Re: vi: don't escape backspace with backslash

2015-11-27 Thread Theo Buehler
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 12:04:31PM +0100, Claudio Jeker wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 01:31:11AM -0700, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > > When I hit backspace after a backslash, usually I just want to delete > > the backslash. I don't think I've ever intended to input a literal ^?. > > If I ever did

Re: vi: don't escape backspace with backslash

2015-11-24 Thread Christian Weisgerber
On 2015-11-23, "Anthony J. Bentley" wrote: > When I hit backspace after a backslash, usually I just want to delete > the backslash. I don't think I've ever intended to input a literal ^?. > If I ever did want to insert ^H, ^?, or ^U, I would just type ^V first. FWIW, I suspect this feature simpl

Re: vi: don't escape backspace with backslash

2015-11-23 Thread Gregor Best
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 01:31:11AM -0700, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > [...] > I've passed this diff around privately before and gotten a tepid > response, but it was pointed out to me that it would fit better on tech@. > [...] Yes, please. -- Gregor

Re: vi: don't escape backspace with backslash

2015-11-23 Thread Claudio Jeker
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 01:31:11AM -0700, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > When I hit backspace after a backslash, usually I just want to delete > the backslash. I don't think I've ever intended to input a literal ^?. > If I ever did want to insert ^H, ^?, or ^U, I would just type ^V first. > > I've pa

vi: don't escape backspace with backslash

2015-11-23 Thread Anthony J. Bentley
When I hit backspace after a backslash, usually I just want to delete the backslash. I don't think I've ever intended to input a literal ^?. If I ever did want to insert ^H, ^?, or ^U, I would just type ^V first. I've passed this diff around privately before and gotten a tepid response, but it was