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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
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Subject: M-p and multiline csh command in cmushell
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Stephane Payrard writes:
> I would like to be able to recall a multiline command with M-p
> (comint-previous-input).

To do this, separate the lines of the command with C-j (which inserts
a newline in the buffer, but does not send), and at the end of the
entire command, send it with RET.  That way, cmushell sends the whole
command as a unit, and M-p recalls it as a unit.

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
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