history completion possible?

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

Marko, this is a nice feature if I can remember to use it. Thanks for  
the thread.

// Brad

On Feb 18, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Marko Käning wrote:

> The solution is to create a file .inputrc in home directory  
> containing:
> ---
> # these allow you to start typing a command and
> # use the up/down arrow to auto complete from
> # commands in your history
> "\e[B": history-search-forward
> "\e[A": history-search-backward
> ---
> after typing something like "hg ci" the arrow keys will search now  
> through history and find any formerly executed "hg ci..." command  
> string! Just what I wanted!!! :)
>
> Refs:
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060825071728278
> http://snipplr.com/view/11266/inputrc-mac-os-x--bashrc-linux/
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