Re: having bash display real tabs for tab characters...

[Eric Blake]

On 07/11/2013 04:06 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Revisiting this...
> 
> Chet Ramey wrote:
>> On 4/25/13 8:45 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>
>>> If you think Bash is misbehaving, submit a patch, or wait for Chet to
>>> comment on one of these threads.
>>
>> I don't plan to comment or make any changes.  The demand for this
>> feature seems vanishingly small.
> 

> 
> Bash could be leading edge in this area by supporting a tab-set command
> (so bash, as a side effect, would continue to know where the cursor is
> on the line).

This is YOUR itch, so YOU get to scratch it.  Apparently, no one else is
interested in it enough to write the patches on your behalf, at least,
not unless you are willing to hire someone to do that.  But at the same
time, no one has vetoed the idea of incorporating well-written patches.
 Patches speak louder than words; right now, your insistence on reviving
dead threads and complaining that no one is writing the patches is
rather annoying.  Quit beating a dead horse; if you want action, start
proposing patches rather than rants.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature