On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Pierre Gaston <pierre.gas...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Ryan Campbell Cunningham < > rvskmbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Configuration Information [Automatically generated]: >> Machine: x86_64 >> OS: linux-gnu >> Compiler: gcc >> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' >> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' >> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' >> -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib >> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 >> -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall >> uname output: Linux ryan-MacBook 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct >> 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu >> >> Bash Version: 4.2 >> Patch Level: 45 >> Release Status: release >> >> Description: >> I would like to request that Bash delete the character >> immediately preceding a '#', provided the '#' >> >> * does not begin a new word, >> * is not included in any quoted string or variable, >> * is not preceded by a '\', and >> * is only found in an interactive command line (not >> in a script* or Bash initialization argument). >> >> An exception: If the character immediately preceding >> is also a '#', Bash should skip backward to the previous >> non-'#' character and delete as much characters as the >> number of consecutive '#' characters after them in the >> same word. >> >> Before enabling this feature, Bash should check if the >> terminal has support for the Backspace key and/or for >> the Delete key. If Bash could not find support for >> either key, then this feature should be enabled and any >> attempt to disable this feature should be denied. There >> should also be options to manually enable this feature, >> if either key is broken but still works, or if both keys >> are broken but still work. Those options should be >> >> * to enable the feature through a command line**; >> * to enable the feature through a "bashrc" or >> "bash_profile" file, which Bash loads at startup***; >> and >> * to enable the feature through a build-time option. >> >> The build-time options should be to hard-code the feature >> so it is always enabled****, or to allow the user to enable >> and disable it*****. >> >> (The request was inspired by an article in the seventh >> edition of the UNIX Programmer's Manual. This feature >> is not required by POSIX, but came from the traditional >> Bourne shell.) >> >> *Bash should be able to enable this feature in a script >> by force (using the --sd-script-force initialization >> option and the "sd-script-force" "shopt" option). >> >> **Either through the "shopt" option "sharp-delete" or the >> initialization command "bash --sharp-delete". >> >> ***In the same manner as is done on a command line. >> >> ****Through the "configure" option >> "--with-sharp-delete-always". >> >> *****Or to not build it at all, with the option >> "--without-sharp-delete" or the option "--no-sharp-delete". >> >> There are a lot of details and even an obscure reference, but I don't > understand what you want (something to happen when you press the delete > key?) or why it would be interesting. > > Oh now I remember seeing this. You basically want # to act like the delete key, like in the old days before interactive terminals.
