# Prompt for an search in the history for a pattern.
# Patterns to search are standard zsh patterns, but may include
# ^ at the start or $ at the end to anchor the pattern to the
# start or end of the history entry respectively.
#
# To search backwards, create a widget history-pattern-search-backward:
# zle -N history-pattern-search-backward history-pattern-search
# and to search forwards, create history-pattern-search-forward
# zle -N history-pattern-search-forward history-pattern-search
# Use extended globbing by default.
emulate -L zsh
setopt extendedglob
# Load required features.
autoload -Uz read-from-minibuffer
zmodload -i zsh/parameter
local REPLY dir new
integer i
local -a found match mbegin mend
# Decide if we are searching backwards or forwards.
if [[ $WIDGET = *forward* ]]; then
dir="forw"
else
dir="rev"
fi
# Read pattern. Prompt could be made customisable.
read-from-minibuffer "pat ($dir): " $_last_history_pattern_search
_last_history_pattern_search=$REPLY
# Abort if bad status or nothing entered
[[ $? -ne 0 || -z $REPLY ]] && return 0
# Handle start-of-line anchor.
if [[ $REPLY = \^* ]]; then
REPLY=$REPLY[2,-1]
else
REPLY="*$REPLY"
fi
# Handle end-of-line anchor.
if [[ $REPLY = *\$ ]]; then
REPLY=$REPLY[1,-2]
else
REPLY="$REPLY*"
fi
# Search history for pattern.
# As $history is an associative array we can get all matches.
found=(${(kon)history[(R)$REPLY]})
if [[ $dir = forw ]]; then
# Searching forward. Look back through matches until we
# get back to the current history number.
for (( i = ${#found}; i >= 1; i-- )); do
(( $found[$i] <= HISTNO )) && break
new=$found[$i]
done
else
# Searching backward. Look forward through matches until we
# reach the current history number.
for (( i = 1; i <= ${#found}; i++ )); do
(( $found[$i] >= HISTNO )) && break
new=$found[$i]
done
fi
if [[ -n $new ]]; then
# Match found. Move to line.
HISTNO=$new
if [[ $REPLY = *\* && $history[$new] = (#b)(${~REPLY[1,-2]})* ]]; then
# If not anchored to the end, move to the end of the pattern
# we were searching for.
CURSOR=$mend[1]
fi
return 0
else
return 1
fi
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