Re: shell-expand-line drops quotation marks

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2015-11-04 14:45:40 +0000, Pádraig Brady:
> On 04/11/15 13:47, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > On 11/3/15 7:44 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> >> The shell-expand-line command (bound to Escape-Ctrl-E) incorrectly removes
> >> quotation marks from
> >> the command line, often resulting in a command that differs from what the
> >> user intended to type.
> > 
> > This is the documented behavior.  shell-expand-line performs all of the
> > shell word expansions, including quote removal.
> 
> How useful is that though when the expansion gives a different meaning?
[...]

See also:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/150649/resolve-all-aliases-in-a-zsh-command-line/150737#150737

-- 
Stephane

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