Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:56:47 -0500 From: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Devin Teske <devin@shxd.cx>, "src-committers\@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all\@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, "svn-src-head\@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r325092 - head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <m2h8ufqsb4.fsf@macktronics.com> In-Reply-To: <20171031060631.GA78809@FreeBSD.org> (Alexey Dokuchaev's message of "Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:06:31 %2B0000") References: <201710291851.v9TIpM0I073542@slippy.cwsent.com> <B855A05D-E1BB-485F-AB8D-9F9656F531CC@shxd.cx> <m28tfsofph.fsf@macktronics.com> <20171030151627.GA74374@FreeBSD.org> <3CB26689-0D12-4E69-9BBA-58CCC3B71F3F@shxd.cx> <m2k1zc5ng7.fsf@macktronics.com> <20171031060631.GA78809@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> 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
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