SQLite3 + libedit: ESC + Backspace behaves wrong

[elzhov@…]

In the past, the sequent typing of ESC and Backspace deleted the last word, as in any readline-bound application, in the bash for instance. Now it deletes the entire line from the end to start.

$ port info sqlite3
sqlite3 @3.7.8, Revision 1 (databases)

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

sqlite3 uses libedit now, not readline, for licensing reasons. Perhaps libedit behaves subtly differently from readline?

[elzhov@…]

Thank you for reply, you're right :-)

Well, I found that sequence ESC+Backspace editline binding "^[H" is correct since it calls "ed-delete-prev-word" command. The problem seems to be just with the internal command, I tried to bind the command with another keys, and those keys delete the entire line, either.

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

I cannot reproduce the problem with sqlite3 @3.8.11.1_0 on OS X 10.10 Yosemite. ESC+Backspace deletes the word before the cursor, as expected.

$ otool -L /opt/local/bin/sqlite3
/opt/local/bin/sqlite3:
	/opt/local/lib/libedit.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.53.0)
	/opt/local/lib/libncurses.6.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current version 6.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1213.0.0)