Re: [Bug-readline] key bindings proposal

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/19/16 11:34 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi Chet,
> 
> Thanks for explaining your views.
> 
> Bash has a facility which I believe is based on binding a key to a
> string which is executed as if entered at the prompt, is that correct?
> Or were you referring to something else?

Yes, that's pretty much it.  You use the readline key binding syntax to
bind a string to a key sequence using a separate keymap.  Then you bind
that key sequence in the active keymap to a function that will look up
the string in the alternate keymap and execute it as if run by `eval'.
The READLINE_LINE and READLINE_POINT variables allow that command to
modify the line.  It's not a perfect fit to what readline could provide
`natively', but it's close.

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