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keybindingFlavor setting deprecated; classic word-editing mode removed

The keybindingFlavor setting is deprecated; prompt word-editing always follows readline conventions now.

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KindRemovedin v2.1.261,
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The keybindingFlavor setting is deprecated; prompt word-editing always follows readline conventions now.

The keybindingFlavor setting ('classic' vs 'readline') is now deprecated and no longer has any effect. Word-editing keys in the prompt always follow Bash (readline) conventions regardless of what the setting was previously set to.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged the prompt's word-editing keys to match Bash: Ctrl+W deletes back to whitespace, Alt+F and Alt+D stop at word end, punctuation…

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