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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: add control-W (backup 1 word)?
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Kari E. Hurtta |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX: add control-W (backup 1 word)? |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Oct 1997 15:16:45 +0300 (EDT) |
David Combs:
> On Sun, at least, you can hit, in addition to control-u (erase line)
> and backspace, control-w, which backs up one unix "word", ie
> until it sees prior whitespace (I think that is the rule for
> control-W).
>
> Anyway, would be nice while entering things like descriptions
> for pages being bookmarked (via the "a" cmd).
>
> Or perhaps a different rule, especially when entering
> web addresses, to back up to prior punctuation, especially
> a slash.
>
> Maybe there is some existing routine (at least on unix)
> that one could call, which would do that.
That is WERASE character on (POSIX) termios:
WERASE (Control-W or ASCII ETB) erases the preceding white space-
delimited word. It will not erase beyond the start of a
line, as delimited by a NL, EOF, EOL, or EOL2 character.
/ Kari Hurtta
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