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authorChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>2014-01-29 17:00:07 -0500
committerChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>2014-01-29 17:00:07 -0500
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use these features. There is a document entitled "readline.texinfo"
which contains both end-user and programmer documentation for the
GNU Readline Library.
-Copyright (C) 1988--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988--2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
@@ -1189,11 +1189,17 @@ as if the @samp{!$} history expansion had been specified.
@subsection Commands For Changing Text
@ftable @code
+
+@item @i{end-of-file} (usually C-d)
+The character indicating end-of-file as set, for example, by
+@code{stty}. If this character is read when there are no characters
+on the line, and point is at the beginning of the line, Readline
+interprets it as the end of input and returns @sc{eof}.
+
@item delete-char (C-d)
-Delete the character at point. If point is at the
-beginning of the line, there are no characters in the line, and
-the last character typed was not bound to @code{delete-char}, then
-return @sc{eof}.
+Delete the character at point. If this function is bound to the
+same character as the tty @sc{eof} character, as @kbd{C-d}
+commonly is, see above for the effects.
@item backward-delete-char (Rubout)
Delete the character behind the cursor. A numeric argument means