Re: searching through "last words"

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/24/20, Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

Sounds a lot like you want _history-complete-older ?

-- 
Mikael Magnusson