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diff --git a/doc/history.html b/doc/history.html index b498d27..d380ff4 100644 --- a/doc/history.html +++ b/doc/history.html @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ <HTML> <HEAD> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.52 - from /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/hist.texinfo on 31 December 1998 --> + from /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/hist.texinfo on 19 January 2000 --> <TITLE>GNU History Library</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>GNU History Library</H1> -<H2>Edition 4.0, for <CODE>History Library</CODE> Version 4.0.</H2> -<H2>December 1998</H2> +<H2>Edition 4.1, for <CODE>History Library</CODE> Version 4.1.</H2> +<H2>January 2000</H2> <ADDRESS>Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation</ADDRESS> <ADDRESS>Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University</ADDRESS> <P> @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ typed input. </P> <P> Published by the Free Software Foundation <BR> -675 Massachusetts Avenue, <BR> -Cambridge, MA 02139 USA +59 Temple Place, Suite 330, <BR> +Boston, MA 02111 USA </P> <P> @@ -208,6 +208,31 @@ of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero). Words are inserted into the current line separated by single spaces. </P> +<P> +For example, + +</P> +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>!!</CODE> +<DD> +designates the preceding command. When you type this, the preceding +command is repeated in toto. + +<DT><CODE>!!:$</CODE> +<DD> +designates the last argument of the preceding command. This may be +shortened to <CODE>!$</CODE>. + +<DT><CODE>!fi:2</CODE> +<DD> +designates the second argument of the most recent command starting with +the letters <CODE>fi</CODE>. +</DL> + +<P> +Here are the word designators: + <DL COMPACT> <DT><CODE>0 (zero)</CODE> @@ -364,6 +389,15 @@ includes some history manipulation by default, and has the added advantage of command line editing. </P> +<P> +Before declaring any functions using any functionality the History +library provides in other code, an application writer should include +the file <CODE><readline/history.h></CODE> in any file that uses the +History library's features. It supplies extern declarations for all +of the library's public functions and variables, and declares all of +the public data structures. + +</P> <H2><A NAME="SEC8" HREF="history.html#TOC8">History Storage</A></H2> @@ -783,7 +817,7 @@ if expansions did take place; if there was an error in expansion; <DT><CODE>2</CODE> <DD> -if the returned line should only be displayed, but not executed, +if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed, as with the <CODE>:p</CODE> modifier (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC5">Modifiers</A>). </DL> @@ -1029,21 +1063,21 @@ main () <H1><A NAME="SEC19" HREF="history.html#TOC19">Concept Index</A></H1> <P> Jump to: -<A HREF="#a">a</A> +<A HREF="#cindex_a">a</A> - -<A HREF="#e">e</A> +<A HREF="#cindex_e">e</A> - -<A HREF="#h">h</A> +<A HREF="#cindex_h">h</A> <P> -<H2><A NAME="a">a</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="cindex_a">a</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX23">anchored search</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="e">e</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="cindex_e">e</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX2">event designators</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="h">h</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="cindex_h">h</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX3">history events</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX1">history expansion</A> @@ -1056,43 +1090,43 @@ Jump to: <H1><A NAME="SEC20" HREF="history.html#TOC20">Function and Variable Index</A></H1> <P> Jump to: -<A HREF="#a">a</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_a">a</A> - -<A HREF="#c">c</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_c">c</A> - -<A HREF="#g">g</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_g">g</A> - -<A HREF="#h">h</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_h">h</A> - -<A HREF="#m">m</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_m">m</A> - -<A HREF="#n">n</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_n">n</A> - -<A HREF="#p">p</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_p">p</A> - -<A HREF="#r">r</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_r">r</A> - -<A HREF="#s">s</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_s">s</A> - -<A HREF="#u">u</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_u">u</A> - -<A HREF="#w">w</A> +<A HREF="#vindex_w">w</A> <P> -<H2><A NAME="a">a</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_a">a</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX7">add_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX30">append_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="c">c</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_c">c</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX10">clear_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX16">current_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="g">g</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_g">g</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX34">get_history_event</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="h">h</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_h">h</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX33">history_arg_extract</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX36">history_base</A> @@ -1118,35 +1152,35 @@ Jump to: <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX18">history_total_bytes</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX31">history_truncate_file</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="m">m</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_m">m</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX38">max_input_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="n">n</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_n">n</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX21">next_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="p">p</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_p">p</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX20">previous_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="r">r</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_r">r</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX27">read_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX28">read_history_range</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX8">remove_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX9">replace_history_entry</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="s">s</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_s">s</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX11">stifle_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="u">u</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_u">u</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX12">unstifle_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX4">using_history</A> </DIR> -<H2><A NAME="w">w</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="vindex_w">w</A></H2> <DIR> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX15">where_history</A> <LI><A HREF="history.html#IDX29">write_history</A> @@ -1154,7 +1188,7 @@ Jump to: </P> <P><HR><P> -This document was generated on 31 December 1998 using the +This document was generated on 19 January 2000 using the <A HREF="http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/dis/texi2html/">texi2html</A> translator version 1.52.</P> </BODY> |