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diff --git a/doc/history.info b/doc/history.info index 9266a5d..f3c59a1 100644 --- a/doc/history.info +++ b/doc/history.info @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ -This is Info file history.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the -input file /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-2.1/doc/hist.texinfo. +This is Info file history.info, produced by Makeinfo version 1.67 from +the input file /usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-2.2/doc/hist.texinfo. + +INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries +START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY +* History: (history). The GNU history library API +END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of @@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Foundation. -File: history.info, Node: Top, Next: Using History Interactively, Prev: (DIR), Up: (DIR) +File: history.info, Node: Top, Next: Using History Interactively, Up: (dir) GNU History Library ******************* @@ -58,8 +63,8 @@ own programs, *note Programming with GNU History::.. File: history.info, Node: History Interaction, Up: Using History Interactively -Interactive History Expansion -============================= +History Expansion +================= The History library provides a history expansion feature that is similar to the history expansion provided by `csh'. This section @@ -71,16 +76,15 @@ to a previous command into the current input line, or fix errors in previous commands quickly. History expansion takes place in two parts. The first is to -determine which line from the previous history should be used during +determine 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 "event", and the portions of that line that are -acted upon are called "words". Various "modifiers" 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. History expansions -are introduced by the appearance of the history expansion character, -which is `!' by default. +inclusion into the current one. The line selected from the history is +called the "event", and the portions of that line that are acted upon +are called "words". Various "modifiers" are available to manipulate +the selected words. The line is broken into words in the same fashion +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 `!' by default. * Menu: @@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ history list. `!' Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab, - the end of the line, = or (. + the end of the line, `=' or `('. `!N' Refer to command line N. @@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ Word Designators ---------------- Word designators are used to select desired words from the event. A -`:' separates the event specification from the word designator. It can +`:' separates the event specification from the word designator. It may be omitted if the word designator begins with a `^', `$', `*', `-', or `%'. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero). Words are inserted into the current @@ -702,11 +706,11 @@ Concept Index * Menu: -* anchored search: Searching the History List. -* event designators: Event Designators. -* history events: Event Designators. -* history expansion: History Interaction. -* History Searching: Searching the History List. +* anchored search: Searching the History List. +* event designators: Event Designators. +* history events: Event Designators. +* history expansion: History Interaction. +* History Searching: Searching the History List. File: history.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top @@ -716,70 +720,70 @@ Function and Variable Index * Menu: -* add_history: History List Management. -* append_history: Managing the History File. -* clear_history: History List Management. -* current_history: Information About the History List. -* get_history_event: History Expansion. -* history_arg_extract: History Expansion. -* history_base: History Variables. -* history_comment_char: History Variables. -* history_expand: History Expansion. -* history_expansion_char: History Variables. -* history_get: Information About the History List. -* history_get_history_state: Initializing History and State Management. -* history_inhibit_expansion_function: History Variables. -* history_is_stifled: History List Management. -* history_length: History Variables. -* history_list: Information About the History List. -* history_no_expand_chars: History Variables. -* history_quotes_inhibit_expansion: History Variables. -* history_search: Searching the History List. -* history_search_delimiter_chars: History Variables. -* history_search_pos: Searching the History List. -* history_search_prefix: Searching the History List. -* history_set_history_state: Initializing History and State Management. -* history_set_pos: Moving Around the History List. -* history_subst_char: History Variables. -* history_tokenize: History Expansion. -* history_total_bytes: Information About the History List. -* history_truncate_file: Managing the History File. -* max_input_history: History Variables. -* next_history: Moving Around the History List. -* previous_history: Moving Around the History List. -* read_history: Managing the History File. -* read_history_range: Managing the History File. -* remove_history: History List Management. -* replace_history_entry: History List Management. -* stifle_history: History List Management. -* unstifle_history: History List Management. -* using_history: Initializing History and State Management. -* where_history: Information About the History List. -* write_history: Managing the History File. +* add_history: History List Management. +* append_history: Managing the History File. +* clear_history: History List Management. +* current_history: Information About the History List. +* get_history_event: History Expansion. +* history_arg_extract: History Expansion. +* history_base: History Variables. +* history_comment_char: History Variables. +* history_expand: History Expansion. +* history_expansion_char: History Variables. +* history_get: Information About the History List. +* history_get_history_state: Initializing History and State Management. +* history_inhibit_expansion_function: History Variables. +* history_is_stifled: History List Management. +* history_length: History Variables. +* history_list: Information About the History List. +* history_no_expand_chars: History Variables. +* history_quotes_inhibit_expansion: History Variables. +* history_search: Searching the History List. +* history_search_delimiter_chars: History Variables. +* history_search_pos: Searching the History List. +* history_search_prefix: Searching the History List. +* history_set_history_state: Initializing History and State Management. +* history_set_pos: Moving Around the History List. +* history_subst_char: History Variables. +* history_tokenize: History Expansion. +* history_total_bytes: Information About the History List. +* history_truncate_file: Managing the History File. +* max_input_history: History Variables. +* next_history: Moving Around the History List. +* previous_history: Moving Around the History List. +* read_history: Managing the History File. +* read_history_range: Managing the History File. +* remove_history: History List Management. +* replace_history_entry: History List Management. +* stifle_history: History List Management. +* unstifle_history: History List Management. +* using_history: Initializing History and State Management. +* where_history: Information About the History List. +* write_history: Managing the History File. Tag Table: -Node: Top1035 -Node: Using History Interactively1629 -Node: History Interaction2137 -Node: Event Designators3614 -Node: Word Designators4537 -Node: Modifiers5786 -Node: Programming with GNU History6924 -Node: Introduction to History7650 -Node: History Storage8971 -Node: History Functions10064 -Node: Initializing History and State Management11035 -Node: History List Management11827 -Node: Information About the History List13348 -Node: Moving Around the History List14654 -Node: Searching the History List15539 -Node: Managing the History File17371 -Node: History Expansion18877 -Node: History Variables20721 -Node: History Programming Example23039 -Node: Concept Index25643 -Node: Function and Variable Index26124 +Node: Top1167 +Node: Using History Interactively1747 +Node: History Interaction2255 +Node: Event Designators3674 +Node: Word Designators4601 +Node: Modifiers5850 +Node: Programming with GNU History6988 +Node: Introduction to History7714 +Node: History Storage9035 +Node: History Functions10128 +Node: Initializing History and State Management11099 +Node: History List Management11891 +Node: Information About the History List13412 +Node: Moving Around the History List14718 +Node: Searching the History List15603 +Node: Managing the History File17435 +Node: History Expansion18941 +Node: History Variables20785 +Node: History Programming Example23103 +Node: Concept Index25707 +Node: Function and Variable Index26193 End Tag Table |