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In message <14608.199507161434@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, Zefram wrote:
>On a separate matter, does anyone ever use the numerical equals
>expansion?  (That is, =1 expands to the directory at the top of the
>stack, =2 to the next directory in the stack, etc.)

I use =1 and =2 a lot; it's in my fingers... but I suppose ~1 et al
is more consistent.  I could adapt to a change in syntax, as long as
the functionality remained.

--Vin