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diff --git a/doc/rluserman.info b/doc/rluserman.info index dc06b20..1aefd34 100644 --- a/doc/rluserman.info +++ b/doc/rluserman.info @@ -1,28 +1,19 @@ This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from -/usr/src/local/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/rluserman.texi. +/usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/rluserman.texi. This manual describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library -(version 6.2, September 6 2010), a library which aids in the -consistency of user interface across discrete programs which provide a -command line interface. +(version 6.3, 6 January 2014), a library which aids in the consistency +of user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line +interface. - Copyright (C) 1988-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - - Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this -manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are -preserved on all copies. + Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software - Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts - being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) - below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled - "GNU Free Documentation License". - - (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You are free to copy and modify - this GNU manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in - developing GNU and promoting software freedom." + Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and + no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the + section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries @@ -38,7 +29,8 @@ GNU Readline Library This document describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface -across discrete programs which provide a command line interface. +across discrete programs which provide a command line interface. The +Readline home page is `http://www.gnu.org/software/readline/'. * Menu: @@ -394,6 +386,12 @@ Variable Settings characters treated specially by the kernel's terminal driver to their Readline equivalents. + `colored-stats' + If set to `on', Readline displays possible completions using + different colors to indicate their file type. The color + definitions are taken from the value of the `LS_COLORS' + environment variable. The default is `off'. + `comment-begin' The string to insert at the beginning of the line when the `insert-comment' command is executed. The default value is @@ -479,8 +477,10 @@ Variable Settings `history-size' Set the maximum number of history entries saved in the - history list. If set to zero, the number of entries in the - history list is not limited. + history list. If set to zero, any existing history entries + are deleted and no new entries are saved. If set to a value + less than zero, the number of history entries is not limited. + By default, the number of history entries is not limited. `horizontal-scroll-mode' This variable can be set to either `on' or `off'. Setting it @@ -512,6 +512,22 @@ Variable Settings default value is `emacs'. The value of the `editing-mode' variable also affects the default keymap. + `keyseq-timeout' + Specifies the duration Readline will wait for a character + when reading an ambiguous key sequence (one that can form a + complete key sequence using the input read so far, or can + take additional input to complete a longer key sequence). If + no input is received within the timeout, Readline will use + the shorter but complete key sequence. Readline uses this + value to determine whether or not input is available on the + current input source (`rl_instream' by default). The value + is specified in milliseconds, so a value of 1000 means that + Readline will wait one second for additional input. If this + variable is set to a value less than or equal to zero, or to a + non-numeric value, Readline will wait until another key is + pressed to decide which key sequence to complete. The + default value is `500'. + `mark-directories' If set to `on', completed directory names have a slash appended. The default is `on'. @@ -574,6 +590,11 @@ Variable Settings be listed immediately instead of ringing the bell. The default value is `off'. + `show-mode-in-prompt' + If set to `on', add a character to the beginning of the prompt + indicating the editing mode: emacs (`@'), vi command (`:'), + or vi insertion (`+'). The default value is `off'. + `skip-completed-text' If set to `on', this alters the default completion behavior when inserting a single match into the line. It's only @@ -788,7 +809,7 @@ variable assignment, and conditional syntax. # You can re-read the inputrc file with C-x C-r. # Lines beginning with '#' are comments. # - # First, include any systemwide bindings and variable + # First, include any system-wide bindings and variable # assignments from /etc/Inputrc $include /etc/Inputrc @@ -988,12 +1009,26 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For History, Next: Commands For Text, Pr `history-search-forward ()' Search forward through the history for the string of characters - between the start of the current line and the point. This is a + between the start of the current line and the point. The search + string must match at the beginning of a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound. `history-search-backward ()' Search backward through the history for the string of characters - between the start of the current line and the point. This is a + between the start of the current line and the point. The search + string must match at the beginning of a history line. This is a + non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound. + +`history-substr-search-forward ()' + Search forward through the history for the string of characters + between the start of the current line and the point. The search + string may match anywhere in a history line. This is a + non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound. + +`history-substr-search-backward ()' + Search backward through the history for the string of characters + between the start of the current line and the point. The search + string may match anywhere in a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound. `yank-nth-arg (M-C-y)' @@ -1025,10 +1060,16 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Commands For Text, Next: Commands For Killing, Pr 1.4.3 Commands For Changing Text -------------------------------- +`end-of-file (usually C-d)' + The character indicating end-of-file as set, for example, by + `stty'. If this character is read when there are no characters on + the line, and point is at the beginning of the line, Readline + interprets it as the end of input and returns EOF. + `delete-char (C-d)' - Delete the character at point. If point is at the beginning of - the line, there are no characters in the line, and the last - character typed was not bound to `delete-char', then return EOF. + Delete the character at point. If this function is bound to the + same character as the tty EOF character, as `C-d' commonly is, see + above for the effects. `backward-delete-char (Rubout)' Delete the character behind the cursor. A numeric argument means @@ -1239,6 +1280,10 @@ File: rluserman.info, Node: Keyboard Macros, Next: Miscellaneous Commands, Pr Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by making the characters in the macro appear as if typed at the keyboard. +`print-last-kbd-macro ()' + Print the last keboard macro defined in a format suitable for the + INPUTRC file. + File: rluserman.info, Node: Miscellaneous Commands, Prev: Keyboard Macros, Up: Bindable Readline Commands @@ -1847,29 +1892,29 @@ permit their use in free software. Tag Table: -Node: Top1373 -Node: Command Line Editing1827 -Node: Introduction and Notation2481 -Node: Readline Interaction4105 -Node: Readline Bare Essentials5298 -Node: Readline Movement Commands7089 -Node: Readline Killing Commands8056 -Node: Readline Arguments9978 -Node: Searching11024 -Node: Readline Init File13177 -Node: Readline Init File Syntax14332 -Node: Conditional Init Constructs29394 -Node: Sample Init File31929 -Node: Bindable Readline Commands35048 -Node: Commands For Moving36107 -Node: Commands For History36970 -Node: Commands For Text40376 -Node: Commands For Killing43104 -Node: Numeric Arguments45248 -Node: Commands For Completion46389 -Node: Keyboard Macros48360 -Node: Miscellaneous Commands48933 -Node: Readline vi Mode52791 -Node: GNU Free Documentation License53705 +Node: Top950 +Node: Command Line Editing1472 +Node: Introduction and Notation2126 +Node: Readline Interaction3750 +Node: Readline Bare Essentials4943 +Node: Readline Movement Commands6734 +Node: Readline Killing Commands7701 +Node: Readline Arguments9623 +Node: Searching10669 +Node: Readline Init File12822 +Node: Readline Init File Syntax13977 +Node: Conditional Init Constructs30683 +Node: Sample Init File33218 +Node: Bindable Readline Commands36338 +Node: Commands For Moving37397 +Node: Commands For History38260 +Node: Commands For Text42416 +Node: Commands For Killing45400 +Node: Numeric Arguments47544 +Node: Commands For Completion48685 +Node: Keyboard Macros50656 +Node: Miscellaneous Commands51346 +Node: Readline vi Mode55204 +Node: GNU Free Documentation License56118 End Tag Table |