Re: "\C-w": backward-kill-word in ~/.inputrc isn't honoured at bash startup

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 13
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       "\C-w": backward-kill-word in ~/.inputrc isn't honoured at bash startup.
>       However other settings as for example "set show-all-if-ambiguous on" are
>       honoured correctly. I checked with strace that bash actually reads 
> ~/.inputrc
>       at startup.
> 
>       If I hit "\C-x\C-r" (re-read-init-file) in a running bash, the above key
>       binding is installed correctly.

Bash auto-maps stty special characters to their readline equivalents.  I
will probably make this a settable option in a future release.

Chet

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