Re: Feature request: prompt strings in output from edit-and-execute-command readline function ( was About `M-C-e` expand result `'` failed )

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/3/24 10:43 PM, Oğuz wrote:

> I want to make one too. Multiline commands retrieved from history can be
> short-circuited like this:
>
>    $ ls
>    x  y
>    $ echo '
>    > rm *
>    > ' >z
>    $
>    $ ls
>    x  y  z
>    $ echo ''
>    rm *
>    ' >z
>
>    > ^C
>    $ ls
>    $
>
> After the second invocation of `ls' I add a single quote and hit enter
> accidentally, and lose all my files. I wish it didn't happen

What's the specific request here?


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