searching through "last words"

[Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt@xxxxxx>]

I'd like to enhance Alt-. = insert-last-word a bit:

 - If at the beginning of a word, just work like insert-last-word
   (i.e. if pressed multiple times, replace the word by older last
   words).

 - If there is already something on the command line, work like
   above, but match only words that begin with the present string.

Example history:

 ... bar
 ... foo
 ... baz
 ... foobar

Then type

  $ ... <Alt-.>
  $ ... foobar<Alt-.>
  $ ... baz<Alt-.>
  $ ... bar<Alt-.>
  etc.

But

  $ ... b<Alt-.>
  $ ... baz<Alt-.>
  $ ... bar<Alt-.>

Is there a simple way to do that, short of programming a new widget?

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt