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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@ignore
This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library.
-Copyright (C) 1988-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual
@@ -270,9 +270,11 @@ a @code{NULL} pointer.
@end deftypefun
@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} next_history (void)
-Move the current history offset forward to the next history entry, and
-return the a pointer to that entry. If there is no next entry, return
-a @code{NULL} pointer.
+If the current history offset refers to a valid history entry,
+increment the current history offset.
+If the possibly-incremented history offset refers to a valid history
+entry, return a pointer to that entry;
+otherwise, return a @code{BNULL} pointer.
@end deftypefun
@node Searching the History List
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed,
as with the @code{:p} modifier (@pxref{Modifiers}).
@end table
-If an error ocurred in expansion, then @var{output} contains a descriptive
+If an error occurred in expansion, then @var{output} contains a descriptive
error message.
@end deftypefun
@@ -467,8 +469,8 @@ carriage return, and @samp{=}.
@end deftypevar
@deftypevar int history_quotes_inhibit_expansion
-If non-zero, single-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
-character. The default value is 0.
+If non-zero, double-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
+character or the history comment character. The default value is 0.
@end deftypevar
@deftypevar {rl_linebuf_func_t *} history_inhibit_expansion_function