svn commit: r325092 - head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Tue Oct 31 15:08:56 UTC 2017


On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 09:56:47AM -0500, Dan Mack wrote:
> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > ...
> > 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.

Okay, that explains it.  I've just tried your setup, it makes sense (not
that I would use it, but now I understand the reason behind ESC-p/ESC-n
better).  Thanks,

./danfe


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