Re: history list for Ctrl-exc-?, Ctrl-esc-/, Ctrl-]

[Sadrul Habib Chowdhury]

* Edward Peschko had this to say on [20 May 2009, 16:11:54 -0700]:
> All,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had plans for adding a history list for the
> ctrl-esc-?,/, ]  commands listed above..
> 
> Basically, I want to be able to say:
> 
> Ctrl-esc-? a
> 
> and then use the arrow keys to scroll up and down the screen history
> based off of commands that start with 'a'..
> 
> Likewise with, / and with ] - in fact their should be a fourth command
> - 'ctrl-esc->' which pastes based off of a buffer..
> 
> How easy would it be to add this? I see that the hooks are there - ie:
> when you type Ctrl-esc-? and then hit the arrow key, you go up to the
> last typed command..

In the development code, we allow cycling through the history of commands
using the standard bindings (up/down arrow keys, ^p ^n etc.). We do not,
however, have any mechanism to search through the command history (e.g.
the commands that start with 'a'). It may not be too difficult to
implement. Is this kind of 'cycling through the command history that start
with a certain sequence' feature available in some application?

Sadrul