Bug 41320

Summary:	vim in 7.1 does not properly retrieve search history
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Ben LaHaise <bcrl>
Component:	vim	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Ben LaHaise 2001-05-18 19:17:53 UTC

Description of Problem:
Attempting to scroll back to an older search pattern in vim results in 
<Up> and <Down> being entered into the search string.  This is wrong.

How Reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
Enter the following:
	vi foo
	/bar
	/<Up-arrow>

Actual Results:
Bottom of screen displays:
	/<Up>

Expected Results:
Bottom of screen displays
	/bar

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-05-21 10:21:30 UTC

This is because you're using the minimal version of vim.
It's designed to be small, therefore all not absolutely necessary features 
(like remembering search items) are not compiled in.

If you want this feature, use vim-enhanced (install the package and invoke 
/usr/bin/vim, e.g. by setting alias vi=vim).

Comment 2 John Gotts 2001-05-27 19:43:22 UTC

This feature existed in vim-minimal's /bin/vi in Red Hat 7.0 (and all previous
versions of Red Hat) and was removed without warning in 7.1.