On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Martin Hedenfalk wrote: > > if the match equals the string typed in, the match is never found. > > > > $ foo > > $ bar > > $ fooESC-P > > does beep. > > > > This happens only when foo is the possible match. If there's a foorbar > > with a higher history number, that is found, and next the foo is > > found. > > I would say that this is the correct behaviour in this case, because > there are no other consecutive unique matches to be found.
Yeah, I guess you are right, although it feels strange. It would be nice if there was a way to distinguish beteen no matches at all and no further unique matches. -Otto