I guess that a Alt-p was it. Thanks, Milan.
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Milan Lukic wrote:
> Sheldon,
>
> I would type, on the new input line
>
> a then hit Alt-p - it should bring a_var ...
>
> As for the Ctrl-a issue, I don't know.
>
> Milan
>
> * sen1 at math.msu.edu <sen1 at math.msu.edu> [2007-04-23 10:26:55 -0400]:
>
>> Hello,
>> Is there any reason why the C-a keys in xmaxima (which move to the
>> beginning of the line), go back to the left of the line label, rather
>> than to the right of the line label?
>>
>> This does not happen in command line maxima.
>>
>> Also, at one time Jaime told me how to recall earlier commands in an
>> analogous way to using the bash shell. The command Alt-p goes back
>> 'line-by-line' but I would like to jump back to a line which starts
>> with a given character.
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> If I have things like
>>
>> (%i10) x = 4.0;
>> (%o10) x = 4.0
>> (%i11) f: sin(x);
>> (%o11) sin(x)
>> (%i12) a_var: 2;
>> (%o12) 2
>> (%i13) f: a_var*sin(x);
>> (%o13) 2 sin(x)
>> (%i14) plot2d(f,[x,0,6]);
>> (%o14)
>>
>> Is there a single key shortcut to make the current line
>> a_var: 2
>> (for the purposes of changing a_var)
>> (i.e., without simply doing three Alt-p's) ?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>
>> -sen
>>
>>
>>
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