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diff --git a/doc/readline.3 b/doc/readline.3 index 41cc20c..afd6ba2 100644 --- a/doc/readline.3 +++ b/doc/readline.3 @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ .\" Case Western Reserve University .\" chet@ins.CWRU.Edu .\" -.\" Last Change: Tue Oct 9 15:06:03 EDT 2001 +.\" Last Change: Tue Jan 22 09:18:25 EST 2002 .\" -.TH READLINE 3 "2001 October 9" "GNU Readline 4.2a" +.TH READLINE 3 "2002 January 22" "GNU Readline 4.3" .\" .\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name, .\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much. @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ readline \- get a line from a user with editing \fBreadline\fP (\fIconst char *prompt\fP); .fi .SH COPYRIGHT -.if n Readline is Copyright (C) 1989\-2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. -.if t Readline is Copyright \(co 1989\-2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.if n Readline is Copyright (C) 1989\-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.if t Readline is Copyright \(co 1989\-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. .SH DESCRIPTION .LP .B readline @@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ appended. If set to \fBOn\fP, history lines that have been modified are displayed with a preceding asterisk (\fB*\fP). .TP +.B mark\-symlinked\-directories (Off) +If set to \fBOn\fP, completed names which are symbolic links to directories +have a slash appended (subject to the value of +\fBmark\-directories\fP). +.TP .B match\-hidden\-files (On) This variable, when set to \fBOn\fP, causes readline to match files whose names begin with a `.' (hidden files) when performing filename @@ -445,6 +450,10 @@ If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will display characters with the eighth bit set directly rather than as a meta-prefixed escape sequence. .TP +.B page\-completions (On) +If set to \fBOn\fP, readline uses an internal \fImore\fP-like pager +to display a screenful of possible completions at a time. +.TP .B print\-completions\-horizontally (Off) If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will display completions with matches sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen. @@ -735,6 +744,17 @@ lowercase the previous word, but do not move point. .B capitalize\-word (M\-c) Capitalize the current (or following) word. With a negative argument, capitalize the previous word, but do not move point. +.TP +.B overwrite\-mode +Toggle overwrite mode. With an explicit positive numeric argument, +switches to overwrite mode. With an explicit non-positive numeric +argument, switches to insert mode. This command affects only +\fBemacs\fP mode; \fBvi\fP mode does overwrite differently. +Each call to \fIreadline()\fP starts in insert mode. +In overwrite mode, characters bound to \fBself\-insert\fP replace +the text at point rather than pushing the text to the right. +Characters bound to \fBbackward\-delete\-char\fP replace the character +before point with a space. By default, this command is unbound. .PD .SS Killing and Yanking .PP @@ -930,12 +950,20 @@ A character is read and point is moved to the previous occurrence of that character. A negative count searches for subsequent occurrences. .TP .B insert\-comment (M\-#) -The value of the readline +Without a numeric argument, the value of the readline .B comment\-begin -variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line, and the line -is accepted as if a newline had been typed. The default value of +variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line. +If a numeric argument is supplied, this command acts as a toggle: if +the characters at the beginning of the line do not match the value +of \fBcomment\-begin\fP, the value is inserted, otherwise +the characters in \fBcomment-begin\fP are deleted from the beginning of +the line. +In either case, the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed. +The default value of .B comment\-begin makes the current line a shell comment. +If a numeric argument causes the comment character to be removed, the line +will be executed by the shell. .TP .B dump\-functions Print all of the functions and their key bindings to the @@ -958,7 +986,7 @@ of an \fIinputrc\fP file. .B emacs\-editing\-mode (C\-e) When in .B vi -editing mode, this causes a switch to +command mode, this causes a switch to .B emacs editing mode. .TP |