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Claude Code v2.1.238 ·

Ctrl-W deletes a whitespace-delimited WORD in vim mode

In vim mode, Ctrl-W now deletes a whole whitespace-delimited WORD as vim does.

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What

The kill-word-before binding now chooses between deleting back to the previous word boundary and deleting a full whitespace-delimited WORD, depending on the editing mode, matching vim's WORD semantics.

Details
  • Selects deleteWORDBefore() instead of deleteWordBefore() based on a mode flag.
Evidence

deleteWORDBefore

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