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diff --git a/doc/hsuser.texi b/doc/hsuser.texi index 87b3541..75df3ee 100644 --- a/doc/hsuser.texi +++ b/doc/hsuser.texi @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @ignore This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library. -Copyright (C) 1988-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1988--2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual @@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ writing the history file. 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. @cindex history events @table @asis @@ -324,10 +326,15 @@ Refer to the command @var{n} lines back. Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for @samp{!-1}. @item @code{!@var{string}} -Refer to the most recent command starting with @var{string}. +Refer to the most recent command +preceding the current position in the history list +starting with @var{string}. @item @code{!?@var{string}[?]} -Refer to the most recent command containing @var{string}. The trailing +Refer to the most recent command +preceding the current position in the history list +containing @var{string}. +The trailing @samp{?} may be omitted if the @var{string} is followed immediately by a newline. |