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Re: Definition of a word

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Definition of a word
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 09:44:33 +0100
In-reply-to: "Thomas Köhler"'s message of "Wed, 02 Dec 1998 08:57:52 NFT." <19981202085752.B1491@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_K=F6hler?= wrote:
> picard ~> bindkey -v
> picard ~> cd /usr/local/bin_
> (hit ^W)
> picard ~> cd /usr/local/_
> (hit ^W)
> picard ~> cd /usr/local_
> 
> Why isn't WORDCHARS honored when in vi-like editing mode?

The binding is vi-backward-kill-word, which uses vi-like word
definitions.  You can bind it emacs mode to get the same effect, but
it's not quite the same because of the way it deletes the delimiter as
a separate word.  Or, you can bind backward-kill-word in vi mode for
the opposite.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>       Tel: +39 050 844536
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References:
- Re: Definition of a word
  - From: Thomas Köhler

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