How to recall terms from all search methods?

Question

vim have many things that the manual describe just as "search forward".

1. Search commands                               search-commands 

                                                         / 
/{pattern}[/]<CR>       Search forward for the [count]'th occurrence of
                        {pattern} |exclusive|.                      

[...]
                                                         star   E348   E349 
*                       Search forward for the [count]'th occurrence of the
                        word nearest to the cursor.  The word used for the

Yet, only the ones entered with the / command will show up on the command history.

How can i have all the other "search" commands (*, #, g*, gd, etc) be part of a common history pool?

For example, let's say i am in a .c file. I press * a few times to search some terms. Then I open the .h file... now I can only search for the last term by pression n and there's no way to search for the previous ones I have just searched for! if i have searched then by using /, then when moving files i could use /<UP> and search for them again.

Answer 1

All the actions you mention (/, *, #, g*) populate the search history.

You can navigate the search history using:

• /Ctrl+p and /Ctrl+n
• /Up and /Down or using
• q/

Answer 2

from :help history

                                                 cmdline-history   history 
The command-lines that you enter are remembered in a history table.  You can
recall them with the up and down cursor keys.  There are actually five
history tables:
- one for ':' commands
- one for search strings
[...]
Notes:
[...]
- All searches are put in the search history, including the ones that come
  from commands like "*" and "#".  But for a mapping, only the last search is
  remembered (to avoid that long mappings trash the history).

So, I am guessing the answer is no. :(