From 50fc850f165482a8304681e85a70ffb41dba731d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Maier <>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:27:10 +0100
Subject: allow editing of prev command with backspace

---
 src/main.rs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/main.rs')

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9d8f191..4e3bb23 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,13 @@ fn main() {
 
             // Backspace (127 on most systems)
             127 => {
-                if line.del_left().is_some() {
+                if line.is_empty() && !line.is_dirty() && !history.is_empty() {
+                    // take previous command for editing
+                    let cmd = history[history.len() - 1].clone();
+                    io::stdout().write_all(&cmd).unwrap();
+                    io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+                    line.set_content(cmd);
+                } else if line.del_left().is_some() {
                     print!("\x08 \x08");
                 }
             }
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