Mike Stroyan wrote:
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The default edit-and-execute-command behavior for non-posix vi
> editing mode fails when EDITOR is not set. It has changed from
> using vi in 3.0 to trying to use 'editor' first in 3.1. But it
> fails to start an editor and just executes the unchanged command line.
>
> Repeat-By:
> Start bash
> set -o vi
> unset EDITOR
> Type 'date<esc>v'
> The date command is run without a chance to edit it.
>
> Fix:
> Remove an extra right parenthesis from bashline.c.
>
> --- bash/bashline.c~ 2006-01-31 13:30:34.000000000 -0700
> +++ bash/bashline.c 2006-03-09 12:32:24.000000000 -0700
> @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
> command being entered (if no explicit argument is given), otherwise on
> a command from the history file. */
>
> -#define VI_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e \"${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-$(command
> -v editor || echo vi))}}\""
> +#define VI_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e \"${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-$(command
> -v editor || echo vi)}}\""
> #define EMACS_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e \"${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-$(command -v
> editor || echo emacs)}}\""
> #define POSIX_VI_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e vi"
That's not in bash-3.1 as distributed. It must have been added by
Debian.
Chet
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