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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>2004-10-18 07:02:42 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>2004-10-18 07:02:42 +0000
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Virgin import of GNU Readline 5.0
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diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3 b/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3
index afd6ba2..560bbe7 100644
--- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3
+++ b/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
.\" Case Western Reserve University
.\" chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
.\"
-.\" Last Change: Tue Jan 22 09:18:25 EST 2002
+.\" Last Change: Wed Jan 28 15:43:53 EST 2004
.\"
-.TH READLINE 3 "2002 January 22" "GNU Readline 4.3"
+.TH READLINE 3 "2004 January 28" "GNU Readline 5.0"
.\"
.\" 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\-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.if t Readline is Copyright \(co 1989\-2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if n Readline is Copyright (C) 1989\-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if t Readline is Copyright \(co 1989\-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B readline
@@ -465,6 +465,16 @@ set to
words which have more than one possible completion cause the
matches to be listed immediately instead of ringing the bell.
.TP
+.B show\-all\-if\-unmodified (Off)
+This alters the default behavior of the completion functions in
+a fashion similar to \fBshow\-all\-if\-ambiguous\fP.
+If set to
+.BR on ,
+words which have more than one possible completion without any
+possible partial completion (the possible completions don't share
+a common prefix) cause the matches to be listed immediately instead
+of ringing the bell.
+.TP
.B visible\-stats (Off)
If set to \fBOn\fP, a character denoting a file's type as reported
by \fIstat\fP(2) is appended to the filename when listing possible
@@ -787,6 +797,11 @@ Word boundaries are the same as those used by \fBbackward\-word\fP.
Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary.
The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
.TP
+.B unix\-filename\-rubout
+Kill the word behind point, using white space and the slash character
+as the word boundaries.
+The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
+.TP
.B delete\-horizontal\-space (M\-\e)
Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
.TP
@@ -868,7 +883,7 @@ with a single match from the list of possible completions.
Repeated execution of \fBmenu\-complete\fP steps through the list
of possible completions, inserting each match in turn.
At the end of the list of completions, the bell is rung
-(subject to the setting of \Bbell\-style\fP)
+(subject to the setting of \fBbell\-style\fP)
and the original text is restored.
An argument of \fIn\fP moves \fIn\fP positions forward in the list
of matches; a negative argument may be used to move backward
@@ -979,7 +994,7 @@ of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
.TP
.B dump\-macros
Print all of the readline key sequences bound to macros and the
-strings they ouput. If a numeric argument is supplied,
+strings they output. If a numeric argument is supplied,
the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part
of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
.TP
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