Toggle spacebar to output " " or "-" (for writing Git branch names)

space-to-hyphen.bash

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# C-x- toggles output
bind -x '"\C-x-": space-to-hyphen'


# Toggle <Space> key between inserting " " and "-"
function space-to-hyphen () {
	if [ ! $SPACE_TO_DASH_BOUND ]; then
		bind '" ": "-"'

		SPACE_TO_DASH_BOUND='yes'
	else
		bind '" ": self-insert'

		unset SPACE_TO_DASH_BOUND
	fi
}