Re: [PATCH] fix bind -X quoting

[alex xmb ratchev]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 4:48 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 7/18/23 2:22 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
>
> > This patch changes rl_macro_dumper to not untranslate the macro body
> > when passed a negative print_readably argument.  This is technically an
> > API change, so maybe not the best fix, though I doubt it will impact any
> > real usage.
>
> Thanks for the report. It seems like your patch is incomplete, though.
> After applying it:
>
> $ bind -x '"\eX": echo "x"'
> $ bind -X
> "\eX": "echo "x""
>
> We probably need to suppress printing the double quotes around `out' if
> print_readably < 0.
>

dunno the context .. \" is another way
if has more than one word to preserve

greets

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