Re: 'delete' in the line editor
TAKAHASHI Tamotsu (ttakah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
> > Haven't looked, I don't need to. A cursory read of the source *shows*
> > that you can't get the 'delete' semantics in the line editor
> > because NO KEY IS EVER BOUND TO THAT FUNCTION.
>
> Really?
>
> Try
> bind editor ':' delete-char
> for example.
> Then you will be able to delete current character with ':' key.
Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was asking *why* we don't bind, say,
delete, to delete-char. It's obvious that you *can*
bind a key to it; the question is why isn't it that way by
default.
Bill