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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 6ddde879a02..9f80f02c9b7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2004-10-08 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gdb.texinfo (Editing, History): Add cross-references to the + included Readline and History user documentation. Remove + references to the symbol have-readline-appendices which is unused + and undefined. + (History): Fix indexing. + 2004-10-08 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com> * gdbint.texinfo (target_stopped_data_address): Update to diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index abc87909c59..6af8d37896b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -13383,7 +13383,7 @@ Prints a line of the form: @samp{Gdb's prompt is: @var{your-prompt}} @cindex readline @cindex command line editing -@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{readline} interface. This +@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{Readline} interface. This @sc{gnu} library provides consistent behavior for programs which provide a command line interface to the user. Advantages are @sc{gnu} Emacs-style or @dfn{vi}-style inline editing of commands, @code{csh}-like history @@ -13408,14 +13408,26 @@ Disable command line editing. Show whether command line editing is enabled. @end table +@xref{Command Line Editing}, for more details about the Readline +interface. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs or @code{vi} are +encouraged to read that chapter. + @node History @section Command history +@cindex command history @value{GDBN} can keep track of the commands you type during your debugging sessions, so that you can be certain of precisely what happened. Use these commands to manage the @value{GDBN} command history facility. +@value{GDBN} uses the @sc{gnu} History library, a part of the Readline +package, to provide the history facility. @xref{Using History +Interactively}, for the detailed description of the History library. + +Here is the description of @value{GDBN} commands related to command +history. + @table @code @cindex history substitution @cindex history file @@ -13448,12 +13460,10 @@ This defaults to the value of the environment variable @code{HISTSIZE}, or to 256 if this variable is not set. @end table -@cindex history expansion History expansion assigns special meaning to the character @kbd{!}. -@ifset have-readline-appendices -@xref{Event Designators}. -@end ifset +@xref{Event Designators}, for more details. +@cindex history expansion, turn on/off Since @kbd{!} is also the logical not operator in C, history expansion is off by default. If you decide to enable history expansion with the @code{set history expansion on} command, you may sometimes need to @@ -13467,19 +13477,12 @@ The commands to control history expansion are: @table @code @item set history expansion on @itemx set history expansion -@cindex history expansion +@kindex set history expansion Enable history expansion. History expansion is off by default. @item set history expansion off Disable history expansion. -The readline code comes with more complete documentation of -editing and history expansion features. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs -or @code{vi} may wish to read it. -@ifset have-readline-appendices -@xref{Command Line Editing}. -@end ifset - @c @group @kindex show history @item show history |