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Re: up-line-or-search question

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: up-line-or-search question
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:03:23 -0800 (PST)
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> The answer to the question Bart asked the first time round `how do I
> find out if I'm at PS2' is, unless I'm missing a subtlety, `[[ -n
> $PREBUFFER ]]'.

(Hand smacks forehead)

> It's not clear to me what you do in that case anyway.

My knee-jerk reaction was to say "never do history-beginning-search" but
on further though I can see why it might sometimes be wanted.

Personally, I'd do something like

	[[ -n $PREBUFFER ]] && zle .push-line-or-edit

which would be perfect if only it didn't beep.

References:
- Re: up-line-or-search question
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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