Re: bug-bash Digest, Vol 218, Issue 13

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/11/21 11:00 AM, Thomas Mellman wrote:

> But here's a bug for you, in readline:
>
> - edit a line
>
> - go to some character
>
> - replace that character with another, using the "r" command.
>
> - cruise further down the line to another character
>
> - hit the "." repeat command
>
> The replace operation will not be executed, but rather the "x" operation.
>
> This has actually improved over the years.  A while back, repeating an
> earlier operation like that would get characters tangled up.   Now, it
> seems at least to be deterministic.

I can't reproduce this on bash-5.0 or bash-5.1.


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