bug#60666: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Use field properties in Eshell buffers

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:10:09 -0800
> Cc: 60666@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
> 
> On 1/11/2023 4:15 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I think 'eshell-really-bol' is the best alternative here, yes.  Then
> > NEWS could tell users to bind it to HOME or whatever.
> 
> Ok, done.
> 
> I also updated the implementation of 
> 'eshell-(forward|backward)-matching-input' to benefit from fields. (I 
> didn't notice these functions earlier.) This reimplementation makes it 
> work better than before, since you can now search for a regexp like 
> "^echo" to find only inputs that *started* with "echo". Previously, that 
> wasn't possible. I also added a regression test for it.

Thanks, I'm happy now.