Re: About `M-C-e` expand result `'` failed

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/1/24 8:47 AM, Zachary Santer wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 4:00 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
>
> > The shell-expand-line function's purpose is to let you edit the expansion
> > further.
>
> That would still leave you needing to requote the line yourself, if there
> was any quoting present originally.

Are you then suggesting a bindable readline function to quote the line
or region? It's not reasonable to change a function that has worked one
way for 30+ years.

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