{"version":"2.1.239","anchor":"word-editing-key-setting-explains-both-modes","canonical_anchor":"word-editing-key-setting-explains-both-modes","heading":"Word-editing key setting explains both modes","tier":"use","area":"Settings","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.239\/e\/word-editing-key-setting-explains-both-modes","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.239","markdown":"### Word-editing key setting explains both modes\n\nThe word-editing key setting now explains readline versus classic word boundaries.\n\n**What**\n\nThe description for the prompt's word-editing key setting now spells out what Alt+F, Alt+D and Ctrl+Y do in readline mode, where a word is letters and digits only, versus the default classic mode, which uses Unicode word segmentation so `foo_bar` and `3.14` each count as one word.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Classic remains the default.\n- New Unicode character-class patterns were added alongside for default-ignorable characters, emoji, Han, Indic and Arabic scripts, and line separators.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`the word keys use Unicode word segmentation, so foo_bar and 3.14 are one word`\n\n- Area: Settings\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}