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bug#27405: 25.2; Make eshell-next-prompt more reliable
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npostavs |
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bug#27405: 25.2; Make eshell-next-prompt more reliable |
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Sun, 18 Jun 2017 09:52:13 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) |
Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> writes:
>> > (defun eshell-previous-prompt (n)
>> > "Move to end of Nth previous prompt in the buffer.
>> > See `eshell-prompt-regexp'."
>> > (interactive "p")
>> > (backward-char)
>> > (eshell-next-prompt (- n))))
>>
>> What's the backward-char for?
>
> That would have definitely deserved a comment...
>
> Without it, if point is right after the prompt, it won't move. That would be
> disturbing for the user.
Hmm, maybe beginning-of-line would make more sense? If I have point on
the same line of the prompt I can get to the beginning of the prompted
line with C-a, so C-c C-p probably means I want to go farther back.