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diff --git a/gnu/lib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo b/gnu/lib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 51327a3..0000000 --- a/gnu/lib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,198 +0,0 @@ -@ignore -This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library. - -Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. - -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. - -Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice -identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this -paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -GNU Copyright statement is available to the distributee, and provided that -the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. -@end ignore - -@node Using History Interactively -@chapter Using History Interactively - -@ifset BashFeatures -This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library interactively, -from a user's standpoint. It should be considered a user's guide. For -information on using the GNU History Library in your own programs, -see the GNU Readline Library Manual. -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library interactively, -from a user's standpoint. It should be considered a user's guide. For -information on using the GNU History Library in your own programs, -@pxref{Programming with GNU History}. -@end ifclear - -@menu -* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user. -@end menu - -@node History Interaction -@section History Interaction -@cindex expansion - -The History library provides a history expansion feature that is similar -to the history expansion provided by @code{csh}. The following text -describes the syntax used to manipulate the history information. - -History expansion takes place in two parts. The first is to determine -which line from the previous history should be used during substitution. -The second is to select portions of that line for inclusion into the -current one. The line selected from the previous history is called the -@dfn{event}, and the portions of that line that are acted upon are -called @dfn{words}. The line is broken into words in the same fashion -that Bash does, so that several English (or Unix) words -surrounded by quotes are considered as one word. - -@menu -* Event Designators:: How to specify which history line to use. -* Word Designators:: Specifying which words are of interest. -* Modifiers:: Modifying the results of substitution. -@end menu - -@node Event Designators -@subsection Event Designators -@cindex event designators - -An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the -history list. -@cindex history events - -@table @asis - -@item @code{!} -Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab, -the end of the line, @key{=} or @key{(}. - -@item @code{!!} -Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for @code{!-1}. - -@item @code{!n} -Refer to command line @var{n}. - -@item @code{!-n} -Refer to the command @var{n} lines back. - -@item @code{!string} -Refer to the most recent command starting with @var{string}. - -@item @code{!?string}[@code{?}] -Refer to the most recent command containing @var{string}. - -@item @code{!#} -The entire command line typed so far. - -@item @code{^string1^string2^} -Quick Substitution. Repeat the last command, replacing @var{string1} -with @var{string2}. Equivalent to -@code{!!:s/string1/string2/}. - -@end table - -@node Word Designators -@subsection Word Designators - -A @key{:} separates the event specification from the word designator. It -can be omitted if the word designator begins with a @key{^}, @key{$}, -@key{*} or @key{%}. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, -with the first word being denoted by a 0 (zero). - -@table @code - -@item 0 (zero) -The @code{0}th word. For many applications, this is the command word. - -@item n -The @var{n}th word. - -@item ^ -The first argument; that is, word 1. - -@item $ -The last argument. - -@item % -The word matched by the most recent @code{?string?} search. - -@item x-y -A range of words; @code{-@var{y}} abbreviates @code{0-@var{y}}. - -@item * -All of the words, except the @code{0}th. This is a synonym for @code{1-$}. -It is not an error to use @key{*} if there is just one word in the event; -the empty string is returned in that case. - -@item x* -Abbreviates @code{x-$} - -@item x- -Abbreviates @code{x-$} like @code{x*}, but omits the last word. - -@end table - -@node Modifiers -@subsection Modifiers - -After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more -of the following modifiers, each preceded by a @key{:}. - -@table @code - -@item h -Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head. - -@item r -Remove a trailing suffix of the form @samp{.}@var{suffix}, leaving the basename. - -@item e -Remove all but the trailing suffix. - -@item t -Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail. - -@item p -Print the new command but do not execute it. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@item q -Quote the substituted words, escaping further substitutions. - -@item x -Quote the substituted words as with @code{q}, -but break into words at spaces, tabs, and newlines. -@end ifset - -@item s/old/new/ -Substitute @var{new} for the first occurrence of @var{old} in the -event line. Any delimiter may be used in place of @key{/}. -The delimiter may be quoted in @var{old} and @var{new} -with a single backslash. If @key{&} appears in @var{new}, -it is replaced by @var{old}. A single backslash will quote -the @key{&}. The final delimiter is optional if it is the last -character on the input line. - -@item & -Repeat the previous substitution. - -@item g -Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line. Used in -conjunction with @code{s}, as in @code{gs/old/new/}, or with -@code{&}. - -@end table |