> From: Philip Kaludercic <phil...@posteo.net> > Cc: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>, j...@linkov.net, r...@gnu.org, > 69...@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 20:06:00 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: > > >> From: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> > >> Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 17:51:48 +0100 > >> > >> On Mon 06 May 2024 at 05:46pm +01, Sean Whitton wrote: > >> > > >> > In bash on Linux [...] > >> > >> I specifically called out Linux because while GNU readline has a > >> unix-word-rubout command, C-w in the Linux tty is actually implemented > >> in the Linux-specific tty layer, below readline. > > > > Evidently, the above is inaccurate, because I see the same behavior in > > Bash on MS-Windows. > > Ping. I am not sure how to proceed on this patch. IIRC the issue was > that the notion of a word differs in Emacs and in Bash. I am still in > favour of utilising Emacs's definition, as it remains more useful > for some given major mode and the fact that it is easier to implement.
Or you could make the defcustom a tristate, and implement both behaviors... As for how to proceed: Stefan and Andrea, do you have an opinion on this?
