From: Steve Perry <stp@ekioh.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: editing previous command in the *shell* buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:57:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2618fno44.fsf@Stephens-MBP-2.cable.virginmedia.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: b490db23-410d-45b6-b3ec-e8da1ed32456@googlegroups.com
cplum987@gmail.com writes:
> How can I do one or both of the following:
>
> ...
>
> (2) type the first part of the command, and have M-p search for the
> previous occurrence of the command that starts with the same pattern
> I've typed in. This is an xemacs feature I sorely miss. C-s just
> isn't the same. If often finds all sorts of other cruft you have to
> skip over.
> thanks,
I bind M-p and M-n to comint-previous-matching-input-from-input and
comint-next-matching-input-from-input respectively which I think does
what you want...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-29 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-27 23:06 editing previous command in the *shell* buffer cplum987
2015-04-28 14:18 ` Doug Lewan
2015-04-28 17:10 ` HASM
2015-04-28 19:39 ` cplum987
2015-04-28 21:29 ` Barry Margolin
2015-04-29 0:20 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] ` <mailman.1854.1430266854.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-29 4:22 ` cplum987
[not found] ` <mailman.1792.1430230730.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-28 19:23 ` cplum987
2015-04-29 11:57 ` Steve Perry [this message]
2015-04-29 20:14 ` cplum987
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