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comint-previous-input could put the cursor where it was

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Message #8 received at 28668 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 28668 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28668: comint-previous-input could put the cursor where it was
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:22:34 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> In bash, ^P puts the cursor at the same spot where it was (when we hit
> RET) last command.

I tried this on Debian Stale now, and C-p didn't do that.  Perhaps you
have a special setting?

> In emacs shell mode, M-p (comint-previous-input)
> always puts the cursor at the end of the line, no matter what. Perhaps
> it could be made to be like bash... at least for the latest previous
> command.

I think that sounds like a slightly confusing feature, so I'm closing
this bug report.

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