From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id KAA29779 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:26:37 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA02555; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:12:46 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:12:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199606200010.UAA20061@spacely.icd.teradyne.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 To: Richard Coleman cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: zsh, vi mode, vihistorysearchbackward In-reply-to: coleman's message of Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:47:12 -0400. <199606192247.SAA03664@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> reply-to: acs@world.std.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:10:00 -0400 From: Vinnie Shelton Resent-Message-ID: <"LJzzn2.0.rd.zT9on"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1373 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu coleman@math.gatech.edu said: > I think the interpretation should be that "/" searches the `natural' > direction (whatever that is) and "?" searches the reverse of that. > With that interpretation, the previous behavoir is more natural. As > Bart said, you rarely ever want to search forward (down) the history. > The `natural' direction is always to search up the history. I much prefer this interpretation. I'd like to see '/' restored as the natural search character in vi mode. --vin