From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5390 invoked from network); 5 Dec 1998 00:07:36 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 5 Dec 1998 00:07:36 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA04775; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 19:01:23 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 19:01:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981205000155.11320@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 00:01:55 +0000 From: Phil Pennock To: Zsh Development Workers Subject: WORDCHARS and word-killing Mail-Followup-To: Zsh Development Workers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1 Organisation: Organisation? Here? No, over there ----> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine and mine alone. Such views do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. X-Phase-of-Moon: The Moon is Waning Gibbous (98% of Full) Resent-Message-ID: <"H0HS32.0.YA1.JV7Qs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4703 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu In a previous post (archive/latest/1947) I suggested changing WORDCHARS if using 'emulate' (and by implication if invoked accordingly). Investigating the behaviour of other shells, I've just hit a snag. In bash (which is also my /bin/sh) ESC-^H and ^W do different things. ESC-^H behaves as though '/' is not in WORDCHARS, whilst ^W behaves as though '/' is in WORDCHARS. pdksh behaves for both cases as though '/' is not in WORDCHARS. I'm about to download Peter Stephenson's patched archive (when it's weekend phone rate) to explore and start writing patches. I've looked into it and am confident enough now of zsh's layout to write a patch for the simple case, but I'm not about to get involved in ZLE behaviour. Is bash worth worrying about here? -- --> Phil Pennock ; GAT d- s+:+ a22 C++(++++) UL++++/I+++/S+++/H+ P++@ L+++ E-@ W(+) N>++ o !K w--- O>+ M V !PS PE Y+ PGP+ t-- 5++ X+ R !tv b++>+++ DI+ D+ G+ e+ h* r y?