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Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:04:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <03af2fe1-21d3-65cb-4bfe-d8e84c79c2dd@huyz.us> In-Reply-To: <03af2fe1-21d3-65cb-4bfe-d8e84c79c2dd@huyz.us> From: Mikael Magnusson Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 12:03:53 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Path to fix copy-earlier-word handling of numeric arguments To: Huy Z Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 52874 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-workers@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-workers-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-workers-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 11:41=E2=80=AFAM Huy Z wrote: > > As initially submitted at https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/pull/116 : > > ________________________________ > > As mentioned in the code comment: > > # 1 means last word, 2 second last, etc. > > the numeric argument is supposed to be interpreted as an offset from the = end. > > The intended behavior is a lot more useful than the current behavior. NAK on this, this is not only longstanding behavior, but also what is actually documented in the manpage: words on the relevant history line. With a numeric argument N, insert = the Nth word from the history line; N may be negative to count from the en= d of the line. --=20 Mikael Magnusson