Hi Greg, Alt-Up, without any text entered, goes back through each argument in previous lines, filtering out duplicates. So for example (from my current command history), if my last three commands were:
bundle install brew search postgres brew install postgresql Then Alt-up gives me, in sequence: postgresql, install, brew, postgres, search, (skip brew), bundle, (skips install), bundle. With text entered, the behavior is the same, but only shows you arguments that contain the text. One note: if it’s still not working, check your key bindings. On my Mac, using Terminal.app, Alt-Up/Down worked fine, but Alt-Left/Right didn’t work out of the box, I had to add these two lines to my config.fish: # Custom bindings bind \033b prevd-or-backward-word bind \033f nextd-or-forward-word I found the sequences to bind by looking at the “Keyboard” tab of my Profile preferences (see screenshot here: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s2/sh/bddd0021-3cf3-4720-b271-7b53e3b49169/4e44faa3355570a538ec46b022a0a868). Depending on your terminal program, you may need to find out/assign the correct sequences for the bind commands. Hope this helps, —Diego > On May 8, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Greg Reagle <greg.rea...@umbc.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, May 8, 2015, at 11:32 AM, charlie wrote: >> I was actually looking for the named one, `!c` executes the last command >> that begins with the letter c. > > Speaking of which, I *still* don't understand what good Alt+Up is in > fish. I have read the explanation many times to no avail. > > I use the up arrow with fish and understand that, I think. Without any > text entered, it just goes through the history, with text entered it > filters the history with a substring match on the entered text. > > Would someone be willing to give me an example of the utility of Alt+up? > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Access all of your messages and folders > wherever you are > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Fish-users mailing list > Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
