GNU nano - Bugs: bug #58709, [Wish] let M-Bsp delete a word...
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bug #58709: [Wish] let M-Bsp delete a word backwards
Submitter: | Axel Scheepers <ascheepe> | ||
Submitted: | Sun 05 Jul 2020 05:08:03 PM UTC | ||
Severity: | 1 - Wish | Status: | Fixed |
Assigned to: | bens | Open/Closed: | Closed |
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Thu 13 Aug 2020 05:03:53 AM UTC, comment #6: |
Benno Schulenberg <bens> |
Fri 31 Jul 2020 04:56:35 PM UTC, comment #5: Added M-Bsp in git, commit 40b03162. |
Benno Schulenberg <bens> |
Sun 19 Jul 2020 11:10:21 AM UTC, comment #4: Oh that's nice, thank you! |
Axel Scheepers <ascheepe> |
Sat 18 Jul 2020 09:53:17 AM UTC, comment #3: I'm keeping this open, because now that I know that <Alt+Bsp> works in bash, it is too compelling to not have it in nano too. Also because I can't think of anything else that would be a nice function for <Alt+Bsp>.
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Benno Schulenberg <bens> |
Mon 06 Jul 2020 02:40:02 PM UTC, comment #2: Ah yes, i tried to patch it myself but couldn't make it work (i omitted the CONTROL_SHIFT_DELETE part). I understand the reasoning behind not wanting to add it. My reasoning was that it would fit with ctrl-a and ctrl-e. The backspace key is a source for problems on unix systems indeed so maybe it's best to leave it as it is. Thanks for taking the time to explain. |
Axel Scheepers <ascheepe> |
Mon 06 Jul 2020 09:43:37 AM UTC, comment #1: I never knew that Alt+Bsp on the command line deletes a word backwards... I was going to ask: what manual mentions this, because searching for Backspace doesn't find it. But I finally found it in: info bash command bindable "commands for killing". There it says:
(Fifteen lines up, they call the Backspace key "Rubout" instead of "DEL". Pfff. How is one to know what to search for?)
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Benno Schulenberg <bens> |
Sun 05 Jul 2020 05:08:03 PM UTC, original submission:
It would be nice if nano supported esc-backspace to delete a word backwards. Like in the shell and emacs. |
Axel Scheepers <ascheepe> |
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Date | Changed by | Updated Field | Previous Value | => | Replaced by |
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2020-08-13 | bens | Open/Closed | Open | Closed | |
2020-07-31 | bens | Status | None | Fixed | |
Assigned to | None | bens | |||
2020-07-06 | bens | Attached File | - | Added 0001-bindings-make-Alt-Backspace-delete-a-word-backwards.patch, #49440 | |
Severity | 3 - Normal | 1 - Wish | |||
Summary | [request] make M-BS delete word backwards | [Wish] let M-Bsp delete a word backwards |
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Released in 5.1. I've already come to like it. :)