Re: [PATCH] fix bind -X quoting

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2023-07-31T09:30:30-0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> Rather than embed more and more shell-specific output formats that
> readline doesn't parse into readline itself, I'm more inclined to add
> a hook to allow an application to print the value of a key binding
> itself.
[...]
> This would allow us, for instance, to really go wild and make `bind
> -X' display a series of `bind -x' commands to recreate the macro
> bindings.

I'm unlikely to be doing any of the work, but big +1 on this.  This
would be a valuable inspection and troubleshooting tool.  ("What does
bash _think_ I've got bound to this?")

Regards,
Branden

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