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2 total messages Started by Mike Meyer Tue, 14 Nov 1989 16:26

#709

Author: Mike Meyer
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 16:26

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GNU bash, version 1.04.1

Kudos on the improved keybinding code in readline. Keymaps are now
generated as needed.  

Suggestions.  1) There is a stub in the code for an M-. command (grab the
last commponent of the previous line).  Is this going to be written?

2) How about a ksh-like C-J command.   What I want is the ability to
go back in the history, execute a command (by hitting C-J) and then
find my cursor at the next history item.  This makes redoing things
like for loops much easier.

Kudos and thanks,
--Mike

Re: Kudos, a suggestion

#728

Author: Jeff Sparkes
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 12:35

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>>>>> On 14 Nov 89 16:26:13 GMT, mikem@TEMPER.STAT.CMU.EDU (Mike Meyer) said:

Mike> GNU bash, version 1.04.1

Mike> Suggestions.  1) There is a stub in the code for an M-. command (grab the
Mike> last commponent of the previous line).  Is this going to be written?

It's available in vi mode, as "_".  I've been thinking of adding it to
input mode as well.  Does anyone have any opinions/thoughts about how
to do this?  Right now I'm just using Control-blah to do stuff.  For
example, I'm using C-f to complete, C-e to list completions and C-x to
do a vi-style * completion of the current word.  I've been trying to
think of a good place to hang rl_re_read_init_file, since C-r is taken
for history searching.

(at least) Two choices:
	1. Continue using up control chars.  Is there much use for them
	   besides special chars?
	2. Use another keymap, bound to C-x maybe.  This will leave
	   most of the control chars free.
It's impossible to use M-blah since this is often emulated as ESC-blah
on terminals with not META key.  1.04 has gotten rid of the META
keymap associated with vi mode, which caused lots of problems among
diehard vi users.

--
Jeff Sparkes	jeff1@garfield.mun.edu || uunet!garfield!jeff1
Humans couldn't have invented golf without alien intervention--Kids in the Hall

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