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I use C-r constantly. But sometimes I need to find a command, and then edit it before running it. What is the proper way to exit "search mode" and go into the
by danielweber 12y ago
I use C-r constantly. But sometimes I need to find a command, and then edit it before running it. What is the proper way to exit "search mode" and go into the normal "edit" mode?
- morsch 12y agoAny movement key will do the trick. I usually use cursor-right or the end key. It's so ingrained I had to actually do it in a shell to know what it was I did.
- danielweber 12y agoISTR pressing one of those keys would obliterate the part of my line where I was writing, putting in ^B characters. I can't replicate it now on my test box; it works exactly the way you say it should. It may be a terminal issue; I'm currently on Windows using cygwin to ssh to Linux.
- aatos 12y agoC-g (as in quit https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Quitting.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Qu...) is the 'proper' way but yeah, not the only one.
- danielweber 12y agoThat just wipes out the whole line (on my test box).
- platz 12y agoC-e ?