At the bash prompt, I often use the [Alt+.]¹ keyboard action to retrieve the argument of a prior command from the bash history list.
To illustrate: | $ mkdir -p long/directory/name/I/would/rather/not/type/again | $ cd [Alt+.] Bash expands the [Alt+.] giving me: | $ cd long/directory/name/I/would/rather/not/type/again So I just have to hit enter. Naturally, this is not limited to the last command: I can hit [Alt+.] twice to retrieve the argument of the last-but-one command.. etc. I'm used to doing this in bash and I find it a lot more effective than retrieving entire commands and editing them (in this case, retrieving the mkdir command & replacing ‘mkdir -p’ by ‘cd’). Is there any way I could do this in Vim's ex-mode? CJ ¹ means.. holding down the Alt key and hitting the dot key (‘.’). The braces are only added for legibility.. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
