Re: {,shell-}{,backward-}kill-word same two key-bindings in bash man page

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/11/14 9:23 AM, Oliver Hartley wrote:
> Hi bug-bash,
> 
> (Please CC me, I am not subscribed)
> 
> In the man page for bash, there is the following section:
> 
>> kill-word (M-d)
>>        Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if
>>        between words, to the end of the next word.  Word boundaries
>>        are the same as those used by forward-word.
>> backward-kill-word (M-Rubout)
>>        Kill the word behind point.  Word boundaries are the same
>>        as those used by backward-word.
>> shell-kill-word (M-d)
>>        Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if
>>        between words, to the end of the next word.  Word boundaries
>>        are the same as those used by shell-forward-word.
>> shell-backward-kill-word (M-Rubout)
>>        Kill the word behind point.  Word boundaries are the same
>>        as those used by shell-backward-word.
> 
> As you can see kill-word and shell-kill-word are documented to have the
> same default binding, as do backward-kill-word and
> shell-backward-kill-word. But AFAIK, shell-{,back}kill-word aren't bound
> by default. Is this just a 'copy-paste' oversight or am I missing something?

Thanks for the report.  It's just a copy-and-paste oversight.

Chet

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
                 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/