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diff --git a/doc/hstech.texinfo b/doc/hstech.texinfo index 5f0f600..5410090 100644 --- a/doc/hstech.texinfo +++ b/doc/hstech.texinfo @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @ignore This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library. -Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual @@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ This returns the old entry so you can dispose of the data. In the case of an invalid @var{which}, a @code{NULL} pointer is returned. @end deftypefun +@deftypefun void clear_history () +Clear the history list by deleting all the entries. +@end deftypefun + @deftypefun void stifle_history (int max) Stifle the history list, remembering only the last @var{max} entries. @end deftypefun @@ -400,6 +404,28 @@ following @var{history_expansion_char}. The default is whitespace and @samp{=}. @end deftypevar +@deftypevar {char *} history_search_delimiter_chars +The list of additional characters which can delimit a history search +string, in addition to whitespace, @samp{:} and @samp{?} in the case of +a substring search. The default is empty. +@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. +@end deftypevar + +@deftypevar {Function *} history_inhibit_expansion_function +This should be set to the address of a function that takes two arguments: +a @code{char *} (@var{string}) and an integer index into that string (@var{i}). +It should return a non-zero value if the history expansion starting at +@var{string[i]} should not be performed; zero if the expansion should +be done. +It is intended for use by applications like Bash that use the history +expansion character for additional purposes. +By default, this variable is set to NULL. +@end deftypevar + @node History Programming Example @section History Programming Example |