Re: readline 'unix-filename-rubout' whitespace bug

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/26/21 10:18 PM, dabe@dabe.com wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.1
> Patch Level: 8
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>         The manpage for bash(1) says:
>
>            unix-filename-rubout
>                Kill the word behind point, ***USING WHITE SPACE AND THE SLASH
>               CHARACTER AS THE WORD BOUNDARIES***.  The killed text is saved
>                on the kill-ring.   [Emphasis mine]
>
>         In certain circumstances, however, it gobbles up too much.

Thanks for the report. That circumstance is a pathname consisting solely of
one or more slashes, separated from the previous word by whitespace. I'll
fix it.


> PS: I'm hopeful there might be some kind of workaround that will work even
> on those dated releases!  [crossing fingers]

The code has been like this since January, 2004. That's pretty dated.

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