[IPython-user] Deprecations galore

[Jerry McRae]

On 5/24/07, Fernando Perez <fperez.net@......... > wrote:
>
> <snip>
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> I'm thinking of something like %rep HISTLINE that would get history
> line number (or grep through history) and fill the next input line
> with it for editing. How easy is that w/ readline?
>

I would like something like this a lot.  That what I miss most right now -
the ability to recall a SPECIFIC command and re-edit it.  Ctrl-R does what I
want only sometimes.

further details:

I use a custom database command line processor for doing a lot of queries
and searches.  I'm not advocating the syntax, but the functionality and LOW
KEYSTROKES are what I love.  Examples (":" is the command prompt, everything
after the # is my comment)

:/L        #list last 20 commands
:/L40    #list last 40 commands
:34      #execute command 34
:34,5-2  #execute command 34, then commands 5-2 in that order
:/E34   #recall command 34 into the current buffer, so I can change
something, then re-execute it.

--Jerry

PS.  Thanks for this discussion of future directions
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