On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:20:03PM +1100, Doug Kearns wrote: > I've just noticed that if you are cycling through the command history > and abort with a ^G, the next time you invoke the line editor you are > placed at the point in history list at which you aborted. > > example: > > :command 1 > :command 2 > :command 3 > :command 4 > :command 5 > > cycle up the history to 'command 3', abort and invoke the line editor > again. Hit the <Up> key and you are at 'command 2' which is not the last > command you entered. > Well, in a sense you are at the last line you entered are you not ? You "entered" it through cycling to it+1. You aborted the current action which leaves the history pointer at current-action -1 . It seems strange, but if you think about it then it is logical.
-- Regards Cliff
