Zsh: problem with up arrow binding and history function [SOLVED]

Question

The expected action of an 'up arrow' in the middle of a command using zsh is not right.  What do I have misconfigured?
When I type the following:
% cd /mnt<<UP ARROW>>
I expect zsh to search my history of other commands that started with "cd /mnt" and auto complete that subset of my history.  In other words, ONLY history items that begin with "cd /mnt" but that isn't what's happening.  Upon hitting <<UP ARROW>> in the middle of a "cd /mnt" gives me entries in my history that begin with "cd" not with "cd /mnt" and I don't know why.  Where is the error in my configuration?
Relevant config files:
~/.zshrc.
As you can see, it will source the scriptlets in ~/.zsh as well.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by graysky (2012-10-03 19:20:50)

Answer 1

How about '{up,down}-line-or-beginning-search'?
autoload up-line-or-beginning-search
autoload down-line-or-beginning-search
zle -N up-line-or-beginning-search
zle -N down-line-or-beginning-search
bindkey "^[[A" up-line-or-beginning-search
bindkey "^[[B" down-line-or-beginning-search
*isn't sure how your key definitions work, but they don't seem to work for me*
EDIT: from man zshcontrib:
up-line-or-beginning-search, down-line-or-beginning-search
These widgets are similar to the builtin functions up-line-or-search and
down-line-or-search: if in a multiline buffer they move up or down within the buf‐
fer, otherwise they search for a history line matching the start of the current
line. In this case, however, they search for a line which matches the current line
up to the current cursor position, in the manner of history-beginning-search-back‐
ward and -forward, rather than the first word on the line.
Last edited by WorMzy (2012-10-03 15:15:52)