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Re: ctrl-w oddity on bash-4.4
From: |
Eduardo A . Bustamante López |
Subject: |
Re: ctrl-w oddity on bash-4.4 |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:08:38 -0500 |
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NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) |
On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 06:52:12PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
> I'm seeing some strange behavior and don't know if it's a bug or intended.
[...]
> If this is intentional then I'd be curious about the rationale.
Please read:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bash/2016-11/msg00004.html
I believe this is the entry in the change log describing the change, although
I'm unable to find Carlos' original report in the archives:
| lib/readline/vi_mode.c
| - rl_vi_unix_word_rubout: new function, implements ^W as Posix
specifies
| it for vi mode, using whitespace and punctuation characters as word
| boundaries. Prompted by question from Carlos Pita
| <carolosjosepita@gmail.com>