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diff --git a/doc/rluser.texinfo b/doc/rluser.texinfo index e4e56ff..94f851e 100644 --- a/doc/rluser.texinfo +++ b/doc/rluser.texinfo @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use these features. There is a document entitled "readline.texinfo" which contains both end-user and programmer documentation for the GNU Readline Library. -Copyright (C) 1988-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. @@ -512,6 +512,13 @@ This variable, when set to @samp{on}, causes Readline to display an asterisk (@samp{*}) at the start of history lines which have been modified. This variable is @samp{off} by default. +@item mark-symlinked-directories +@vindex mark-symlinked-directories +If set to @samp{on}, completed names which are symbolic links +to directories have a slash appended (subject to the value of +@code{mark-directories}). +The default is @samp{off}. + @item match-hidden-files @vindex match-hidden-files This variable, when set to @samp{on}, causes Readline to match files whose @@ -526,6 +533,12 @@ If set to @samp{on}, Readline will display characters with the eighth bit set directly rather than as a meta-prefixed escape sequence. The default is @samp{off}. +@item page-completions +@vindex page-completions +If set to @samp{on}, Readline uses an internal @code{more}-like pager +to display a screenful of possible completions at a time. +This variable is @samp{on} by default. + @item print-completions-horizontally If set to @samp{on}, Readline will display completions with matches sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen. @@ -757,14 +770,14 @@ binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax. @example @page # This file controls the behaviour of line input editing for -# programs that use the Gnu Readline library. Existing programs -# include FTP, Bash, and Gdb. +# programs that use the GNU Readline library. Existing +# programs include FTP, Bash, and GDB. # # You can re-read the inputrc file with C-x C-r. # Lines beginning with '#' are comments. # -# First, include any systemwide bindings and variable assignments from -# /etc/Inputrc +# First, include any systemwide bindings and variable +# assignments from /etc/Inputrc $include /etc/Inputrc # @@ -816,10 +829,12 @@ TAB: complete $if Bash # edit the path "\C-xp": "PATH=$@{PATH@}\e\C-e\C-a\ef\C-f" -# prepare to type a quoted word -- insert open and close double quotes +# prepare to type a quoted word -- +# insert open and close double quotes # and move to just after the open quote "\C-x\"": "\"\"\C-b" -# insert a backslash (testing backslash escapes in sequences and macros) +# insert a backslash (testing backslash escapes +# in sequences and macros) "\C-x\\": "\\" # Quote the current or previous word "\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\"" @@ -835,16 +850,16 @@ set bell-style visible # don't strip characters to 7 bits when reading set input-meta on -# allow iso-latin1 characters to be inserted rather than converted to -# prefix-meta sequences +# allow iso-latin1 characters to be inserted rather +# than converted to prefix-meta sequences set convert-meta off -# display characters with the eighth bit set directly rather than -# as meta-prefixed characters +# display characters with the eighth bit set directly +# rather than as meta-prefixed characters set output-meta on -# if there are more than 150 possible completions for a word, ask the -# user if he wants to see all of them +# if there are more than 150 possible completions for +# a word, ask the user if he wants to see all of them set completion-query-items 150 # For FTP @@ -1053,6 +1068,20 @@ lowercase the previous word, but do not move the cursor. Capitalize the current (or following) word. With a negative argument, capitalize the previous word, but do not move the cursor. +@item 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 +@code{emacs} mode; @code{vi} mode does overwrite differently. +Each call to @code{readline()} starts in insert mode. + +In overwrite mode, characters bound to @code{self-insert} replace +the text at point rather than pushing the text to the right. +Characters bound to @code{backward-delete-char} replace the character +before point with a space. + +By default, this command is unbound. + @end ftable @node Commands For Killing @@ -1312,12 +1341,19 @@ of that character. A negative count searches for subsequent occurrences. @item insert-comment (M-#) -The value of the @code{comment-begin} -variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line, -and the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed. +Without a numeric argument, the value of the @code{comment-begin} +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 @code{comment-begin}, the value is inserted, otherwise +the characters in @code{comment-begin} are deleted from the beginning of +the line. +In either case, the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed. @ifset BashFeatures The default value of @code{comment-begin} causes this command to make 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. @end ifset @item dump-functions () @@ -1339,13 +1375,22 @@ the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an @var{inputrc} file. This command is unbound by default. @ifset BashFeatures +@item glob-complete-word (M-g) +The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname expansion, +with an asterisk implicitly appended. This pattern is used to +generate a list of matching file names for possible completions. + @item glob-expand-word (C-x *) The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname expansion, and the list of matching file names is inserted, replacing the word. +If a numeric argument is supplied, a @samp{*} is appended before +pathname expansion. @item glob-list-expansions (C-x g) The list of expansions that would have been generated by @code{glob-expand-word} is displayed, and the line is redrawn. +If a numeric argument is supplied, a @samp{*} is appended before +pathname expansion. @item display-shell-version (C-x C-v) Display version information about the current instance of Bash. @@ -1376,13 +1421,26 @@ Accept the current line for execution and fetch the next line relative to the current line from the history for editing. Any argument is ignored. -@item emacs-editing-mode (C-e) -When in @code{vi} editing mode, this causes a switch back to -@code{emacs} editing mode, as if the command @samp{set -o emacs} had -been executed. +@item edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e) +Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the result as shell +commands. +Bash attempts to invoke +@code{$FCEDIT}, @code{$EDITOR}, and @code{emacs} +as the editor, in that order. @end ifset +@ifclear BashFeatures +@item emacs-editing-mode (C-e) +When in @code{vi} command mode, this causes a switch to @code{emacs} +editing mode. + +@item vi-editing-mode (M-C-j) +When in @code{emacs} editing mode, this causes a switch to @code{vi} +editing mode. + +@end ifclear + @end ftable @node Readline vi Mode @@ -1518,6 +1576,12 @@ If the @option{-o default} option was supplied to @code{complete} when the compspec was defined, Readline's default completion will be performed if the compspec generates no matches. +When a compspec indicates that directory name completion is desired, +the programmable completion functions force Readline to append a slash +to completed names which are symbolic links to directories, subject to +the value of the @var{mark-directories} Readline variable, regardless +of the setting of the @var{mark-symlinked-directories} Readline variable. + @node Programmable Completion Builtins @section Programmable Completion Builtins @cindex completion builtins @@ -1553,7 +1617,7 @@ matches were generated. @item complete @btindex complete @example -@code{complete [-abcdefgjkvu] [-o @var{comp-option}] [-A @var{action}] [-G @var{globpat}] [-W @var{wordlist}] +@code{complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-o @var{comp-option}] [-A @var{action}] [-G @var{globpat}] [-W @var{wordlist}] [-P @var{prefix}] [-S @var{suffix}] [-X @var{filterpat}] [-F @var{function}] [-C @var{command}] @var{name} [@var{name} @dots{}]} @code{complete -pr [@var{name} @dots{}]} @@ -1586,7 +1650,8 @@ beyond the simple generation of completions. @table @code @item default -Use readline's default completion if the compspec generates no matches. +Use Readline's default filename completion if the compspec generates +no matches. @item dirnames Perform directory name completion if the compspec generates no matches. @@ -1596,6 +1661,10 @@ Tell Readline that the compspec generates filenames, so it can perform any filename\-specific processing (like adding a slash to directory names or suppressing trailing spaces). This option is intended to be used with shell functions specified with @option{-F}. + +@item nospace +Tell Readline not to append a space (the default) to words completed at +the end of the line. @end table @item -A @var{action} @@ -1655,6 +1724,9 @@ Shell reserved words. May also be specified as @option{-k}. @item running Names of running jobs, if job control is active. +@item service +Service names. May also be specified as @option{-s}. + @item setopt Valid arguments for the @option{-o} option to the @code{set} builtin (@pxref{The Set Builtin}). |