Re: could there be a bash built-in that allows executing readline functions?

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/24/23 12:06 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:

> Let's conduct a thought experiment. Say I added some new option to `bind'
> for this (this clearly does not deserve its own builtin). Under what
> conditions should it execute? What should it assume about readline's
> state or the state of the objects readline exports (line buffer, etc.)?
> The executing part is easy: take a string, look up a function, and
> execute it. But how do you want to guarantee it executes on something
> reasonable?

Should this mode run multiple readline commands per invocation? How
about numeric arguments?

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