From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] insert-last-word gets stuck at comments
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:14:25 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1430978327.511438.1627546465383@mail2.virginmedia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7YOiheW5=irTA1o2QNpSqzHiZ_c7WuDVgazw=cxhYSuiQ@mail.gmail.com>
> On 28 July 2021 at 16:40 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:07 AM Peter Stephenson
> <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I wonder if it would be preferable if it just skipped on to the next
> > > (that is, usually, the preceding) last word?
> >
> > That seems reasonable --- I can't think of circumstances where you'd want
> > no result, unless you've actually reached the last possibility.
>
> Should that happen only in the default case, or even when one or more
> arguments are provided?
>
> My inclination is to say that if a specific history event or word was
> requested, but isn't found, the op should just fail as it does now.
Seems OK --- as long as it doesn't get stuck when it shouldn't I don't
think the exact behaviour is that big a deal if there's some kind of
rationale.
pws
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-29 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-26 7:06 Frederick Eaton
2021-07-26 22:50 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-07-27 5:52 ` Frederick Eaton
2021-07-27 20:19 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-07-28 1:36 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-07-28 9:06 ` Peter Stephenson
2021-07-28 15:40 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-07-29 8:14 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
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