These are the tests (| = cursor position):
1. a b| should return b
2. a | should return nothing
3. a b|c should return b
4. a b\ c| should return b\ c
5. a 'b c| should return 'b c
6. a "b c| should return "b c
7. a b:c| should return c
8. a b:c| with WORDBREAKS -= : should return b:c
9. a -n| should return -n
Tests 5 & 6 yield "expected failures", see bugreport:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=474094 . At a first glance
this bugreport contains useful ideas, so anyone willing to try to make tests 5 &
6 pass, be sure to have a look there first.
To run the automated tests:
$ cd test && ./runUnit _get_cword.exp
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