[IPython-User] history, erratum

[Robert Kern]

On 3/11/11 6:12 AM, Benoit Zuber wrote:
> Regarding my previous post:
> Actually the arrow up works but only brings one line and not a whole
> block from history of previous sessions, whereas whole blocks can be
> brought from history of current session. Is there a way to bring blocks
> from previous session history?

Not in the 0.10 series. That branch's history only records by line, not by 
block, so that information is simply lost. In 0.11, we do record history by 
block, but we currently add it back to readline by line. I'm not sure why we do 
this; it may be unintentional. I would agree that I would prefer it to be by 
block. Perhaps that could be configurable.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco