From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:28:47 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: inputrc: Ctrl-P/Ctrl-N only display matching lines.
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inputrc: Ctrl-P/Ctrl-N only display matching lines.
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diff --git a/inputrc b/inputrc
index 20832da..981c621 100644
--- a/inputrc
+++ b/inputrc
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ set editing-mode vi
 "jj": vi-movement-mode
 "jk": vi-movement-mode
 
-"\C-p": previous-history
-"\C-n": next-history
+# <Up>/<Down> with the additional effect that only lines starting with the
+# current input are matched. Very useful to recall old commands quickly - just
+# type the first few characters.
+"\C-p": history-search-backward
+"\C-n": history-search-forward