From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14627 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2003 17:37:16 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Oct 2003 17:37:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 12421 invoked by alias); 11 Oct 2003 17:36:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6688 Received: (qmail 12369 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2003 17:36:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Oct 2003 17:36:57 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [4.3.58.249] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 11 Oct 2003 17:36:56 -0000 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h9BHas513302 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:36:54 -0700 From: Bart Schaefer Message-Id: <1031011173654.ZM13301@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:36:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20031011121052.GA5092@DervishD> Comments: In reply to DervishD "delete-word does not delete the entire word..." (Oct 11, 2:10pm) References: <20031011121052.GA5092@DervishD> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Zsh Users Subject: Re: delete-word does not delete the entire word... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Oct 11, 2:10pm, DervishD wrote: } } When I issue delete-word in a line like this: } } asridfds jf'_'invnck fhdsfjh shdfasdf } } where '_' is the cursor position, the entire word jfinvnck is not } deleted, just the portion between the cursor and the end of the word. } That's not what I expect Out of curiosity, WHY is that not what you expect? It's pretty standard behavior of unix-derived text editors to treat the cursor position as dividing the buffer into two parts, and then acting on only one of those parts at a time.