setting locales

In file locale.c, function get_locale_var, locale = default_locale;/* system-dependent; not really portable. should it be "C"? */ default_locale contains string returned by calling setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL); and we then use this string to assign locale for LC_'every_other' and this is not

Re: setting locales

> In file locale.c, function get_locale_var, locale = > default_locale;/* system-dependent; not really portable. should it > be "C"? */ > default_locale contains string returned by calling > setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL); and we then use this string to assign locale for > LC_'every_other' and

Eval ${#name[subscript]} incorrect when having multibyte characters.

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linu x-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/ local/share/locale' -DPACKA

Bash/readline enhancement: wish to pre-set initial value of input text

Dear All, When using read, it would be really neat to be able to pre-fill the form with a default (or previous) value. For example, a script which wants you to enter your name, and thinks that my name is Richard, but that I might want to correct it. Alternatively, this would be useful within a lo

Bash substrings: wish for support for negative length (read till n from end)

Dear All, Substrings in bash contain 2 parameters, the start and the length. Start may be negative, but if length is negative, it throws an error. My request is that bash should understand negative length. This would be useful in some occasions, and would be similar to the way PHP does it: http://

Re: Bash/readline enhancement: wish to pre-set initial value of input text

Richard Neill wrote: > Dear All, > > When using read, it would be really neat to be able to pre-fill the form > with a default (or previous) value. > > For example, a script which wants you to enter your name, and thinks > that my name is Richard, but that I might want to correct it. > Alternativ

Re: Bash substrings: wish for support for negative length (read till n from end)

Richard Neill wrote: > $ echo ${stringZ:2: -1} #Wish: start at 2, read till > ERROR #1 before the end. i.e. > # cde > > $ echo ${stringZ: -3: -1} #Wish: start 3 back, read till > ERROR #1 before the en

Re: Bash substrings: wish for support for negative length (read till n from end)

Jan Schampera wrote: > Richard Neill wrote: > >> $ echo ${stringZ:2: -1} #Wish: start at 2, read till >> ERROR#1 before the end. i.e. >> # cde >> >> $ echo ${stringZ: -3: -1}#Wish: start 3 back, read till >> ERROR

Re: Bash substrings: wish for support for negative length (read till n from end)

Jan Schampera wrote: > Richard Neill wrote: > >> $ echo ${stringZ:2: -1} #Wish: start at 2, read till >> ERROR#1 before the end. i.e. >> # cde >> >> $ echo ${stringZ: -3: -1}#Wish: start 3 back, read till >> ERROR

Re: Bash/readline enhancement: wish to pre-set initial value of input text

Jan Schampera wrote: > Richard Neill wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> When using read, it would be really neat to be able to pre-fill the form >> with a default (or previous) value. >> >> For example, a script which wants you to enter your name, and thinks >> that my name is Richard, but that I might want