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Re: Syntax of "-" in shell-mode
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Syntax of "-" in shell-mode |
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Sat, 25 Jun 2016 09:27:12 +0200 |
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Dima Kogan <address@hidden> writes:
> Now that I lived with this setting for a day, I don't think it's just
> (transpose-words): "-" being a word character feels like the right thing
> for shell commands. With that setting, the behavior of (forward-word)
> and (backward-word) is much more pleasing as well. Arguments like a
> standalone -- or - are treated like separate words, which is "right".
Use *-sexp instead. Making - a word characters will break a lot of use
cases.
Andreas.
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