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RE: master 0695108 2/2: Revert "Add `r'/`l' grep command history command


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: master 0695108 2/2: Revert "Add `r'/`l' grep command history commands"
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 13:44:26 -0700 (PDT)

> I agree that they aren't very mnemonic bindings, but those are the
> bindings that all modes that I know of that has a history uses.  I don't
> even know what they stand for.  "Return"?  "L..."  uhm...

`l' stands for "last".  It was in use forever.  `r' was added later,
to be symmetric.

IIRC, I think the idea behind `r' was kind of "right", compared with
"left" (`l').  I don't know of another mnemonic that was touted for `r'.



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