Remember that the buffer is only one level deep, though. A subsequent ^W, ^K , etc will clobber the previous contents.
Along lines of Stephan Beals method, I use ":" preceding the fossil command. So: $ : fossil ci -m 'some msg' ("$" is shell prompt). ":" is a command that consumes it's arguments and returns true. On Jun 16, 2014 3:34 PM, "Matt Welland" <estifo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Under bash another way to achieve the goal of temporarily putting your > partially written commit command aside is to do: ^a ^k > This puts your command in the cut buffer. To retrieve it (after having run > fossil gdiff to figure out what you did!) just do: ^y > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, all, >> >> This is for Unix-shell users only (including workalikes on Windows)... >> >> Here's a time-saving tip which i use very often myself, but most CLI >> users i know don't seem to know about: >> >> It often happens that i'm typing a commit message when i decide i need to >> stop and go check if what i'm typing in really reflects reality (or needs >> to be tested). So: >> >> fossil commit -m ".........<INTERRUPT POINT> >> >> You can stick that line in your command history without executing it by >> doing the following: >> >> 1) Move your cursor to the beginning of the line. In Bash-like shells >> that's normally Ctrl-A, but many terminals support the Home key as well. >> >> 2) Type the '#' character (shift-3 on a US keyboard). That's the shell's >> comment-to-end-of-line marker. >> >> 3) Tap ENTER >> >> Or, in the Bash shell, simply: >> >> 1) Tap Escape, then type the # character. That does all 3 of the above at >> once. >> >> >> Happy Fossiling! >> >> -- >> ----- stephan beal >> http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ >> http://gplus.to/sgbeal >> "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of >> those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> >> > > > -- > Matt > -=- > 90% of the nations wealth is held by 2% of the people. Bummer to be in the > majority... > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >
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