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Re: [Bug-readline] Word definition in vi mode


From: Carlos Pita
Subject: Re: [Bug-readline] Word definition in vi mode
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:59:16 -0300

> Be careful what you wish for.  This would mean that several common Unix
> idioms would take much more work to delete.  For instance, it would take
> many invocations of ^W to erase all of
>
>         host.remote.domain:/path/on/remote/host

I understand this, but there is a problem of consistency and, thus, of
expectations. When you switch from vi to readline vi-mode (which any
vi user using readline emulation will do hundreds of times a day) C-w
defeats your expectations and you end up deleting too much and undoing
the additional deletions. At least, it's no so bad as pressing C-w in
your browser :).


Cheers
--
Carlos



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