Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/11/08:06:27
Thomas,
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Thomas Mellman wrote:
> WRT <20021002125316 DOT GB1604 AT tishler DOT net>,
> > I have been experiencing similar problems since upgrading to bash
> > 2.05b-2 and libreadline5 4.3-1. My typical problem is that the "c"
> > command as in "cw" (i.e., change word) would stop working, but "dw"
> > (i.e., delete word) followed by "i" (i.e., insert) was fine.
>
> I think I discovered something interesting about this: I believe it
> occurs after one uses a different vi feature that is also broken:
>
> The use of "." to repeat the last operation works intermittenly in
> CYGWIN readline, but I believe that if you use it and it doesn't do
> what it's supposed to, then the problem with the loss of functionality
> with the other commands stops working...
Thanks for the above -- it seems to match my observations. I will (try
to) avoid using the "." command until a patched bash is released.
Jason
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