I think you want ESC _ which will pull in the last word of the previous command.
Arnold In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >As there years pass I use ESC . daily hoping that it will get the last >chunk of the previous line on my screen, despite any ^P's or ^R's I >might have done. > >Never have I wanted it to consider those ^P's and ^R's. > >So even though you said that was a early design choice, perhaps you >could still leave (behind for posterity) a toggle variable or new >binding to do my dumber mode. > >My http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ style survey of many years with >hundreds of hours with, er, 1 user, "indicates", as they say in the >medical business, that this is needed. > >Surely you (all) are not such constant hammerers of ESC . as I. Vote >for Choice. > >
