Thomas, On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Thomas Mellman wrote: > WRT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > I have been experiencing similar problems since upgrading to bash > > 2.05b-2 and libreadline5 4.3-1. My typical problem is that the "c" > > command as in "cw" (i.e., change word) would stop working, but "dw" > > (i.e., delete word) followed by "i" (i.e., insert) was fine. > > I think I discovered something interesting about this: I believe it > occurs after one uses a different vi feature that is also broken: > > The use of "." to repeat the last operation works intermittenly in > CYGWIN readline, but I believe that if you use it and it doesn't do > what it's supposed to, then the problem with the loss of functionality > with the other commands stops working...
Thanks for the above -- it seems to match my observations. I will (try to) avoid using the "." command until a patched bash is released. Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/