Re: no duplicated lines for GNU readline history

[Lars H. <lhe...@us...>]

> 
> No, it is not that. I want to remove duplicates in the history. E.g. 
> entering commands
>    set grid
>    history
>    set grid
>    history
>    set grid
>    history
>    set grid
>    history
> 
> will result in the above sequence, but with the gnuplot's readline it will 
> have always just these two entries:
>    set grid
>    history
> as all the previous history duplicates will be removed.
> 
> Can the same be achieved with GNU readline? (It is more user friendly ... 
> no need to browse so long to find a command. The exact history is useless.)

 I don't think so. Duplicate removal in GNU readline only removes subsequent
 entries, i.e.

 ls
 ls
 ls

 is condensed into one.