Re: Feature request: prompt strings in output from edit-and-execute-command readline function ( was About `M-C-e` expand result `'` failed )

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/3/24 10:18 PM, Zachary Santer wrote:

> While I'm making feature requests.
>
> I hit C-x C-e and enter the following into my editor:
>
> var='duck'
> declare -p var
> (
>    var='squirrel'
>    declare -p var
> )
> declare -p var
>
> I save that and exit my editor, and this is what I get in the terminal:
>
> zsant@Zack2021HPPavilion MINGW64 ~
> $
> var='duck'
> declare -p var
> declare -- var="duck"
> (
>    var='squirrel'
>    declare -p var
> )
> declare -- var="squirrel"
> declare -p var
> declare -- var="duck"
>
> Kinda confusing, right?
>
> I could see adding PS1 and PS2 prompts where they would've been, had I 
> typed all my commands into the terminal directly. PS2 prompts in front of 
> everything that was entered in the editor might be preferable, though, 
> given the complex PS1s you see sometimes.

I'd have to think about it. This isn't interactive input read from the
keyboard, where you'd expect to get a prompt. This is more like sourcing
a file with `set -v' temporarily enabled (in fact, it's very close to
that).

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