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(comint-after-partial-file-name-command): Renamed from comint-after-partial-pathname-command. (comint-match-partial-file-name, comint-after-partial-file-name): Renamed from comint-match-partial-pathname, etc. (comint-last-output-start): New variable to record where most recent process output started from. (comint-mode): Initialise it. (comint-output-filter): Set it. (comint-previous-matching-input-string): Moved to comint-previous-matching-input-position. (comint-previous-matching-input-string): Use it. (comint-search-arg, comint-search-start, comint-previous-input-string): New subroutines. (comint-previous-input, comint-next-input, comint-previous-matching-input, comint-next-matching-input, comint-previous-matching-input-from-input, comint-next-matching-input-from-input): Use them. (comint-mode-map): Added signal menu-bar. Moved comint-backward/forward-matching-input to output menu-bar, since they move within the buffer rather than do input. (comint-send-input, comint-after-pmark-p, comint-kill-input, comint-proc-query): Removed serialisation of obtaining the process mark's marker-position. Commented out comint-load-hooks. (comint-dynamic-simple-complete): New subroutine. (comint-dynamic-complete-filename-command): New variable. (comint-after-partial-pathname-command): New variable. (comint-after-partial-pathname): New subroutine. (comint-dynamic-complete): Use them. (comint-mode): Make them local. Renamed comint-dynamic-complete-command to comint-dynamic-complete-command-command for consistency. Renamed comint-file-name-addsuffix/autolist/recexact to comint-completion-addsuffix/autolist/recexact for consistency. (comint-replace-by-expanded-history): Check if input ring size is not big enough for relative reference. (comint-read-input-ring, comint-input-ring-file-name): From shell.el. (shell-write-input-ring): New subroutine. (comint-file-name-prefix): New variable. (comint-directory): New inline subroutine. (comint-dynamic-complete-filename, comint-dynamic-complete-variable, comint-dynamic-list-filename-completions): Use it. (comint-dynamic-complete-filename, comint-dynamic-complete-variable, comint-dynamic-list-filename-completions): Make sure local completion-ignore-case is nil. (comint-next-prompt, comint-previous-prompt): Use paragraph-start and paragraph motion commands rather than re-search-forward and re-search-backward commands. (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring, comint-previous-matching-input-string): Use ring-empty-p rather than zerop and ring-length. (comint-input-ignoredups): New variable. (comint-send-input, shell-read-input-ring): Use it. (comint-mode): Make comint-input-ignoredups local. Doc fix. (comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-input): New variable. (comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output): New variable. (comint-scroll-show-maximum-output): New variable. (comint-output-filter-hook): New variable, defaults to comint-postoutput-scroll-to-bottom. (comint-output-filter): Renamed from comint-filter for consistency. Now calls comint-output-filter-hook. (comint-preinput-scroll-to-bottom): New subroutine. (comint-postoutput-scroll-to-bottom): New subroutine. (comint-show-maximum-output): New command. (comint-copy-old-input): New command. (comint-send-input): Run comint-output-filter-hook if necessary as a kludge to prevent messy redisplays. (comint-mode-map): Added comint-show-maximum-output to C-c C-e and menu-bar output, and comint-copy-old-input to C-c C-i and menu-bar input. (comint-mode): Make local variables comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-input, before-change-function, comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output, comint-scroll-show-maximum-output, and comint-output-filter-hook. (comint-version): Deleted--no need for separate version. (comint-input-ring-index): Make this a permanent local. (comint-mode): Don't alter comint-input-ring-index or comint-input-ring if already set meaningfully. (comint-mode-map): Added keys M-R/S for comint-previous/next-matching-input-from-input and to completion menu-bar. Added comint-forward/backward-matching-input and comint-previous/next-matching-input to completion menu-bar. (comint-mode): Doc fix for functionality. (comint-exec-1): Uses setenv. (comint-update-env): Removed. (comint-input-ring-size): Incremented to 32, as with command history. (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring): Check for zero length ring. Use ring length, not ring size, when generating list. Use buffer " *Input History*". (comint-previous-matching-input-string): Check for zero-length ring. Check last item in case at end of cycle and it's a match. (comint-searching-input-ring): New subroutine. (comint-regexp-arg): New subroutine. (comint-previous-matching-input-from-input): New command. (comint-next-matching-input-from-input): New command. (comint-replace-by-expanded-history): Fix for matching inside quotes. Fix to allow argument subrange specifiers. Fix to identify and reject absolute input number references. (comint-within-quotes): New subroutine. (comint-how-many-region): New subroutine. (comint-args): New subroutine. (comint-delim-arg): New subroutine. (comint-arguments): New subroutine. (comint-delimiter-argument-list): New variable. (comint-send-input): Inserts input arguments into ring separated by single spaces. (comint-filter): Checks the buffer's process to make sure it's still there. Otherwise, set-buffer will fail. (comint-backward-matching-input): New command. (comint-forward-matching-input): New command. (comint-next-prompt, comint-previous-prompt): Error if reach beg/end of buffer. (comint-dynamic-complete): Fix for absolute input number references. (comint-dynamic-complete-filename): Changed listings function to comint-dynamic-list-filename-completions. Uses file-directory-p rather than string-match to test for directories. (comint-dynamic-list-completions): Changed to list the list of completions supplied as the function argument. Use buffer " *Completions*". (comint-match-partial-pathname): New subroutine. (comint-dynamic-complete-variable): New command. (comint-dynamic-list-filename-completions): New function. (comint-previous-input): Don't use replace-match; just insert before deleting. (comint-magic-space): Use self-insert command. (comint-history-file-name): New variable. (comint-mode): Initialize comint-input-ring before running comint-mode-hook. (comint-input-autoexpand): New variable. (comint-dynamic-complete-command): New variable. (comint-get-current-command): New variable. (comint-read-input-ring): New function. (comint-send-input): Handle history expansion. (comint-input-sentinel): Doc fix. (comint-mode-map): Added key binding for C-c C-h. Added menu bars for completion, input and output. (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring): New function. (comint-previous-input-string): New subroutine. (comint-previous-input): Use it. (comint-previous-matching-input-string): New subroutine. (comint-previous-matching-input): Use it. (comint-replace-by-expanded-history): New command. (comint-magic-space): New command. (comint-replace-by-expanded-filename): Now replaces expanded match for a filename, and then calls filename completion comint-dynamic-complete-filename to do file name completion. (comint-kill-output): Don't kill prompt. (comint-show-output): Don't move point if it's visible where it is, and if point is moved, put it after prompt. (comint-dynamic-complete): Totally new definition. (comint-dynamic-complete-filename): New name for old function comint-dynamic-complete, completes files and lists candidates, souped up for configurability. (comint-dynamic-complete-variable): New command. (comint-file-name-autolist): New variable. (comint-file-name-addsuffix): New variable, (comint-file-name-recexact): New variable.

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