Re: About `M-C-e` expand result `'` failed

[Andreas Schwab]

On Jan 30 2024, Zachary Santer wrote:

> For that matter:
>
> $ echo \${var} # enter
> ${var}
> $ echo \${var} # M-C-e
> $ echo ${var} # enter
> foo
> # Would've expected: echo \${var}
>
> There's no way this is the intended behavior, right?

The command is doing exactly what it is documented to do, that is do all
of the shell word expansions.

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