at bash startup |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:33:28 -0400 |
> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 13
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> "\C-w": backward-kill-word in ~/.inputrc isn't honoured at bash startup.
> However other settings as for example "set show-all-if-ambiguous on" are
> honoured correctly. I checked with strace that bash actually reads
> ~/.inputrc
> at startup.
>
> If I hit "\C-x\C-r" (re-read-init-file) in a running bash, the above key
> binding is installed correctly.
Bash auto-maps stty special characters to their readline equivalents. I
will probably make this a settable option in a future release.
Chet
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