#644973 libedit2: Ctrl+W erases entire line

Package:
libedit2
Source:
libedit
Description:
BSD editline and history libraries
Submitter:
Sam Morris
Date:
2022-05-30 12:24:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#644973#5
Date:
2011-10-11 10:13:01 UTC
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Pressing Ctrl+W erases the entire input line. This is really annoying
when most other programs (that use readline) bind Ctrl+W to erase the
current word.
#644973#10
Date:
2015-11-22 19:54:23 UTC
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Export EDITRC=/path/to/your/.editrc and put this in that editrc:

    bind "^W" ed-delete-prev-word

See also:
http://wjd.nu/notes/2015#asterisk-editline-key-bindings


Cheers,
Walter Doekes
#644973#15
Date:
2021-05-24 21:11:35 UTC
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Greeting to you once again



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#644973#20
Date:
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#644973#25
Date:
2022-05-30 10:33:23 UTC
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Doesn't work.

.editrc is not even looked for according to strace, at least not in
version 3.1-20191231-2+b1 (I'm using it with the mariadb mysql client).

According to #975911:

: Hi, this is also bugging me on Fedora 32. Digging deep into the
: library chain and source code, it almost certainly is a libedit issue.
: Linux doesn't have issetugid(), and in src/el.c in libedit
: (2019-something thru 20210419 versions) it clearly only reads editrc if
: issetugid is available.


Thanks,
Paul
#644973#30
Date:
2022-05-30 12:22:15 UTC
From:
To:
does in fact read the editrc file.

According to the upstream changelog:

2021-05-22 Jess Thrysoee
   [...]
   * src/el.c: editrc not read on systems without issetugid
        Patch by Trevor Cordes

This version installs just fine on stable (Bullseye).

Hopes this helps someone with this problem.


Paul