(aug 14 11:03:14) petteri_ │ vague, the patch may need more work for upstream. This works for me, I'll leave it at that.
(aug 14 11:03:17) petteri_ │ For instance, I don't know how this interferes with HISTORY_ENTRY_REC.time that is used in command_history_{load,delete}_entry. There is also repetition in command_history_{next,prev}_int.
(aug 14 11:03:21) petteri_ │ One more point, although the present behavior is consistent, it is at odds with many programs that use GNU Readline. Irssi already shares some key bindings with Readline.
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