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commit 3d6dcb956804d3e9e5ed12597596478180c35afb
parent 1ca2911b846eb56888114600edcdd00a9510bf05
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Sat,  9 Oct 2021 12:12:05 +0200

prompt: begin at bottom of history list when at secondary prompt

Whenever invoking a search prompt, calling up historical search items
should start with the newest item.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61316.

Bug existed since version 2.8.2, since help texts became searchable.

Diffstat:
M
src/prompt.c
 | 
5
++++-

1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ functionptrtype acquire_an_answer(int *actual, bool *listed,
 	size_t fragment_length = 0;
 		/* The length of the fragment that the user tries to tab complete. */
 #endif
+
+	if (history_list != NULL)
+		history_reset(*history_list);
 #endif /* ENABLE_HISTORIES */
 
 	if (typing_x > strlen(answer))
@@ -563,7 +566,7 @@ functionptrtype acquire_an_answer(int *actual, bool *listed,
 	}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_HISTORIES
-	/* Set the current position in the history list to the bottom. */
+	/* Put the history pointer back at the bottom of the list. */
 	if (history_list != NULL) {
 		history_reset(*history_list);
 		free(magichistory);