On Sun, 2011-12-11 at 13:30 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Hello, I upgraded to the most recent bash package from 4.1-3 and > > discovered that the M-f (forward word), M-b (backward word), and M-Bksp > > (kill previous word) shortcuts had broken. > > What terminal do you use? What happens when you type ^V M-b?
gnome-terminal, version 3.0.1-1. ^V M-b has the same effect as M-b - it enters a "b" at the prompt. Interestingly, ^V M-Bksp enters the delete control code. It looks like bash isn't getting the meta modifer, though it works in all of my other apps. I never use xterm, as the bash/readline navigation keys have long been unusable under xterm. I just gave xterm a shot - M-b in xterm enters a "รข" at the bash prompt. (I suspect this xterm issue is #574396, but it seems much older than May 2010 to me.) > Does downgrading bash to 4.1-3 allow you to return to the old > behavior? Nope. This is why I'm thinking the bug is more complicated than a straightforward bash problem. I just couldn't see anything else in my aptitude log that seems even remotely possible. Thanks, Ross
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