bug#36034: [PATCH] Zsh extended_history shows up in comint input ring

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Matthew Bauer <mjbauer95@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>                   (setq start
>>                         (if (re-search-backward comint-input-ring-separator
>>                                                 nil t)
>> -                           (match-end 0)
>> -                         (point-min)))
>> +                           (progn
>> +                             (when comint-input-ring-file-prefix
>> +                               ;; Skip zsh extended_history stamps
>> +                               (re-search-forward 
>> comint-input-ring-file-prefix
>> +                                                  nil t))
>> +                             (match-end 0))
>
> Hm...  I don't think this is right, either.  If the re-search-forward
> fails, then (match-end 0) will fail, too.  And since (if I understood
> correctly), the prefix will follow on directly from where point it,
> using looking-at would be better, anyway...
>
>>        ;; Bypass a bug in certain versions of bash.
>>        (when (string-equal shell "bash")
>>          (add-hook 'comint-preoutput-filter-functions
>> -                  'shell-filter-ctrl-a-ctrl-b nil t)))
>> +                  'shell-filter-ctrl-a-ctrl-b nil t))
>> +
>> +      ;; Skip extended history for zsh.
>> +      (when (string-equal shell "zsh")
>> +        (setq-local comint-input-ring-file-prefix ": 
>> [[:digit:]]+:[[:digit:]]+;")))
>>      (comint-read-input-ring t)))
>
> And this bit didn't apply.

That was 7 months ago.  Did you have any time to look into the
comments by Lars above?  Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas