Re: Bash-like PgUp/PdDown reverse search?

["Anonymous bin ich" <ichbinanon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/24/07, Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In the last episode (Aug 24), Peter Stephenson said:
> > "Richard Hartmann" wrote:
> > > I have been unable to make PgUp / PgDown act like Bash's
> > > reverse search. I.e., you enter some string and then press
> > > PgUp / PgDown to search for commands that start with this
> > > string.
> >
> > bindkey '^[[5~' history-beginning-search-backward
> > bindkey '^[[6~' history-beginning-search-forward
> >
> > Use "read" with no arguments to verify that's what your PageUp and
> > PageDown are sending; hit ^C to exit.
>
> I use a helper function in my zshrc to set up all my bindings:
>
> # usage: bindtc <cap> <default> <zsh-command>
> bindtc ()
> {
>         setopt localoptions
>         local keyval=$(echotc "$1" 2>&-)
>         [[ $keyval == "no" ]] && keyval=""
>         bindkey "${keyval:-$2}" "$3"
> }
>
> # Bindings for PGUP, PGDN, HOME, END
> bindtc kP "^[[I" history-beginning-search-backward
> bindtc kN "^[[G" history-beginning-search-forward
> bindtc kh "^[[H" beginning-of-line
> bindtc kH "^[[F" end-of-line
>
> --
>         Dan Nelson
>         dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>

For those using zkbd:

source ~/.zkbd/$TERM-$VENDOR-$OSTYPE
[[ -n ${key[PageUp]} ]] && bindkey "${key[PageUp]}"
history-beginning-search-backward
[[ -n ${key[PageDown]} ]] && bindkey "${key[PageDown]}"
history-beginning-search-forward

-- 
Regards,