Alexey Dokuchaev <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 04:35:04PM -0500, Dan Mack wrote: >> Definately different. Better? Maybe for some. I most always search >> command history by prefix and then just using multiple ESC-p invocations >> to find the one command to edit/re-execute. Less frequently I want to >> search the whole text of history for the whole command line sequence >> like bash Ctrl-R accomplishes. > > Agreed, search-by-prefix needed a lot more often than ^R one (search > anywhere). That's why it makes sense to bind it to the arrows. > >> >>> "\ep": history-search-backward >> >>> "\en": history-search-forward >> >> > Interesting that you mapped these to cursor-up/cursor-down. >> > >> > That may cause unexpected results. >> >> > For example, typing something and then pressing up-arrow will cause >> > the shell to give you the previous command that started with that >> > rather than the previous command in-general. > > That's exactly what I want, to type vi<up> and instantly get to the > editing command (skipping all cd's and ls's I might've done in between). > >> It's ESC-p/ESC-n, not just plain up-arrow/down-arrow. Up arrow still >> does up without any search. At least with my config using \ep as shown. >> My up arrows work for me as expected - they just iterate forward and >> backward through shell history. > > I find this separation useless and actually mitigating the good. When > I want to scroll the history without any search I'd simply won't type > anything. Binding prefix-search to ESC-p/ESC-n, not up-arrow/down-arrow > is beyond me. Empty command line gives you plain iteratation, typing > anything limit iteratation over commands starting with typed prefix.
Maybe this disconnect is related to the fact that I never use the arrow keys. I used ctrl-n/p to cycle shell history down/up and put an esc in front if I am searching using history-search-backward/forward. Dan _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
