1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pw.c b/pw.c
index b675a4d..ff4b352 100644
--- a/pw.c
+++ b/pw.c
@@ -1887,10 +1887,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             if (ch == CR) {
               int count = (cmdcount == INT_MAX) ? 0 : cmdcount;
               if (pw.cmdbuf[1]) {
-                int *pnhist = (kbd_state == kbd_lcmd ? &ncmdhist : &npathist);
+                int iscolon = pw.cmdbuf[0] == ':';
+                int *pnhist = (iscolon ? &ncmdhist : &npathist);
                 int nhist = *pnhist;
-                char ***hist = (kbd_state == kbd_lcmd ?
-                                &cmdhist : &pathist);
+                char ***hist = (iscolon ? &cmdhist : &pathist);
 
                 if (nhist == 0 || strcmp(pw.cmdbuf, (*hist)[0]) != 0) {
                   if ((*hist = resizebuf(*hist, nhist, nhist + 1)) == 0)
@@ -1977,8 +1977,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
           case ctrl('p'):
           case ctrl('n'):
             {
-              int nhist = (kbd_state == kbd_lcmd ? ncmdhist : npathist);
-              char ***hist = (kbd_state == kbd_lcmd ? &cmdhist : &pathist);
+              int iscolon = pw.cmdbuf[0] == ':';
+              int nhist = (iscolon ? ncmdhist : npathist);
+              char ***hist = (iscolon ? &cmdhist : &pathist);
 
               if (ch == ctrl('p')) {
                 if (histpos == 0) {