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Re: Definition of a word

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From: Phil Pennock <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Definition of a word
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 00:11:05 +0000
In-reply-to: <19981201235205.A19807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from "Ollivier Robert" on Tue 1 Dec 1998 (23:52 +0100)
Mail-followup-to: Ollivier Robert <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Organisation: Organisation? Here? No, over there ---->
References: <19981201235205.A19807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Typing away merrily, Ollivier Robert produced the immortal words:
> Is there a way to refine what zsh think of as a "word" ? It seems that a
> word is "anything other than whitespace" which gets really annoying when
> one use <ESC><BS> to delete part of a path because the whole path is
> destroyed :-(

Change the WORDCHARS variable, documented in zshparam(1).
 WORDCHARS <S>
   A list of non-alphanumeric characters considered part of a word by
   the line editor.

Default is:
WORDCHARS='*?_-.[]~=/&;!#$%^(){}<>'

Change this in your .zshrc to the equivalent, without the '/' in there.

Perhaps the 'emulate' command should also change WORDCHARS accordingly?
-- 
--> Phil Pennock ; GAT d- s+:+ a22 C++(++++) UL++++/I+++/S+++/H+ P++@ L+++
E-@ W(+) N>++ o !K w--- O>+ M V !PS PE Y+ PGP+ t-- 5++ X+ R !tv b++>+++ DI+ D+
G+ e+ h* r y?

References:
- Definition of a word
  - From: Ollivier Robert

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