[Proposal] Change default _PROMPT from "> " to "> " (two spaces)
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- Subject: [Proposal] Change default _PROMPT from "> " to "> " (two spaces)
- From: "Soni \"They/Them\" L." <fakedme@...>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:11:00 -0200
Hi! As you may or may not know, Lua uses _PROMPT and _PROMPT2 in the
standard REPL (indeed, it's described in the reference manual).
Their default values, e.g. when unset, are "> " and ">> ". There are
some reasons why this isn't good:
1. Terminals have block selection mode (hold control while selecting).
The different widths makes this difficult.
2. That's about the only reason.
I propose we change this so the default/fallback _PROMPT and _PROMPT2
are "> " and ">> " respectively, i.e. they have the same width by
default. This would work really well with block selection.
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