23.0.50; comint-previous-matching-input repeats search for the wrong string.

23.0.50; comint-previous-matching-input repeats search for the wrong string.

[Gideon Stupp]

In shell mode do "M-r ssh M-r telnet M-r <ENTER>".  The function will repreat the search for "ssh" instead of the search for "telnet". 

possible fix:

--- comint.el.orig	2008-01-14 16:44:24.000000000 +0200
+++ comint.el	2008-01-14 16:44:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
 				       'minibuffer-history-search-history)))
     (list (if (string-equal regexp "")
 	      (setcar minibuffer-history-search-history
-		      (nth 1 minibuffer-history-search-history))
+		      (nth 0 minibuffer-history-search-history))
 	    regexp)
 	  (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))))



In GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2008-01-11 on gstupp-lnx
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Re: 23.0.50; comint-previous-matching-input repeats search for the wrong string.

[Glenn Morris]

Gideon Stupp wrote:

> In shell mode do "M-r ssh M-r telnet M-r <ENTER>".  The function will repreat the search for "ssh" instead of the search for "telnet". 
>
> possible fix:

Thanks; I installed a slightly different fix.