How does reverse-i search work?
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Janghwan Kim
Dec 24, 2012, 5:06:42 AM12/24/12
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Hi list.
I've been a fan for bpython for a while, but one thing that blocked me
from using it daily is the absence of 'reverse-i-search' feature. I
personally don't get Rewind and its importance over reverse search.
I noticed some works were done on 0.11, and there's an 'undocumented'
work toward the reverse search feature. Is there some way I can use
it?
Thanks.
I've been a fan for bpython for a while, but one thing that blocked me
from using it daily is the absence of 'reverse-i-search' feature. I
personally don't get Rewind and its importance over reverse search.
I noticed some works were done on 0.11, and there's an 'undocumented'
work toward the reverse search feature. Is there some way I can use
it?
Thanks.
Mike
Dec 26, 2012, 4:22:44 PM12/26/12
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I noticed recently that if you type a few letters from the front of the line (that you are looking for) and then the up arrow key, it will search thru history lines and show only those that start with the string you typed.
Found it by accident, as it works the same in the fish shell and I thought I was in another terminal.
e.g:
>>> pr↑
Hit up arrow a few times and it will cycle through all lines that start with "pr".
Found it by accident, as it works the same in the fish shell and I thought I was in another terminal.
e.g:
>>> pr↑
Hit up arrow a few times and it will cycle through all lines that start with "pr".
Simon de Vlieger
Dec 27, 2012, 9:59:07 AM12/27/12
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What Mike says is indeed correct (and is a change in I believe the latest version but I am not sure exactly when I merged it in).
There is also a `reverse-i` which means if you have something on the status line and press the default shortcut (http://docs.bpython-interpreter.org/configuration.html#search control-o since control-r was taken) it will reverse through history for any line containing what is on your prompt instead of just at the beginning.
Regards,There is also a `reverse-i` which means if you have something on the status line and press the default shortcut (http://docs.bpython-interpreter.org/configuration.html#search control-o since control-r was taken) it will reverse through history for any line containing what is on your prompt instead of just at the beginning.
Simon
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Janghwan Kim
Dec 28, 2012, 2:05:17 AM12/28/12
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Ah yes.. this seems like what I was looking for.
Though it's a bit different in ui -- I get to press the 'reverse-i-search' key first, which should be latter here
I guess it's same in function. I'll see if I can live with it.
Thank you.
Simon de Vlieger
Dec 28, 2012, 8:30:53 AM12/28/12
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Yes, I have had plans to overhaul the way we do prompts which would allow for this for a long time. I just don't have the time to actually execute them.
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