On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 06:52:12PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: > I'm seeing some strange behavior and don't know if it's a bug or intended. [...] > If this is intentional then I'd be curious about the rationale.
Please read: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bash/2016-11/msg00004.html I believe this is the entry in the change log describing the change, although I'm unable to find Carlos' original report in the archives: | lib/readline/vi_mode.c | - rl_vi_unix_word_rubout: new function, implements ^W as Posix specifies | it for vi mode, using whitespace and punctuation characters as word | boundaries. Prompted by question from Carlos Pita | <carolosjosep...@gmail.com>