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diff --git a/doc/readline.html b/doc/readline.html index 11d496a..b09e42e 100644 --- a/doc/readline.html +++ b/doc/readline.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <HTML> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<!-- Created on December, 6 2005 by texi2html 1.64 --> +<!-- Created on July, 6 2006 by texi2html 1.64 --> <!-- Written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author) Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> @@ -491,7 +491,9 @@ Any user can customize programs that use Readline by putting commands in an <EM>inputrc</EM> file, conventionally in his home directory. The name of this file is taken from the value of the environment variable <CODE>INPUTRC</CODE>. If -that variable is unset, the default is <TT>`~/.inputrc'</TT>. +that variable is unset, the default is <TT>`~/.inputrc'</TT>. If that +file does not exist or cannot be read, the ultimate default is +<TT>`/etc/inputrc'</TT>. </P><P> When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the @@ -798,9 +800,11 @@ the command does. Once you know the name of the command, simply place on a line in the init file the name of the key you wish to bind the command to, a colon, and then the name of the -command. The name of the key -can be expressed in different ways, depending on what you find most -comfortable. +command. +There can be no space between the key name and the colon -- that will be +interpreted as part of the key name. +The name of the key can be expressed in different ways, depending on +what you find most comfortable. </P><P> In addition to command names, readline allows keys to be bound @@ -1976,7 +1980,7 @@ in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface. </P><P> -Copyright (C) 1988-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1988-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. </P><P> Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of @@ -3558,8 +3562,10 @@ pending input has not already been read with <CODE>rl_read_key()</CODE>. <DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout</B> <I>(int u)</I> <DD>While waiting for keyboard input in <CODE>rl_read_key()</CODE>, Readline will wait for <VAR>u</VAR> microseconds for input before calling any function -assigned to <CODE>rl_event_hook</CODE>. The default waiting period is -one-tenth of a second. Returns the old timeout value. +assigned to <CODE>rl_event_hook</CODE>. <VAR>u</VAR> must be greater than or equal +to zero (a zero-length timeout is equivalent to a poll). +The default waiting period is one-tenth of a second. +Returns the old timeout value. </DL> </P><P> @@ -4529,6 +4535,9 @@ the directory portion of the pathname the user typed. It returns an integer that should be non-zero if the function modifies its directory argument. It could be used to expand symbolic links or shell variables in pathnames. +At the least, even if no other expansion is performed, this function should +remove any quote characters from the directory name, because its result will +be passed directly to <CODE>opendir()</CODE>. </DL> </P><P> @@ -6543,7 +6552,7 @@ to permit their use in free software. <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT">[<A HREF="readline.html#SEC_About"> ? </A>]</TD> </TR></TABLE> <H1>About this document</H1> -This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>December, 6 2005</I> +This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>July, 6 2006</I> using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html "><I>texi2html</I></A> <P></P> @@ -6705,7 +6714,7 @@ the following structure: <BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"> This document was generated -by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>December, 6 2005</I> +by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>July, 6 2006</I> using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html "><I>texi2html</I></A> |