On 10/20/20 4:44 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Chet Ramey wrote:
>> This release fixes several outstanding bugs in bash-5.0 and introduces
>> several new features.
>
> An unlisted change (I couldn't locate it in the changes) is that
> 'reverse-search-history (C-r)' now highlights the search pattern.
You quoted it in your message:
f. New active mark and face feature: when enabled, it will highlight the text
inserted by a bracketed paste (the `active region') and the text found by
incremental and non-incremental history searches.
> Is
> that because it is the search pattern or because it now sets the region?
Because it sets the region, and when bracketed paste mode is enabled, the
new active region feature is enabled.
> I find the reverse video highlight to be very difficult to read. For
> me it is extreme eye strain. Is there a way to disable the reverse
> video? For both the paste text and the search text?
Yes, you can disable bracketed paste mode. I'll make sure that turning off
bracketed paste mode disables the active region for incremental searches.
Chet
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