Re: [Bug-readline] rluserman: difference between backward-kill-line and

[Дилян Палаузов]

Hello,

the difference described below is not evident from the documentation.

Със здраве
  Дилян

On 15.04.2014 22:20, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 4/12/14, 3:34 PM, Дилян Палаузов wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > readline-6.3/doc/rluserman.texi, Node Bindable Readline Commands > Killing
> > and Yanking states:
> >
> > `backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout)'
> >       Kill backward to the beginning of the line.
> >
> > `unix-line-discard (C-u)'
> >       Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
> >
> > What is the difference between unix-line-discard and backward-kill-line ?
>
> There's little practical difference.  backward-kill-line understands
> negative arguments, but both commands end up putting the same text into
> the kill ring and leaving point at the same spot.