> Pressing Ctrl+W erases the entire input line. This is really annoying > when most other programs (that use readline) bind Ctrl+W to erase the > current word.
That's fixable.
Export EDITRC=/path/to/your/.editrc and put this in that editrc:
bind "^W" ed-delete-prev-word
See also:
http://wjd.nu/notes/2015#asterisk-editline-key-bindings
Cheers,
Walter Doekes
