Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:19:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/libreadline FREEBSD-upgrade rlstdc.h CHANGELOG CHANGES MANIFEST Makefile.in README aclocal.m4 bind.c callback.c complete.c configure configure.in display.c funmap.c histexpand.c histfile.c histlib.h history.c history.h input.c ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908181918510.4840-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908181512080.59014-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > FWIW, the correct behavior seems to be to beep and complain rather than > accept the ^H. This is from my memory of how the vi standard dictates > the behavior, how nvi works, and how it coincides with libedit. The > proper behavior, IIRC, is such that backspace will only delete any text > in vi that has been typed during the same command. I.e.: > > ifo<esc>Ao<bs> would give you "fo" and > ifoo<esc>A<bs> would give you "foo<beep>" > > I'd prefer to keep in line with the vi standard for behavior rather than > how libreadline (and, btw, pdksh) make things more convenient/less > correct. That seems reasonable. My gut reaction to the ovserved 'sh' behavior was "humm... seems like it works to me." -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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