From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26525 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2006 13:18:33 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Feb 2006 13:18:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 74689 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2006 13:18:27 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Feb 2006 13:18:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 1453 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2006 13:18:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 22292 Received: (qmail 1441 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2006 13:18:23 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Feb 2006 13:18:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 74393 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2006 13:18:23 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Feb 2006 13:18:22 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FBAvH-0000qf-5j for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:17:51 +0100 Received: from 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:17:51 +0100 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:17:51 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Re: alias hl='$(history -n -2 -2) ' Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Sender: news Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Peter Stephenson wrote in news:EXCHANGE03bJjyve2q70000ee73 @exchange03.csr.com: > You could get the history part working better with > > alias hl='eval "$(history -n -2 -2)" ' > That fixes it, thnx > > I presume you're trying to avoid bang-history for some reason. If you're > not wedded to aliases you could use a zle function to retrieve specific > stuff from the history. > It's just that !-2 is a bit a pain to type (sorry)! -- zzapper Success for Techies http://SuccessTheory.com/ vim, zsh & success tips