--- a/.bashrc	Sun Sep 04 12:33:46 2011 +0300
+++ b/.bashrc	Thu Sep 08 16:38:02 2011 +0300
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 # Make Bash append rather than overwrite the history.
 shopt -s histappend
 
+shopt -s histreedit
+shopt -s histverify
+
 # Minor errors in the spelling of a directory component in a cd command will
 # be corrected.
 shopt -s cdspell