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diff --git a/doc/history.3 b/doc/history.3 index 44d8cf3..4eb159c 100644 --- a/doc/history.3 +++ b/doc/history.3 @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ .\" Case Western Reserve University .\" chet@ins.CWRU.Edu .\" -.\" Last Change: Thu Jul 31 08:46:08 EDT 2003 +.\" Last Change: Thu Aug 12 22:24:41 EDT 2010 .\" -.TH HISTORY 3 "2003 July 31" "GNU History 6.0" +.TH HISTORY 3 "2010 August 12" "GNU History 6.2" .\" .\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name, .\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much. @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ .SH NAME history \- GNU History Library .SH COPYRIGHT -.if t The GNU History Library is Copyright \(co 1989-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. -.if n The GNU History Library is Copyright (C) 1989-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.if t The GNU History Library is Copyright \(co 1989-2011 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.if n The GNU History Library is Copyright (C) 1989-2011 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. .SH DESCRIPTION Many programs read input from the user a line at a time. The GNU History library is able to keep track of those lines, associate arbitrary @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ the history expansion character. .PP An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the history list. +Unless the reference is absolute, events are relative to the current +position in the history list. .PP .PD 0 .TP @@ -96,18 +98,22 @@ Refer to command line .IR n . .TP .B !\-\fIn\fR -Refer to the current command line minus +Refer to the current command minus .IR n . .TP .B !! Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for `!\-1'. .TP .B !\fIstring\fR -Refer to the most recent command starting with +Refer to the most recent command +preceding the current position in the history list +starting with .IR string . .TP .B !?\fIstring\fR\fB[?]\fR -Refer to the most recent command containing +Refer to the most recent command +preceding the current postition in the history list +containing .IR string . The trailing \fB?\fP may be omitted if .I string @@ -569,10 +575,13 @@ The number of entries currently stored in the history list. The maximum number of history entries. This must be changed using \fBstifle_history()\fP. -.Vb int history_write_timestamps +.Vb int history_wite_timestamps If non-zero, timestamps are written to the history file, so they can be preserved between sessions. The default value is 0, meaning that timestamps are not saved. +The current timestamp format uses the value of \fIhistory_comment_char\fP +to delimit timestamp entries in the history file. If that variable does +not have a value (the default), timestamps will not be written. .Vb char history_expansion_char The character that introduces a history event. The default is \fB!\fP. |