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diff --git a/doc/rluserman.info b/doc/rluserman.info index 10bbc3d..3e5a3ba 100644 --- a/doc/rluserman.info +++ b/doc/rluserman.info @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.7 from +This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from /Users/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/rluserman.texi. - This manual describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline -Library (version 5.2, 26 April 2006), a library which aids in the -consistency of user interface across discrete programs which provide a -command line interface. +This manual describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library +(version 6.0, 28 October 2008), a library which aids in the consistency +of user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line +interface. - Copyright (C) 1988-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1988-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ preserved on all copies. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts - being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) + being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled - "GNU Free Documentation License." + "GNU Free Documentation License". + + (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You are free to copy and modify + this GNU manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in + developing GNU and promoting software freedom." - (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and - modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by - the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development." INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @@ -42,10 +43,10 @@ across discrete programs which provide a command line interface. * Menu: * Command Line Editing:: GNU Readline User's Manual. -* Copying This Manual:: Copying This Manual. +* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual. -File: rluserman.info, Node: Command Line Editing, Next: Copying This Manual, Prev: Top, Up: Top +File: rluserman.info, Node: Command Line Editing, Next: GNU Free Documentation License, Prev: Top, Up: Top 1 Command Line Editing ********************** @@ -403,6 +404,13 @@ Variable Settings completion in a case-insensitive fashion. The default value is `off'. + `completion-prefix-display-length' + The length in characters of the common prefix of a list of + possible completions that is displayed without modification. + When set to a value greater than zero, common prefixes longer + than this value are replaced with an ellipsis when displaying + possible completions. + `completion-query-items' The number of possible completions that determines when the user is asked whether the list of possibilities should be @@ -440,9 +448,15 @@ Variable Settings attempts word completion. The default is `off'. `history-preserve-point' - If set to `on', the history code attempts to place point at - the same location on each history line retrieved with - `previous-history' or `next-history'. The default is `off'. + If set to `on', the history code attempts to place the point + (the current cursor position) at the same location on each + history line retrieved with `previous-history' or + `next-history'. The default is `off'. + + `history-size' + Set the maximum number of history entries saved in the + history list. If set to zero, the number of entries in the + history list is not limited. `horizontal-scroll-mode' This variable can be set to either `on' or `off'. Setting it @@ -510,6 +524,12 @@ Variable Settings sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen. The default is `off'. + `revert-all-at-newline' + If set to `on', Readline will undo all changes to history + lines before returning when `accept-line' is executed. By + default, history lines may be modified and retain individual + undo lists across calls to `readline'. The default is `off'. + `show-all-if-ambiguous' This alters the default behavior of the completion functions. If set to `on', words which have more than one possible @@ -1275,25 +1295,15 @@ the standard `vi' movement keys, move to previous history lines with `k' and subsequent lines with `j', and so forth. -File: rluserman.info, Node: Copying This Manual, Prev: Command Line Editing, Up: Top - -Appendix A Copying This Manual -****************************** - -* Menu: - -* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual. - - -File: rluserman.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Up: Copying This Manual +File: rluserman.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Prev: Command Line Editing, Up: Top -A.1 GNU Free Documentation License -================================== +Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License +***************************************** Version 1.2, November 2002 Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA + 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -1624,7 +1634,7 @@ A.1 GNU Free Documentation License a storage or distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the copyright resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights of the compilation's users beyond what the individual - works permit. When the Document is included an aggregate, this + works permit. When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves derivative works of the Document. @@ -1685,8 +1695,8 @@ A.1 GNU Free Documentation License you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. -A.1.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents ----------------------------------------------------------- +ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents +==================================================== To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license @@ -1696,8 +1706,8 @@ notices just after the title page: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; - with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. - A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU + with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover + Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover @@ -1719,30 +1729,29 @@ permit their use in free software. 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