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diff --git a/doc/history.html b/doc/history.html index 276ed82..c8dd1e1 100644 --- a/doc/history.html +++ b/doc/history.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <HTML> <HEAD> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.51 - from /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-2.1/doc/hist.texinfo on 3 June 1997 --> + from /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-2.2/doc/hist.texinfo on 2 April 1998 --> <TITLE>GNU History Library</TITLE> </HEAD> @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ <P><HR><P> <P> +@dircategory Libraries +@direntry +* History: (history). The GNU history library API + +</P> + +<P> This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously typed input. @@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC6">Programming with GNU History</A>. -<H2><A NAME="SEC2" HREF="history_toc.html#TOC2">Interactive History Expansion</A></H2> +<H2><A NAME="SEC2" HREF="history_toc.html#TOC2">History Expansion</A></H2> <P> <A NAME="IDX1"></A> @@ -85,14 +92,14 @@ fix errors in previous commands quickly. </P> <P> History expansion takes place in two parts. The first is to determine -which line from the previous history should be used during substitution. +which line from the history list should be used during substitution. The second is to select portions of that line for inclusion into the -current one. The line selected from the previous history is called the +current one. The line selected from the history is called the <STRONG>event</STRONG>, and the portions of that line that are acted upon are called <STRONG>words</STRONG>. Various <STRONG>modifiers</STRONG> are available to manipulate the selected words. The line is broken into words in the same fashion -that Bash does, so that several English (or Unix) words -surrounded by quotes are considered as one word. +that Bash does, so that several words +surrounded by quotes are considered one word. History expansions are introduced by the appearance of the history expansion character, which is <SAMP>`!'</SAMP> by default. @@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ history list. <DT><CODE>!</CODE> <DD> Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab, -the end of the line, <KBD>=</KBD> or <KBD>(</KBD>. +the end of the line, <SAMP>`='</SAMP> or <SAMP>`('</SAMP>. <DT><CODE>!<VAR>n</VAR></CODE> <DD> @@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ The entire command line typed so far. <P> Word designators are used to select desired words from the event. A <SAMP>`:'</SAMP> separates the event specification from the word designator. It -can be omitted if the word designator begins with a <SAMP>`^'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`$'</SAMP>, +may be omitted if the word designator begins with a <SAMP>`^'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`$'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`*'</SAMP>, <SAMP>`-'</SAMP>, or <SAMP>`%'</SAMP>. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero). Words are inserted into the current line separated by single spaces. @@ -698,7 +705,7 @@ These functions implement <CODE>csh</CODE>-like history expansion. <DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>history_expand</B> <I>(char *string, char **output)</I> <DD><A NAME="IDX32"></A> Expand <VAR>string</VAR>, placing the result into <VAR>output</VAR>, a pointer -to a string (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC2">Interactive History Expansion</A>). Returns: +to a string (see section <A HREF="history.html#SEC2">History Expansion</A>). Returns: <DL COMPACT> <DT><CODE>0</CODE> @@ -1055,7 +1062,7 @@ main () </P> <P><HR><P> -This document was generated on 3 June 1997 using the +This document was generated on 2 April 1998 using the <A HREF="http://wwwcn.cern.ch/dci/texi2html/">texi2html</A> translator version 1.51.</P> </BODY> |