Docs: "shell-transpose-words" in "8.4.4 Killing And Yanking"

2023-07-17 Thread Sebastian Carlos
Hello, The "shell-transpose-words" command is documented in the section "8.4.4 Killing And Yanking", but I think it should be in "8.4.3 Commands For Changing Text". That way, just like the other "shell-*" commands, it would be documented next to its counterpart "transpose-words". Thanks.

Some Readline variables are not available in "bind -v"

2023-07-16 Thread Sebastian Carlos
Hello, I noticed that the following variables are not visible in "bind -v": - active-region-start-color - active-region-end-color - isearch-terminators Thanks for your time.

history-size reported as "0" even is value is "-1"

2023-07-16 Thread Sebastian Carlos
Hello, history-size is documented as follows: > If set to a value less than zero, the number of history entries is not limited. But after setting it to "-1", for example with this line in .inputrc: > set history-size -1 It is still reported as "0" in "bind -v": > set history-size 0 Nevertheless

Docs: Mention that hash resets after changing PATH

2023-07-05 Thread Sebastian Carlos
Hello, I noticed that there's no mention in the manual that, when the PATH changes, "hash -r" is run. I think that would be a nice addition, possibly on "4.1 Bourne Shell Builtins / hash" Thanks.

Docs: Duplicated explanation of "quote removal" on manual

2023-06-29 Thread Sebastian Carlos
Hello, The manual seems to repeat the same information two paragraphs apart: On Section 3.5 Shell Expansions, a paragraph reads: > After these expansions are performed, quote characters present in the original word are removed unless they have been quoted themselves (quote removal). Then, after

The bash built-ins 'true' and 'false' are undocumented in info and man page.

2023-05-03 Thread Sebastian Carlos
I guess there is not too much to say about the bash built-ins 'true' and 'false'. Nonetheless, I suggest that the info pages should list these built-ins individually like other built-ins. Currently, the only hint on their existence in the info or man page is in the node (or man page section) calle

Re: bash built-ins `true' and `false' undocumented

2023-05-03 Thread Sebastian Carlos
I am writing to follow up on this old bug report about the lack of documentation for the bash built-ins 'true' and 'false'. I agree with the previous arguments on why these built-ins should be documented in 'info bash', and I would like to add two more reasons: - The commands 'true' and 'false' th