On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > > On 2/12/25 10:40 PM, Justin Donnelly wrote: > > Hi! > > This isn't a bug, but I have attached a patch for a new feature that I hope > > you'll consider for inclusion in Readline. I just recently switched to > > using vi mode in Bash, and have noticed the Readline arguments in the > > prompt (eg `(arg: 2)'). This functionality is also in emacs mode, but I > > don't think I ever noticed it (probably because I don't know emacs well > > enough). When the args are added to the prompt, it shifts the text, which > > can be distracting. My patch adds a Readline variable to disable this > > functionality. By default, Readline will show the args in the prompt, just > > as it does now. But if a user sets the `show-arg-in-prompt' variable to > > `off', the args won't show in the prompt. > > Thanks for the patch. I'll consider it for a future readline version.
Thank you for your consideration. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for it. > > Chet > > -- > ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates > Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
