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Re: previous-history-element could skip repeats
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: previous-history-element could skip repeats |
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17 Jan 2002 10:57:06 +0100 |
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jidanni@deadspam.com (Dan Jacobson) writes:
> "ESC p runs the command previous-history-element" OK, but might it be
> smart to skip the previous history element if it is the same as the
> current history element, as a new option on by default.
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> For instance, I did 20 M-x compile's in a row. Now after hitting C-x
> ESC ESC I would need 20 ESC p's to get past all that to reach
> something interesting.
Why put repeated commands in the command history in the first place?
Or even better: if you repeat a command which is already somewhere on
the command history, *move* it rather than *add* it to the front of
the history. (this would be a generic feature for all history lists).
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Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk