Question

In bash, adding the lines

"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[A": history-search-backward

to my .inputrc, allows me to search the history for expressions that begin with the characters in front of my cursor by using the <page-up>/<page-down> keys.

Can I achieve something similar in vim?

I already know about the possibility of opening a history window with q: and performing even complex searches there, but I am looking for a simple solution for the simplest case of history search.

Thank you!

Answer 1

This is built-in as <Up> and <Down>.

Of course, you can customize this, e.g.:

:cnoremap <PageUp> <Up>