On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:24:52PM EST, Tim Chase wrote: > On 01/23/12 14:57, Chris Jones wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 08:42:51PM EST, Tim Chase wrote:
>>> ================================================= >>> let item = histget(getcmdtype(), -1) >>> ================================================= >> Unless I missed something, I don't think this is going to work, >> because you need a variable to keep track of where you are in the >> history across Alt+period keyboard actions.. (?) > I think the answer to your question is the "-1" in the histget() call > which gets the most recent history entry. If you use a positive > number, it starts from 1 through however many history items you have. > If you use a negative index, it starts indexing the > most-recently-entered-command end of the history (same as for arrays). > :help history-indexing > :help list-index > The exception I could see would be if you knew that you were only > interested in certain types of Ex commands (in your contemporaneous > message, your "g:cmdlist") and would thus want to search backwards in > your history until you hit such a command and use *that* command to > pull from rather than the most recent Ex command. Ah, yes.. The thing is, I tried your script ‘as is’ and it did not work as I expected.. so I probably jumped to conclusions.. What you are saying makes excellent sense. On the other hand, I find that managing my own index variable gives me more flexiblity/clarity than relying on a side-effect of the histget() function. CJ -- 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
