Re: [PATCH] Add active mark, face support; activate mark on paste

From	Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: [PATCH] Add active mark, face support; activate mark on paste
Date	2019-09-24 22:20 -0700
Message-ID	<mailman.1040.1569388868.2190.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
References	(5 earlier) <CAKOZueuTpWvrpi2w2k+3U+BxD0k5H5baNbNgh_U3UosHE+gP=Q@mail.gmail.com> <c44dfb06-fad2-4b6c-0520-558cec6d25ba@case.edu> <CAKOZueuJZkPzJwRH56FwWtDDdNxxa+Zm=VZDhnJuTf5bfo2Y2w@mail.gmail.com> <edc24625-1e32-5571-2728-2744e3b7f6ca@case.edu> <CAKOZueubcO2RdOZuevzF+waBBcnfnVgd74LJU6P2bbwtEewOXA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 6:36 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>
> On 9/23/19 7:32 AM, Daniel Colascione wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 12:37 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1/9/19 2:39 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote:
> >>> Any chance we can revive this patch now that Bash 5 is out? (The patch
> >>> itself, of course, would need to be rebased.)
> >>
> >> Yes, I plan to.
> >
> > Have you had a chance to look at the patch?
>
> Sorry, I have not. I need a bigger chunk of time than I've had available
> to figure out the intent of the patches, and whether they're a good idea
> to include in readline, before looking closely at the code.

I've had a people tell me that this patch is very useful for helping
them understand editing operations and pasting. I sent this patch over
a year and a half ago. Should I expect another year and a half of
pinging this thread? :-)

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Re: [PATCH] Add active mark, face support; activate mark on paste Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com> - 2019-09-24 22:20 -0700

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