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

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/24/23 3:11 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 10/24/23 1:00 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > At 2023-10-23T15:15:12-0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > > What makes that superior to something like a readline function to
> > > execute a named readline command, like M-x does in emacs?
> >
> > I'd love that, personally.  With tab completion for the readline command
> > names, of course.  :D
>
> That one takes a bit more bookkeeping, but it's very doable. This would
> probably be one of the last new features that makes it into the next
> release.

There will be an initial implementation of this, bound to M-x in emacs
mode, in the next bash and readline devel branch pushes.

Chet

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