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diff --git a/doc/rluser.texi b/doc/rluser.texi index d71aa4d..746e38c 100644 --- a/doc/rluser.texi +++ b/doc/rluser.texi @@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ replaced with an ellipsis when displaying possible completions. @vindex completion-query-items The number of possible completions that determines when the user is asked whether the list of possibilities should be displayed. -If the number of possible completions is greater than this value, -Readline will ask the user whether or not he wishes to view -them; otherwise, they are simply listed. +If the number of possible completions is greater than or equal to this value, +Readline will ask whether or not the user wishes to view them; +otherwise, they are simply listed. This variable must be set to an integer value greater than or equal to 0. A negative value means Readline should never ask. The default limit is @code{100}. @@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ set convert-meta off # rather than as meta-prefixed characters set output-meta on -# if there are more than 150 possible completions for -# a word, ask the user if he wants to see all of them +# if there are 150 or more possible completions for a word, +# ask whether or not the user wants to see all of them set completion-query-items 150 # For FTP @@ -1254,10 +1254,12 @@ being entered. @item reverse-search-history (C-r) Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up' through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search. +This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the mark. @item forward-search-history (C-s) Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search. +This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the mark. @item non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p) Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up' @@ -1377,6 +1379,11 @@ each character as if it had been read from the keyboard. The characters are inserted as if each one was bound to @code{self-insert} instead of executing any editing commands. +Bracketed paste sets the region (the characters between point and the mark) +to the inserted text. It uses the concept of an @emph{active mark}: when the +mark is active, Readline redisplay uses the terminal's standout mode to +denote the region. + @item transpose-chars (C-t) Drag the character before the cursor forward over the character at the cursor, moving the @@ -1426,9 +1433,13 @@ By default, this command is unbound. @item kill-line (C-k) Kill the text from point to the end of the line. +With a negative numeric argument, kill backward from the cursor to the +beginning of the current line. @item backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout) Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line. +With a negative numeric argument, kill forward from the cursor to the +end of the current line. @item unix-line-discard (C-u) Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line. |