On 10/6/06, Beni Cherniavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/10/06, Philip Ganchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Multiline editing rocks. Here are some thoughts. > > > > The ellipsis (…) at the start and end of lines is cool and makes clear > > that the line was wrapped. But it also complicates pasting commands > > into an editor, as you have to delete all the ellipses. Granted, > > pasting would require re-formatting anyway if a word or string is > > continued on a new line. > > Not necessarily. The terminal stores a hidden bit at every end of > line, rememebering whether it was crossed by wrapping a long text. > I'm not sure what's the exact rule that controls it but if you echo a > long string that wraps and cut-and-paste it you will get the long text > back without newlines.
Right. I was thinking of the fact that wrapped text is currently indented. If a word like "Snuffleupagus" is broken, and you copy and paste it, you end up with "Snuffle upagus" because the "upagus" part was indented on the terminal. But as I said, it should not be indented because it is just wrapped text. In that case, the ellipsis is extra, I think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
