Find attached a patch to use a negative argument to quoted-insert
to quote the next N characters.
--
Jason.
diff -urp current/text.c working/text.c
--- current/text.c 2017-01-30 04:55:51 +1000
+++ working/text.c 2017-02-21 16:06:20 +1000
@@ -999,7 +999,14 @@ rl_quoted_insert (count, key)
return (0);
}
#endif
-
+
+ if (count < 0)
+ {
+ int r;
+ do r = _rl_insert_next (1); while (!r && ++count != 0);
+ return r;
+ }
+
return _rl_insert_next (count);
}
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