[mftb]

This stuff has been in the major shells for years, through excellent editor integration. For emacs and vi it's pretty much free. If you want to integrate with a different editor, it's totally doable.

Most of the stuff sibling comment is referring to center around the feature:

'edit-and-execute-command' in bash. There is a similar incantation for zsh.

I summon it with, 'ESC v' in both.

[nicoburns]

If I open an editor then my scrollback history isn't visible (or is in a separate window). Maybe vim and emacs offer this, but that's a big commitment just for a terminal. Warp has GUI-grade editing (mouse support, etc) with things like multiple cursors in a very nice interface.

[a5aAqU]

Ctrl-z will put Vim to sleep. You can look at the history and then type `fg` to bring the Vim back to the foreground.

[kreetx]

In emacs a shell is like a text buffer where you can simply search or move around as you would do in a text file. To get command history you'd just execute `history` and then ctrl+s (find) it, or move to it with the cursor.

[NoGravitas]

So does Emacs. I kind of assume vim and neovim do too, these days.

[mftb]

Normally I would pull the command I need multi-line editing for back from shell history, using the search operator '!' and print predicate ':p' before invoking bash's 'edit-and-execute-command' on it. I suppose while in the editor then I might need history again, but I can't recall it being an issue.

[oblio]

Three words for 2 tests regarding these features:

1. discoverability

2. wide spread use.

Bash and zsh fail both tests.

[oblio]

I love how my previous comment is downvoted with no answer by I assume bash and zsh fanboys when these kinds of features are barely used by users, because they can't be easily found.

Use something like fish to see what real feature discoverability for a shell looks like.

And I say this as a zsh user that has waded through the mountains of obscure documentation to set it up. Don't fall into Stockholm syndrome and think that if you went through hardship, others should, too.

99% of bash/zsh discussion threads are someone going: "here is awesome feature I found" (where frequently that feature is something that should have been painfully obvious to notice) and then 100 replies: "that's so cool and useful, I never knew about it and I've been using bash/zsh for N > 5 years".

[mftb]

I have no idea who downvoted you or why they did so. I'm seeing your reply for the first time. From what I can see, our priorities in our tools are different. Discoverability and widespread use of particular features are not near the top of my list. I have read the bash manual. For the tools I use most, I've found it to be a good investment, that has paid me great dividends.