From 9359257cac6750e875ba95d726543c98708fba14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abitmore <abitmore@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 19:52:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid re-position in do_insert_hist

---
 src/editline.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/editline.c b/src/editline.c
index 7c09e51..7bc5ef7 100644
--- a/src/editline.c
+++ b/src/editline.c
@@ -580,14 +580,27 @@ const char *el_prev_hist(void)
 
 static el_status_t do_insert_hist(const char *p)
 {
+    const char *pc;
+
     if (p == NULL)
         return el_ring_bell();
 
-    clear_line();
+    while (rl_point > 0)
+    {
+        --rl_point;
+        pc = &rl_line_buffer[rl_point];
+        tty_back();
+        if (ISCTL(*pc)) {
+            tty_back();
+        } else if (rl_meta_chars && ISMETA(*pc)) {
+            tty_back();
+            tty_back();
+        }
+    }
 
-    rl_point = 0;
-    reposition();
+    ceol();
     rl_end = 0;
+    rl_line_buffer[0] = '\0';
 
     return insert_string(p);
 }