Support List view for ReverseSearchHistory

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the ReverseSearchHistory and ForwardSearchHistory entry points and the existing Prediction UI list view. Determine how a switch such as F2 could connect the views, then verify that multiple history hits and multiline commands are displayed acceptably; done means both history searches support the optional list view without losing the current view.

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

Could history search (ReverseSearchHistory and ForwardSearchHistory) i.e. Ctrl+r (optionally) use the Prediction UI list view and show me multiple hits at once?

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Basically, I would like to be able to switch between the current view and the prediction list view (i.e. with F2)

It seems to me like the main limitation would be being able to see the whole command (and multi-line commands), which I think could be worked around by replacing [\r\n]+ with … or even just showing them escaped, like `n in the display.

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