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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3 b/contrib/libreadline/doc/readline.3 index 560bbe7..90cd997 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: Wed Jan 28 15:43:53 EST 2004 +.\" Last Change: Tue Sep 13 12:07:26 EDT 2005 .\" -.TH READLINE 3 "2004 January 28" "GNU Readline 5.0" +.TH READLINE 3 "2005 Sep 13" "GNU Readline 5.1-beta1" .\" .\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name, .\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much. @@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ Except where noted, readline variables can take the values or .B Off (without regard to case). +Unrecognized variable names are ignored. +When a variable value is read, empty or null values, "on" (case-insensitive), +and "1" are equivalent to \fBOn\fP. All other values are equivalent to +\fBOff\fP. The variables and their default values are: .PP .PD 0 @@ -338,6 +342,11 @@ If set to \fBnone\fP, readline never rings the bell. If set to \fBvisible\fP, readline uses a visible bell if one is available. If set to \fBaudible\fP, readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell. .TP +.B bind\-tty\-special\-chars (On) +If set to \fBOn\fP, readline attempts to bind the control characters +treated specially by the kernel's terminal driver to their readline +equivalents. +.TP .B comment\-begin (``#'') The string that is inserted in \fBvi\fP mode when the .B insert\-comment @@ -360,7 +369,7 @@ It may be set to any integer value greater than or equal to zero. If the number of possible completions is greater than or equal to the value of this variable, the user is asked whether or not he wishes to view them; otherwise they are simply listed -on the terminal. +on the terminal. A negative value causes readline to never ask. .TP .B convert\-meta (On) If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will convert characters with the @@ -391,9 +400,9 @@ arrow keys. If set to \fBon\fP, tilde expansion is performed when readline attempts word completion. .TP -.B history-preserve-point +.B history\-preserve\-point (Off) If set to \fBon\fP, the history code attempts to place point at the -same location on each history line retrived with \fBprevious-history\fP +same location on each history line retrieved with \fBprevious-history\fP or \fBnext-history\fP. .TP .B horizontal\-scroll\-mode (Off) @@ -691,6 +700,8 @@ With an argument insert the \fIn\fPth word from the previous command (the words in the previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument inserts the \fIn\fPth word from the end of the previous command. +Once the argument \fIn\fP is computed, the argument is extracted +as if the "!\fIn\fP" history expansion had been specified. .TP .B yank\-last\-arg (M\-.\^, M\-_\^) @@ -699,6 +710,8 @@ the previous history entry). With an argument, behave exactly like \fByank\-nth\-arg\fP. Successive calls to \fByank\-last\-arg\fP move back through the history list, inserting the last argument of each line in turn. +The history expansion facilities are used to extract the last argument, +as if the "!$" history expansion had been specified. .PD .SS Commands for Changing Text .PP |
