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Re: commands history in notebook

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• Subject: [mg30102] Re: [mg30092] commands history in notebook
• From: Dale Horton <daleh at wolfram.com>
• Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 01:51:03 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

At 02:52 AM 7/27/2001, Jian Peng wrote:
>New to Mathematica, I am desperately in need to find this. In the
>notebook, how do I recall a command I have typed in previously? Like the
>function you have in unix or doskey, you use arrows to go
>through the commands buffer, so I don't have to type in some long
>command again and again when I just need to change one or to parameters.
>
>Thanks  a lot.
>
>Jay

It sounds like you are using a standalone kernel. It's interface is very 
limited and it does not support a command history. I would suggest that you 
use the Mathematica frontend. In the frontend it is trivial to reevaluate 
or modify previous input.

If you want a text interface with a history, then you should look at

http://www.mathsource.com/Content/Enhancements/FrontEnd/0210-946