PATCH: replace-string enhancement

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

This allows the replace-string widget to offer you the previous strings
used for editing.  This is off by default.  There's a style to turn
it on, plus you can use numeric arguments.  (I changed my mind about the
default at the last minute.)

I had a brief go at trying to maintain a separate history for the
strings, but it seems to be rather tricky since replace-string works by
manipulating the current history line.  Hence the usual assumptions
about adding new lines are invalid.  So I haven't changed it.

Index: Functions/Zle/replace-string
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Functions/Zle/replace-string,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 replace-string
--- Functions/Zle/replace-string	3 Feb 2003 11:06:03 -0000	1.1
+++ Functions/Zle/replace-string	13 Jan 2005 15:10:43 -0000
@@ -4,14 +4,21 @@
 autoload read-from-minibuffer
 
 local p1="Replace: " p2="   with: "
-local src rep REPLY MATCH MBEGIN MEND curwidget=$WIDGET
+local REPLY MATCH MBEGIN MEND curwidget=$WIDGET previous
 local -a match mbegin mend
 
-read-from-minibuffer $p1 || return 1
-src=$REPLY
+if (( ${+NUMERIC} )); then
+  (( $NUMERIC > 0 )) && previous=1
+else
+  zstyle -t ":zle:$WIDGET" edit-previous && previous=1
+fi
+
+read-from-minibuffer $p1 ${previous:+$_replace_string_src} || return 1
+_replace_string_src=$REPLY
 
-read-from-minibuffer "$p1$src$p2" || return 1
-rep=$REPLY
+read-from-minibuffer "$p1$_replace_string_src$p2" \
+  ${previous:+$_replace_string_rep} || return 1
+_replace_string_rep=$REPLY
 
 if [[ $curwidget = *pattern* ]]; then
     local rep2
@@ -20,6 +27,7 @@
     # while preceded by an odd number of backslashes is inactive,
     # with one backslash being stripped.  A similar logic applies
     # to \digit.
+    local rep=$_replace_string_rep
     while [[ $rep = (#b)([^\\]#)(\\\\)#(\\|)(\&|\\<->|\\\{<->\})(*) ]]; do
 	if [[ -n $match[3] ]]; then
 	    # Expression is quoted, strip quotes
@@ -37,9 +45,9 @@
 	rep=${match[5]}
     done
     rep2+=$rep
-    LBUFFER=${LBUFFER//(#bm)$~src/${(e)rep2}}
-    RBUFFER=${RBUFFER//(#bm)$~src/${(e)rep2}}
+    LBUFFER=${LBUFFER//(#bm)$~_replace_string_src/${(e)rep2}}
+    RBUFFER=${RBUFFER//(#bm)$~_replace_string_src/${(e)rep2}}
 else
-    LBUFFER=${LBUFFER//$src/$rep}
-    RBUFFER=${RBUFFER//$src/$rep}
+    LBUFFER=${LBUFFER//$_replace_string_src/$_replace_string_rep}
+    RBUFFER=${RBUFFER//$_replace_string_src/$_replace_string_rep}
 fi
Index: Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.38 contrib.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo	9 Dec 2004 14:44:46 -0000	1.38
+++ Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo	13 Jan 2005 15:10:44 -0000
@@ -814,6 +814,13 @@
 `tt(\{)var(N)tt(})' may be used to protect the digit from following
 digits.
 
+By default the previous source or replacement string will not be offered
+for editing.  However, this feature can be activated by setting the style
+tt(edit-previous) in the context tt(:zle:)var(widget) (for example,
+tt(:zle:replace-string)) to tt(true).  In addition, a positive
+numeric argument forces the previous values to be offered, a negative or
+zero argument forces them not to be.
+
 For example, starting from the line:
 
 example(print This line contains fan and fond)

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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