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Re: [Help-bash] use edit-and-execute-command instead the secondary promp
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Pierre Gaston |
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Re: [Help-bash] use edit-and-execute-command instead the secondary prompt |
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Fri, 12 May 2017 15:32:37 +0300 |
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Eduardo Bustamante <address@hidden>
wrote:
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:45 AM, D630 <address@hidden> wrote:
> > How about an option to force bash into invoking edit-and-execute-command,
> > when
> > bash wants to use the secondary prompt / needs a second line to complete
> the
> > command?
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> Why would you need an option to force it? If you're using the emacs
> mode, just hit Ctrl-x Ctrl-e when you get the secondary prompt.
> That'll run the edit-and-execute-command function on the partial
> input.
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>
I guess it would be a kind of automagic feature, as soon as I need to
enter something that doesn't fit on one line, fire up my editor to help me.