Re: [RFC] Should `afterends` affect word cutting?

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 10-04-2020 om 04:43 schreef Liu Hao:
> At the moment, the `afterends` option in .nanorc doesn't affect cutting, which
> could be a bit inconvenient when editing source code.
> 
> For example, I have this line of C++ code:
> 
> ``` return this->something(); ```
> 
> When the cursor is between `->` and `something` [...], I may decide that I
> want to invoke a different function, so I press ^Delete. However, not only
> does this delete `something`, the `();` part is also deleted [even though]
> no character in it forms a word.

Nice example.  :)

I don't know why word chopping is not affected by the --afterends option.
When the option was added two years ago, the FALSE was not in the original
patch [1], but it was in the second version [2].  I don't know why.

I never user ^Delete / ^Backspace (I use <Ctrl+Shift+arrow> to select stuff
and then press <Delete>), so I have never noticed this behavior.  But seeing
your example, I think attached patch should be applied.

Is anyone opposed to changing the word-chopping behavior when --afterends
is in effect?

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2018-04/msg00024.html
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2018-04/msg00029.html

Benno

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