Is this correct? I get a different behavior with Fish 2.2.0: echo test_string # <Enter> echo # ^P replaces the command line to: set_color white; echo hello # Something from my distant history that does not appear in the output of the command 'history'.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Peter Flood <i...@whywouldwe.com> wrote: > Not sure if this will help or not. If you type 'vim' the command you use > most that start with vim is offered (greyed out), you can press ctrl+f to > complete it and enter to run it, if instead you press up or ctrl+p the most > recent command starting with 'vim' is completed, pressing up/ctrl+p again > will complete the second most recent command etc etc. > > I think there's also a way to scroll through the most common commands > (greyed out) but I don't know how to do that. > > > On 11/12/2015 15:51, Michael Jones wrote: > > Thanks for the response. If I press shift + tab then I get a kind of search > dialogue (which looks great!) for various possible commands but related to > what's on the system rather than what is in my history. I am sorry if wasn't > clear, I was hoping to learn how to navigate my command history in a manner > which feels consistent whether I'm going for the last command I ran or one > before that. > > My issue at the moment is that it feels like it is a different key to get to > & run the last command versus getting to & running the second to last > command. > > Thanks again, > Michael > > On 8 December 2015 at 23:14, Jônatas Davi Paganini <jonata...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Michael! Have you tried shift + tab then tab again? >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Michael Jones <m.pricejo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm new to fish shell and generally loving it. A great experience so far. >>> >>> I have one behaviour I'd like to continue from my zsh setup which is >>> searching the history. On zsh, if I type the start of a command like 'vim' >>> then it doesn't suggest anything immediately but if I do a >>> history-search-backward style key press then it completes to the last >>> command I ran that started with 'vim' and I can press 'enter' to run it or >>> repeat the history-search thingy to find the command before that, etc. >>> >>> So it is the same pattern for the last command or the one before it, just >>> more key presses. >>> >>> With fish, if I type 'vim' then it ghosts in the last command I ran that >>> starts with 'vim' and if I click history-search-backward thingy then I get >>> the second to last command. So if I want to run the last command, I >>> currently have to press 'right arrow' to complete the ghosting then enter >>> and if I want the second to last then I have to press >>> history-search-backward and then press enter. This small difference is >>> throwing me off and I'd like to emulate the behaviour I had with zsh. >>> >>> Is that possible? I've had a little look at some of the fish scripts and >>> the use of the 'commandline' command but I can't see how I would achieve the >>> results I'm after. Any help would be much appreciated! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Fish-users mailing list >>> Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> atenciosamente, >> >> Jônatas Davi Paganini. >> -- >> ideia.me | invent.to >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fish-users mailing list > Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fish-users mailing list > Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
