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diff --git a/doc/rluserman.info b/doc/rluserman.info index 78ccfa8..1604928 100644 --- a/doc/rluserman.info +++ b/doc/rluserman.info @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from +This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from rluserman.texi. This manual describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library -(version 8.0, 30 November 2018), a library which aids in the consistency +(version 8.1, 29 October 2020), a library which aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line interface. - Copyright (C) 1988-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, @@ -425,11 +425,11 @@ Variable Settings 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. 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 '100'. + 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 '100'. 'convert-meta' If set to 'on', Readline will convert characters with the @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Variable Settings buffer as a single string of characters, instead of treating each character as if it had been read from the keyboard. This can prevent pasted characters from being interpreted as - editing commands. The default is 'off'. + editing commands. The default is 'On'. 'enable-keypad' When set to 'on', Readline will try to enable the application @@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ Variable Settings to 'on' means that the text of the lines being edited will scroll horizontally on a single screen line when they are longer than the width of the screen, instead of wrapping onto - a new screen line. By default, this variable is set to 'off'. + a new screen line. This variable is automatically set to 'on' + for terminals of height 1. By default, this variable is set + to 'off'. 'input-meta' If set to 'on', Readline will enable eight-bit input (it will @@ -950,8 +952,8 @@ variable assignment, and conditional syntax. # 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 @@ -1027,8 +1029,13 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Moving, Next: Commands For History, physical line or if the length of the current Readline line is not greater than the length of the prompt plus the screen width. +'clear-display (M-C-l)' + Clear the screen and, if possible, the terminal's scrollback + buffer, then redraw the current line, leaving the current line at + the top of the screen. + 'clear-screen (C-l)' - Clear the screen and redraw the current line, leaving the current + Clear the screen, then redraw the current line, leaving the current line at the top of the screen. 'redraw-current-line ()' @@ -1063,10 +1070,14 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For History, Next: Commands For Text, Pr '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. '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. 'non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p)' Search backward starting at the current line and moving 'up' @@ -1125,6 +1136,13 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For History, Next: Commands For Text, Pr history expansion facilities are used to extract the last argument, as if the '!$' history expansion had been specified. +'operate-and-get-next (C-o)' + Accept the current line for return to the calling application as if + a newline had been entered, and fetch the next line relative to the + current line from the history for editing. A numeric argument, if + supplied, specifies the history entry to use instead of the current + line. + File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Text, Next: Commands For Killing, Prev: Commands For History, Up: Bindable Readline Commands @@ -1170,6 +1188,11 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Text, Next: Commands For Killing, Pr was bound to '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 _active + mark_: when the mark is active, Readline redisplay uses the + terminal's standout mode to denote the region. + 'transpose-chars (C-t)' Drag the character before the cursor forward over the character at the cursor, moving the cursor forward as well. If the insertion @@ -1214,10 +1237,14 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Killing, Next: Numeric Arguments, Pr ------------------------- 'kill-line (C-k)' - Kill the text from point to the end of the line. + 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. '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. 'unix-line-discard (C-u)' Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line. @@ -1235,6 +1262,13 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Killing, Next: Numeric Arguments, Pr Kill the word behind point. Word boundaries are the same as 'backward-word'. +'shell-transpose-words (M-C-t)' + Drag the word before point past the word after point, moving point + past that word as well. If the insertion point is at the end of + the line, this transposes the last two words on the line. Word + boundaries are the same as 'shell-forward-word' and + 'shell-backward-word'. + 'unix-word-rubout (C-w)' Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary. The killed text is saved on the kill-ring. @@ -1964,29 +1998,34 @@ their use in free software. 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