Re: Comint-like history search for Eshell?

[James Thomas]

Pengji Zhang wrote:

> I hacked a small patch (attached) implementing a comint-like interface
> for history search in Eshell, and I would like to know what people think
> about it. You may type 'M-r' in Eshell to try the interface.
>
> I myself always miss the 'M-r' in 'M-x shell' whenever I use 'M-r' in
> Eshell. I tried 'eshell-isearch-{forward,backward}', but IMO they are a
> bit rough -- they are implemented by inserting the whole history file
> into the buffer and overriding Isearch keys.

One thing is that those used to the effectively infinite
eshell-history-size previously, may be surprised. Like I was.

Regards,
James