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Replaying history
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Description
After using Control-R to search history and executing the result, it would be nice to have the down key mapped to the next item of the searched result in the history list. For example.
> a = 1
> b = 1
> c = 1
> # Control-R and search for "a = 1" and then hit enter
> a = 1
> # press down key here to load "b = 1" and then hit enter
> b = 1
> # press down key again to load "c = 1"
With such implementation, it is much easier to replay history commands.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the Control-R history-search flow and the down-key handling in prompt-toolkit's CLI input behavior. Determine how the searched result and subsequent history entries are tracked. Done means pressing down after executing a reverse-search result loads successive matching history entries, with tests covering the example sequence.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100