Context-Sensitive History

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When I use OMZ, I have a very, very nice feature I like to call context-sensitive history. It's easier to show than describe. If I run:

% abc
% cba

And then I type % a[up], without CS history I get% cba. With it I get % abc. What in OMZ causes this?

EDIT: I want this to give me results based on the beginning of the command. With the substring search suggested by @Thomas Dickey, it matches if what I typed was anywhere in the command.

EDIT 2: @jasonwryan's answer in How can I search history with what is already entered at the prompt in zsh? is almost it; the only thing is that the cursor should be at the end of the new line rather than staying at its current location.

Without using OMZ (which is horrible on so many levels), the cursor is at the end of the line... — jasonwryan, Sep 25 '16 at 22:11
@jasonwryan I've ruled it down to the two lines from the linked answer. Watch this: https://asciinema.org/a/ccl89hz4oaggwbrkzmt566y68 — Dessa Simpson, Sep 25 '16 at 23:20
Try disabling OMZ and using "^[[A" history-beginning-search-backward-end etc... — jasonwryan, Sep 25 '16 at 23:27
@jasonwryan https://asciinema.org/a/agvtkowpqo5la4tan97d3tcb7 — Dessa Simpson, Sep 25 '16 at 23:48
@jasonwryan Oh, I see, you have to define them manually. I'll test. — Dessa Simpson, Sep 25 '16 at 23:59
@jasonwryan It still doesn't work - "No such shell function `history-search-end'" — Dessa Simpson, Sep 26 '16 at 00:10
Did you load it as per the instructions? autoload -U history-search-end etc... — jasonwryan, Sep 26 '16 at 00:12
I've updated my original answer, but it was clearly stated in the github repo I linked to... — jasonwryan, Sep 26 '16 at 00:15
I'm new to configuring zsh manually so I had no clue about that. — Dessa Simpson, Sep 26 '16 at 00:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

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That sounds like zsh-history-substring-search, which according to the webpage is inspired by the fish shell (and offhand sounds like the way vi-like-emacs implements command history — there are probably several variations).

For other possibilities, see @jasonwryan's answer in How can I search history with what is already entered at the prompt in zsh?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

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answered Sep 25 '16 at 21:04

Thomas Dickey

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I have never had that plugin enabled. – Dessa Simpson Sep 25 '16 at 21:19
And I just tried adding the script, and it doesn't work for some reason. – Dessa Simpson Sep 25 '16 at 21:44
Okay, it works but it's not what I'm looking for. Updating question. – Dessa Simpson Sep 25 '16 at 21:49
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You could have something simpler, like this – Thomas Dickey Sep 25 '16 at 21:53
That's almost it! Just one other thing, with OMZ the cursor ends up at the end of the line, while this leaves it at its original position. Updating question. – Dessa Simpson Sep 25 '16 at 21:56
@VirtualDXS you want history-search-end... – jasonwryan Sep 25 '16 at 23:35

Context-Sensitive History

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