Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-18 Thread Han Boetes
Thorsten Glaser wrote: tags 603801 - wontfix thanks J???rg-Volker Peetz dixit: It would be only a modification of this requested feature: As long as the cursor is not moved it will work as requested, similar to zsh and bash. Only in the case the cursor is moved inbetween, the next M-.

Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-17 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Package: mksh Version: 39.3.20101101-1 Severity: wishlist Hi Thorsten, previously I used the pdksh in Debian squeeze and started now with mksh (from unstable). Frequently, I'm using the emacs editing command M-. or prev-hist-word. For example, I use to do something like $ chmod 640

Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
tags 603801 = upstream wontfix thanks Jörg-Volker Peetz dixit: With mksh the second (nth) M-. makes the first insertion of the filename Sorry, this was implemented as a feature request to make things more zsh-like: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.miros.general/8565 bye, //mirabilos -- I

Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-17 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
It would be only a modification of this requested feature: As long as the cursor is not moved it will work as requested, similar to zsh and bash. Only in the case the cursor is moved inbetween, the next M-. should insert at the current cursor position the last word from the last history line, and

Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
tags 603801 - wontfix thanks J�rg-Volker Peetz dixit: It would be only a modification of this requested feature: As long as the cursor is not moved it will work as requested, similar to zsh and bash. Only in the case the cursor is moved inbetween, the next M-. should insert at the current

Bug#603801: mksh prev-hist-word wish

2010-11-17 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Addendum: zsh behaves like bash, if moving the cursor or pressing other keys between two M-.. It also starts again inserting the last word from the last command line at the current cursor position. -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to