summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/readline/doc/readline.info
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'readline/doc/readline.info')
-rw-r--r--readline/doc/readline.info2139
1 files changed, 1449 insertions, 690 deletions
diff --git a/readline/doc/readline.info b/readline/doc/readline.info
index 57dbdfafe6..7f2d0f3273 100644
--- a/readline/doc/readline.info
+++ b/readline/doc/readline.info
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
-This is readline.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.1 from
-/usr/homes/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/rlman.texinfo.
+This is readline.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.7 from
+/Users/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/rlman.texi.
-INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries
-START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Readline: (readline). The GNU readline library API
-END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-
- This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which
-aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that
-need to provide a command line interface.
+ This manual describes the GNU Readline Library (version 5.1-beta1,
+11 November 2005), a library which aids in the consistency of user
+interface across discrete programs which provide a command line
+interface.
- Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
-manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice pare
+manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
- Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
-this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, 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, distribute and/or modify this
+ document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+ Version 1.1 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."
- Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
-manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
-versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a
-translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
+ (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
+ modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by
+ the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."
+
+INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* Readline: (readline). The GNU readline library API.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

File: readline.info, Node: Top, Next: Command Line Editing, Up: (dir)
@@ -32,14 +35,15 @@ File: readline.info, Node: Top, Next: Command Line Editing, Up: (dir)
GNU Readline Library
********************
- This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which
-aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that
-need to provide a command line interface.
+This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
+in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs which
+provide a command line interface.
* Menu:
* Command Line Editing:: GNU Readline User's Manual.
* Programming with GNU Readline:: GNU Readline Programmer's Manual.
+* Copying This Manual:: Copying this manual.
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts described in this manual.
* Function and Variable Index:: Index of externally visible functions
and variables.
@@ -47,10 +51,10 @@ need to provide a command line interface.

File: readline.info, Node: Command Line Editing, Next: Programming with GNU Readline, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-Command Line Editing
-********************
+1 Command Line Editing
+**********************
- This chapter describes the basic features of the GNU command line
+This chapter describes the basic features of the GNU command line
editing interface.
* Menu:
@@ -66,10 +70,10 @@ editing interface.

File: readline.info, Node: Introduction and Notation, Next: Readline Interaction, Up: Command Line Editing
-Introduction to Line Editing
-============================
+1.1 Introduction to Line Editing
+================================
- The following paragraphs describe the notation used to represent
+The following paragraphs describe the notation used to represent
keystrokes.
The text `C-k' is read as `Control-K' and describes the character
@@ -102,10 +106,10 @@ some keyboards.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Interaction, Next: Readline Init File, Prev: Introduction and Notation, Up: Command Line Editing
-Readline Interaction
-====================
+1.2 Readline Interaction
+========================
- Often during an interactive session you type in a long line of text,
+Often during an interactive session you type in a long line of text,
only to notice that the first word on the line is misspelled. The
Readline library gives you a set of commands for manipulating the text
as you type it in, allowing you to just fix your typo, and not forcing
@@ -127,13 +131,13 @@ location of the cursor within the line.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Bare Essentials, Next: Readline Movement Commands, Up: Readline Interaction
-Readline Bare Essentials
-------------------------
+1.2.1 Readline Bare Essentials
+------------------------------
- In order to enter characters into the line, simply type them. The
-typed character appears where the cursor was, and then the cursor moves
-one space to the right. If you mistype a character, you can use your
-erase character to back up and delete the mistyped character.
+In order to enter characters into the line, simply type them. The typed
+character appears where the cursor was, and then the cursor moves one
+space to the right. If you mistype a character, you can use your erase
+character to back up and delete the mistyped character.
Sometimes you may mistype a character, and not notice the error
until you have typed several other characters. In that case, you can
@@ -175,10 +179,10 @@ character to the left of the cursor.)

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Movement Commands, Next: Readline Killing Commands, Prev: Readline Bare Essentials, Up: Readline Interaction
-Readline Movement Commands
---------------------------
+1.2.2 Readline Movement Commands
+--------------------------------
- The above table describes the most basic keystrokes that you need in
+The above table describes the most basic keystrokes that you need in
order to do editing of the input line. For your convenience, many
other commands have been added in addition to `C-b', `C-f', `C-d', and
<DEL>. Here are some commands for moving more rapidly about the line.
@@ -206,11 +210,11 @@ operate on characters while meta keystrokes operate on words.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Killing Commands, Next: Readline Arguments, Prev: Readline Movement Commands, Up: Readline Interaction
-Readline Killing Commands
--------------------------
+1.2.3 Readline Killing Commands
+-------------------------------
- "Killing" text means to delete the text from the line, but to save
-it away for later use, usually by "yanking" (re-inserting) it back into
+"Killing" text means to delete the text from the line, but to save it
+away for later use, usually by "yanking" (re-inserting) it back into
the line. (`Cut' and `paste' are more recent jargon for `kill' and
`yank'.)
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ place later.
Any number of consecutive kills save all of the killed text together, so
that when you yank it back, you get it all. The kill ring is not line
specific; the text that you killed on a previously typed line is
-available to be yanked back later, when you are typing another line.
+available to be yanked back later, when you are typing another line.
Here is the list of commands for killing text.
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@ available to be yanked back later, when you are typing another line.
Kill from the cursor to the previous whitespace. This is
different than `M-<DEL>' because the word boundaries differ.
+
Here is how to "yank" the text back into the line. Yanking means to
copy the most-recently-killed text from the kill buffer.
@@ -258,10 +263,10 @@ copy the most-recently-killed text from the kill buffer.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Arguments, Next: Searching, Prev: Readline Killing Commands, Up: Readline Interaction
-Readline Arguments
-------------------
+1.2.4 Readline Arguments
+------------------------
- You can pass numeric arguments to Readline commands. Sometimes the
+You can pass numeric arguments to Readline commands. Sometimes the
argument acts as a repeat count, other times it is the sign of the
argument that is significant. If you pass a negative argument to a
command which normally acts in a forward direction, that command will
@@ -279,10 +284,10 @@ will delete the next ten characters on the input line.

File: readline.info, Node: Searching, Prev: Readline Arguments, Up: Readline Interaction
-Searching for Commands in the History
--------------------------------------
+1.2.5 Searching for Commands in the History
+-------------------------------------------
- Readline provides commands for searching through the command history
+Readline provides commands for searching through the command history
for lines containing a specified string. There are two search modes:
"incremental" and "non-incremental".
@@ -320,10 +325,10 @@ typed by the user or be part of the contents of the current line.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Init File, Next: Bindable Readline Commands, Prev: Readline Interaction, Up: Command Line Editing
-Readline Init File
-==================
+1.3 Readline Init File
+======================
- Although the Readline library comes with a set of Emacs-like
+Although the Readline library comes with a set of Emacs-like
keybindings installed by default, it is possible to use a different set
of keybindings. Any user can customize programs that use Readline by
putting commands in an "inputrc" file, conventionally in his home
@@ -348,10 +353,10 @@ incorporating any changes that you might have made to it.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Init File Syntax, Next: Conditional Init Constructs, Up: Readline Init File
-Readline Init File Syntax
--------------------------
+1.3.1 Readline Init File Syntax
+-------------------------------
- There are only a few basic constructs allowed in the Readline init
+There are only a few basic constructs allowed in the Readline init
file. Blank lines are ignored. Lines beginning with a `#' are
comments. Lines beginning with a `$' indicate conditional constructs
(*note Conditional Init Constructs::). Other lines denote variable
@@ -370,7 +375,11 @@ Variable Settings
set editing-mode vi
Variable names and values, where appropriate, are recognized
- without regard to case.
+ without regard to case. Unrecognized variable names are ignored.
+
+ Boolean variables (those that can be set to on or off) are set to
+ on if the value is null or empty, ON (case-insensitive), or 1.
+ Any other value results in the variable being set to off.
A great deal of run-time behavior is changeable with the following
variables.
@@ -382,6 +391,11 @@ Variable Settings
one is available. If set to `audible' (the default),
Readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell.
+ `bind-tty-special-chars'
+ If set to `on', Readline attempts to bind the control
+ characters treated specially by the kernel's terminal driver
+ to their Readline equivalents.
+
`comment-begin'
The string to insert at the beginning of the line when the
`insert-comment' command is executed. The default value is
@@ -394,12 +408,13 @@ Variable Settings
`completion-query-items'
The number of possible completions that determines when the
- user is asked whether he wants to see the list of
- possibilities. If the number of possible completions is
- greater than this value, Readline will ask the user whether
- or not he wishes to view them; otherwise, they are simply
- listed. This variable must be set to an integer value
- greater than or equal to 0. The default limit is `100'.
+ user is asked whether the list of possibilities should be
+ displayed. If the number of possible completions is greater
+ than this value, Readline will ask the user whether or not he
+ wishes to view them; otherwise, they are simply listed. This
+ variable must be set to an integer value greater than or
+ equal to 0. A negative value means Readline should never ask.
+ The default limit is `100'.
`convert-meta'
If set to `on', Readline will convert characters with the
@@ -427,9 +442,10 @@ Variable Settings
If set to `on', tilde expansion is performed when Readline
attempts word completion. The default is `off'.
+ `history-preserve-point'
If set to `on', the history code attempts to place point at
- the same location on each history line retrived with
- `previous-history' or `next-history'.
+ the same location on each history line retrieved with
+ `previous-history' or `next-history'. The default is `off'.
`horizontal-scroll-mode'
This variable can be set to either `on' or `off'. Setting it
@@ -503,11 +519,21 @@ Variable Settings
completion cause the matches to be listed immediately instead
of ringing the bell. The default value is `off'.
+ `show-all-if-unmodified'
+ This alters the default behavior of the completion functions
+ in a fashion similar to SHOW-ALL-IF-AMBIGUOUS. If set to
+ `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. The
+ default value is `off'.
+
`visible-stats'
If set to `on', a character denoting a file's type is
appended to the filename when listing possible completions.
The default is `off'.
+
Key Bindings
The syntax for controlling key bindings in the init file is
simple. First you need to find the name of the command that you
@@ -558,6 +584,7 @@ Key Bindings
`<ESC> <[> <1> <1> <~>' is bound to insert the text `Function
Key 1'.
+
The following GNU Emacs style escape sequences are available when
specifying key sequences:
@@ -623,13 +650,14 @@ Key Bindings
the line:
"\C-x\\": "\\"
+

File: readline.info, Node: Conditional Init Constructs, Next: Sample Init File, Prev: Readline Init File Syntax, Up: Readline Init File
-Conditional Init Constructs
----------------------------
+1.3.2 Conditional Init Constructs
+---------------------------------
- Readline implements a facility similar in spirit to the conditional
+Readline implements a facility similar in spirit to the conditional
compilation features of the C preprocessor which allows key bindings
and variable settings to be performed as the result of tests. There
are four parser directives used.
@@ -686,11 +714,11 @@ are four parser directives used.

File: readline.info, Node: Sample Init File, Prev: Conditional Init Constructs, Up: Readline Init File
-Sample Init File
-----------------
+1.3.3 Sample Init File
+----------------------
- Here is an example of an INPUTRC file. This illustrates key
-binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax.
+Here is an example of an INPUTRC file. This illustrates key binding,
+variable assignment, and conditional syntax.
# This file controls the behaviour of line input editing for
@@ -703,16 +731,16 @@ binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax.
# First, include any systemwide bindings and variable
# assignments from /etc/Inputrc
$include /etc/Inputrc
-
+
#
# Set various bindings for emacs mode.
-
+
set editing-mode emacs
-
+
$if mode=emacs
-
+
Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word Text after the function name is ignored
-
+
#
# Arrow keys in keypad mode
#
@@ -741,14 +769,14 @@ binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax.
#"\M-\C-[C": forward-char
#"\M-\C-[A": previous-history
#"\M-\C-[B": next-history
-
+
C-q: quoted-insert
-
+
$endif
-
+
# An old-style binding. This happens to be the default.
TAB: complete
-
+
# Macros that are convenient for shell interaction
$if Bash
# edit the path
@@ -767,25 +795,25 @@ binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax.
# Edit variable on current line.
"\M-\C-v": "\C-a\C-k$\C-y\M-\C-e\C-a\C-y="
$endif
-
+
# use a visible bell if one is available
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
set convert-meta off
-
+
# 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
set completion-query-items 150
-
+
# For FTP
$if Ftp
"\C-xg": "get \M-?"
@@ -796,8 +824,8 @@ binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax.

File: readline.info, Node: Bindable Readline Commands, Next: Readline vi Mode, Prev: Readline Init File, Up: Command Line Editing
-Bindable Readline Commands
-==========================
+1.4 Bindable Readline Commands
+==============================
* Menu:
@@ -822,8 +850,8 @@ as the "region".

File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Moving, Next: Commands For History, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Commands For Moving
--------------------
+1.4.1 Commands For Moving
+-------------------------
`beginning-of-line (C-a)'
Move to the start of the current line.
@@ -852,11 +880,12 @@ Commands For Moving
`redraw-current-line ()'
Refresh the current line. By default, this is unbound.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Commands For History, Next: Commands For Text, Prev: Commands For Moving, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Commands For Manipulating The History
--------------------------------------
+1.4.2 Commands For Manipulating The History
+-------------------------------------------
`accept-line (Newline or Return)'
Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. If this line is
@@ -912,20 +941,24 @@ Commands For Manipulating The History
second word on the previous line) at point. With an argument N,
insert the Nth word from the previous command (the words in the
previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument inserts
- the Nth word from the end of the previous command.
+ the Nth word from the end of the previous command. Once the
+ argument N is computed, the argument is extracted as if the `!N'
+ history expansion had been specified.
`yank-last-arg (M-. or M-_)'
Insert last argument to the previous command (the last word of the
previous history entry). With an argument, behave exactly like
`yank-nth-arg'. Successive calls to `yank-last-arg' move back
through the history list, inserting the last argument of each line
- in turn.
+ in turn. The history expansion facilities are used to extract the
+ last argument, as if the `!$' history expansion had been specified.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Text, Next: Commands For Killing, Prev: Commands For History, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Commands For Changing Text
---------------------------
+1.4.3 Commands For Changing Text
+--------------------------------
`delete-char (C-d)'
Delete the character at point. If point is at the beginning of
@@ -988,11 +1021,12 @@ Commands For Changing Text
By default, this command is unbound.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Killing, Next: Numeric Arguments, Prev: Commands For Text, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Killing And Yanking
--------------------
+1.4.4 Killing And Yanking
+-------------------------
`kill-line (C-k)'
Kill the text from point to the end of the line.
@@ -1020,6 +1054,11 @@ Killing And Yanking
Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary.
The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
+`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.
+
`delete-horizontal-space ()'
Delete all spaces and tabs around point. By default, this is
unbound.
@@ -1052,8 +1091,8 @@ Killing And Yanking

File: readline.info, Node: Numeric Arguments, Next: Commands For Completion, Prev: Commands For Killing, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Specifying Numeric Arguments
-----------------------------
+1.4.5 Specifying Numeric Arguments
+----------------------------------
`digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--)'
Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new
@@ -1075,8 +1114,8 @@ Specifying Numeric Arguments

File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Completion, Next: Keyboard Macros, Prev: Numeric Arguments, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Letting Readline Type For You
------------------------------
+1.4.6 Letting Readline Type For You
+-----------------------------------
`complete (<TAB>)'
Attempt to perform completion on the text before point. The
@@ -1108,11 +1147,12 @@ Letting Readline Type For You
behaves identically to `possible-completions'. This command is
unbound by default.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Keyboard Macros, Next: Miscellaneous Commands, Prev: Commands For Completion, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Keyboard Macros
----------------
+1.4.7 Keyboard Macros
+---------------------
`start-kbd-macro (C-x ()'
Begin saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro.
@@ -1125,11 +1165,12 @@ Keyboard Macros
Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by making the
characters in the macro appear as if typed at the keyboard.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Miscellaneous Commands, Prev: Keyboard Macros, Up: Bindable Readline Commands
-Some Miscellaneous Commands
----------------------------
+1.4.8 Some Miscellaneous Commands
+---------------------------------
`re-read-init-file (C-x C-r)'
Read in the contents of the INPUTRC file, and incorporate any
@@ -1212,13 +1253,14 @@ Some Miscellaneous Commands
When in `emacs' editing mode, this causes a switch to `vi' editing
mode.
+

File: readline.info, Node: Readline vi Mode, Prev: Bindable Readline Commands, Up: Command Line Editing
-Readline vi Mode
-================
+1.5 Readline vi Mode
+====================
- While the Readline library does not have a full set of `vi' editing
+While the Readline library does not have a full set of `vi' editing
functions, it does contain enough to allow simple editing of the line.
The Readline `vi' mode behaves as specified in the POSIX 1003.2
standard.
@@ -1235,10 +1277,10 @@ the standard `vi' movement keys, move to previous history lines with
`k' and subsequent lines with `j', and so forth.
This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility for
-aiding in the consitency of user interface across discrete programs
+aiding in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs
that need to provide a command line interface.
- Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice pare
@@ -1255,16 +1297,16 @@ versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a
translation approved by the Foundation.

-File: readline.info, Node: Programming with GNU Readline, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Command Line Editing, Up: Top
+File: readline.info, Node: Programming with GNU Readline, Next: Copying This Manual, Prev: Command Line Editing, Up: Top
-Programming with GNU Readline
-*****************************
+2 Programming with GNU Readline
+*******************************
- This chapter describes the interface between the GNU Readline
-Library and other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to
-include the features found in GNU Readline such as completion, line
-editing, and interactive history manipulation in your own programs,
-this section is for you.
+This chapter describes the interface between the GNU Readline Library
+and other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to include
+the features found in GNU Readline such as completion, line editing,
+and interactive history manipulation in your own programs, this section
+is for you.
* Menu:
@@ -1282,14 +1324,14 @@ this section is for you.

File: readline.info, Node: Basic Behavior, Next: Custom Functions, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Basic Behavior
-==============
+2.1 Basic Behavior
+==================
- Many programs provide a command line interface, such as `mail',
-`ftp', and `sh'. For such programs, the default behaviour of Readline
-is sufficient. This section describes how to use Readline in the
-simplest way possible, perhaps to replace calls in your code to
-`gets()' or `fgets()'.
+Many programs provide a command line interface, such as `mail', `ftp',
+and `sh'. For such programs, the default behaviour of Readline is
+sufficient. This section describes how to use Readline in the simplest
+way possible, perhaps to replace calls in your code to `gets()' or
+`fgets()'.
The function `readline()' prints a prompt PROMPT and then reads and
returns a single line of text from the user. If PROMPT is `NULL' or
@@ -1301,9 +1343,8 @@ it has finished with it. The declaration for `readline' in ANSI C is
So, one might say
`char *line = readline ("Enter a line: ");'
-
-in order to read a line of text from the user. The line returned has
-the final newline removed, so only the text remains.
+ in order to read a line of text from the user. The line returned
+has the final newline removed, so only the text remains.
If `readline' encounters an `EOF' while reading the line, and the
line is empty at that point, then `(char *)NULL' is returned.
@@ -1324,7 +1365,7 @@ function, and has the advantage of no static buffer to overflow:
/* A static variable for holding the line. */
static char *line_read = (char *)NULL;
-
+
/* Read a string, and return a pointer to it.
Returns NULL on EOF. */
char *
@@ -1337,15 +1378,15 @@ function, and has the advantage of no static buffer to overflow:
free (line_read);
line_read = (char *)NULL;
}
-
+
/* Get a line from the user. */
line_read = readline ("");
-
+
/* If the line has any text in it,
save it on the history. */
if (line_read && *line_read)
add_history (line_read);
-
+
return (line_read);
}
@@ -1373,14 +1414,14 @@ completers (*note Custom Completers::).

File: readline.info, Node: Custom Functions, Next: Readline Variables, Prev: Basic Behavior, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Custom Functions
-================
+2.2 Custom Functions
+====================
- Readline provides many functions for manipulating the text of the
-line, but it isn't possible to anticipate the needs of all programs.
-This section describes the various functions and variables defined
-within the Readline library which allow a user program to add
-customized functionality to Readline.
+Readline provides many functions for manipulating the text of the line,
+but it isn't possible to anticipate the needs of all programs. This
+section describes the various functions and variables defined within
+the Readline library which allow a user program to add customized
+functionality to Readline.
Before declaring any functions that customize Readline's behavior, or
using any functionality Readline provides in other code, an application
@@ -1406,10 +1447,10 @@ number. For Readline 4.2, for example, the value of

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Typedefs, Next: Function Writing, Up: Custom Functions
-Readline Typedefs
------------------
+2.2.1 Readline Typedefs
+-----------------------
- For readabilty, we declare a number of new object types, all pointers
+For readabilty, we declare a number of new object types, all pointers
to functions.
The reason for declaring these new types is to make it easier to
@@ -1468,13 +1509,14 @@ we may write
`typedef void rl_vcpfunc_t (char *);'
`typedef void rl_vcppfunc_t (char **);'
+

File: readline.info, Node: Function Writing, Prev: Readline Typedefs, Up: Custom Functions
-Writing a New Function
-----------------------
+2.2.2 Writing a New Function
+----------------------------
- In order to write new functions for Readline, you need to know the
+In order to write new functions for Readline, you need to know the
calling conventions for keyboard-invoked functions, and the names of the
variables that describe the current state of the line read so far.
@@ -1495,67 +1537,69 @@ negative and positive arguments. At the very least, it should be aware
that it can be passed a negative argument.
A command function should return 0 if its action completes
-successfully, and a non-zero value if some error occurs.
+successfully, and a non-zero value if some error occurs. This is the
+convention obeyed by all of the builtin Readline bindable command
+functions.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Variables, Next: Readline Convenience Functions, Prev: Custom Functions, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Readline Variables
-==================
+2.3 Readline Variables
+======================
- These variables are available to function writers.
+These variables are available to function writers.
- - Variable: char * rl_line_buffer
+ -- Variable: char * rl_line_buffer
This is the line gathered so far. You are welcome to modify the
contents of the line, but see *Note Allowing Undoing::. The
function `rl_extend_line_buffer' is available to increase the
memory allocated to `rl_line_buffer'.
- - Variable: int rl_point
+ -- Variable: int rl_point
The offset of the current cursor position in `rl_line_buffer' (the
_point_).
- - Variable: int rl_end
+ -- Variable: int rl_end
The number of characters present in `rl_line_buffer'. When
`rl_point' is at the end of the line, `rl_point' and `rl_end' are
equal.
- - Variable: int rl_mark
+ -- Variable: int rl_mark
The MARK (saved position) in the current line. If set, the mark
and point define a _region_.
- - Variable: int rl_done
+ -- Variable: int rl_done
Setting this to a non-zero value causes Readline to return the
current line immediately.
- - Variable: int rl_num_chars_to_read
+ -- Variable: int rl_num_chars_to_read
Setting this to a positive value before calling `readline()' causes
Readline to return after accepting that many characters, rather
than reading up to a character bound to `accept-line'.
- - Variable: int rl_pending_input
+ -- Variable: int rl_pending_input
Setting this to a value makes it the next keystroke read. This is
a way to stuff a single character into the input stream.
- - Variable: int rl_dispatching
+ -- Variable: int rl_dispatching
Set to a non-zero value if a function is being called from a key
binding; zero otherwise. Application functions can test this to
discover whether they were called directly or by Readline's
dispatching mechanism.
- - Variable: int rl_erase_empty_line
+ -- Variable: int rl_erase_empty_line
Setting this to a non-zero value causes Readline to completely
erase the current line, including any prompt, any time a newline
is typed as the only character on an otherwise-empty line. The
cursor is moved to the beginning of the newly-blank line.
- - Variable: char * rl_prompt
+ -- Variable: char * rl_prompt
The prompt Readline uses. This is set from the argument to
`readline()', and should not be assigned to directly. The
`rl_set_prompt()' function (*note Redisplay::) may be used to
modify the prompt string after calling `readline()'.
- - Variable: int rl_already_prompted
+ -- Variable: int rl_already_prompted
If an application wishes to display the prompt itself, rather than
have Readline do it the first time `readline()' is called, it
should set this variable to a non-zero value after displaying the
@@ -1564,95 +1608,100 @@ Readline Variables
properly. The calling application is responsible for managing the
value; Readline never sets it.
- - Variable: const char * rl_library_version
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_library_version
The version number of this revision of the library.
- - Variable: int rl_readline_version
+ -- Variable: int rl_readline_version
An integer encoding the current version of the library. The
encoding is of the form 0xMMMM, where MM is the two-digit major
version number, and MM is the two-digit minor version number. For
example, for Readline-4.2, `rl_readline_version' would have the
value 0x0402.
- - Variable: int rl_gnu_readline_p
+ -- Variable: int rl_gnu_readline_p
Always set to 1, denoting that this is GNU readline rather than
some emulation.
- - Variable: const char * rl_terminal_name
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_terminal_name
The terminal type, used for initialization. If not set by the
application, Readline sets this to the value of the `TERM'
environment variable the first time it is called.
- - Variable: const char * rl_readline_name
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_readline_name
This variable is set to a unique name by each application using
Readline. The value allows conditional parsing of the inputrc file
(*note Conditional Init Constructs::).
- - Variable: FILE * rl_instream
+ -- Variable: FILE * rl_instream
The stdio stream from which Readline reads input. If `NULL',
Readline defaults to STDIN.
- - Variable: FILE * rl_outstream
+ -- Variable: FILE * rl_outstream
The stdio stream to which Readline performs output. If `NULL',
Readline defaults to STDOUT.
- - Variable: rl_command_func_t * rl_last_func
+ -- Variable: int rl_prefer_env_winsize
+ If non-zero, Readline gives values found in the `LINES' and
+ `COLUMNS' environment variables greater precedence than values
+ fetched from the kernel when computing the screen dimensions.
+
+ -- Variable: rl_command_func_t * rl_last_func
The address of the last command function Readline executed. May
be used to test whether or not a function is being executed twice
in succession, for example.
- - Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_startup_hook
+ -- Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_startup_hook
If non-zero, this is the address of a function to call just before
`readline' prints the first prompt.
- - Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_pre_input_hook
+ -- Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_pre_input_hook
If non-zero, this is the address of a function to call after the
first prompt has been printed and just before `readline' starts
reading input characters.
- - Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_event_hook
+ -- Variable: rl_hook_func_t * rl_event_hook
If non-zero, this is the address of a function to call periodically
when Readline is waiting for terminal input. By default, this
will be called at most ten times a second if there is no keyboard
input.
- - Variable: rl_getc_func_t * rl_getc_function
+ -- Variable: rl_getc_func_t * rl_getc_function
If non-zero, Readline will call indirectly through this pointer to
get a character from the input stream. By default, it is set to
`rl_getc', the default Readline character input function (*note
Character Input::).
- - Variable: rl_voidfunc_t * rl_redisplay_function
+ -- Variable: rl_voidfunc_t * rl_redisplay_function
If non-zero, Readline will call indirectly through this pointer to
update the display with the current contents of the editing buffer.
By default, it is set to `rl_redisplay', the default Readline
redisplay function (*note Redisplay::).
- - Variable: rl_vintfunc_t * rl_prep_term_function
+ -- Variable: rl_vintfunc_t * rl_prep_term_function
If non-zero, Readline will call indirectly through this pointer to
initialize the terminal. The function takes a single argument, an
`int' flag that says whether or not to use eight-bit characters.
By default, this is set to `rl_prep_terminal' (*note Terminal
Management::).
- - Variable: rl_voidfunc_t * rl_deprep_term_function
+ -- Variable: rl_voidfunc_t * rl_deprep_term_function
If non-zero, Readline will call indirectly through this pointer to
reset the terminal. This function should undo the effects of
`rl_prep_term_function'. By default, this is set to
`rl_deprep_terminal' (*note Terminal Management::).
- - Variable: Keymap rl_executing_keymap
+ -- Variable: Keymap rl_executing_keymap
This variable is set to the keymap (*note Keymaps::) in which the
currently executing readline function was found.
- - Variable: Keymap rl_binding_keymap
+ -- Variable: Keymap rl_binding_keymap
This variable is set to the keymap (*note Keymaps::) in which the
last key binding occurred.
- - Variable: char * rl_executing_macro
+ -- Variable: char * rl_executing_macro
This variable is set to the text of any currently-executing macro.
- - Variable: int rl_readline_state
+ -- Variable: int rl_readline_state
A variable with bit values that encapsulate the current Readline
state. A bit is set with the `RL_SETSTATE' macro, and unset with
the `RL_UNSETSTATE' macro. Use the `RL_ISSTATE' macro to test
@@ -1724,16 +1773,16 @@ Readline Variables
is about to return the line to the caller.
- - Variable: int rl_explicit_arg
+ -- Variable: int rl_explicit_arg
Set to a non-zero value if an explicit numeric argument was
specified by the user. Only valid in a bindable command function.
- - Variable: int rl_numeric_arg
+ -- Variable: int rl_numeric_arg
Set to the value of any numeric argument explicitly specified by
the user before executing the current Readline function. Only
valid in a bindable command function.
- - Variable: int rl_editing_mode
+ -- Variable: int rl_editing_mode
Set to a value denoting Readline's current editing mode. A value
of 1 means Readline is currently in emacs mode; 0 means that vi
mode is active.
@@ -1741,8 +1790,8 @@ Readline Variables

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Convenience Functions, Next: Readline Signal Handling, Prev: Readline Variables, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Readline Convenience Functions
-==============================
+2.4 Readline Convenience Functions
+==================================
* Menu:
@@ -1764,10 +1813,10 @@ Readline Convenience Functions

File: readline.info, Node: Function Naming, Next: Keymaps, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Naming a Function
------------------
+2.4.1 Naming a Function
+-----------------------
- The user can dynamically change the bindings of keys while using
+The user can dynamically change the bindings of keys while using
Readline. This is done by representing the function with a descriptive
name. The user is able to type the descriptive name when referring to
the function. Thus, in an init file, one might find
@@ -1779,61 +1828,61 @@ _descriptively_ named `backward-kill-word'. You, as the programmer,
should bind the functions you write to descriptive names as well.
Readline provides a function for doing that:
- - Function: int rl_add_defun (const char *name, rl_command_func_t
+ -- Function: int rl_add_defun (const char *name, rl_command_func_t
*function, int key)
Add NAME to the list of named functions. Make FUNCTION be the
function that gets called. If KEY is not -1, then bind it to
FUNCTION using `rl_bind_key()'.
- Using this function alone is sufficient for most applications. It is
-the recommended way to add a few functions to the default functions that
-Readline has built in. If you need to do something other than adding a
-function to Readline, you may need to use the underlying functions
-described below.
+ Using this function alone is sufficient for most applications. It
+is the recommended way to add a few functions to the default functions
+that Readline has built in. If you need to do something other than
+adding a function to Readline, you may need to use the underlying
+functions described below.

File: readline.info, Node: Keymaps, Next: Binding Keys, Prev: Function Naming, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Selecting a Keymap
-------------------
+2.4.2 Selecting a Keymap
+------------------------
- Key bindings take place on a "keymap". The keymap is the
-association between the keys that the user types and the functions that
-get run. You can make your own keymaps, copy existing keymaps, and tell
-Readline which keymap to use.
+Key bindings take place on a "keymap". The keymap is the association
+between the keys that the user types and the functions that get run.
+You can make your own keymaps, copy existing keymaps, and tell Readline
+which keymap to use.
- - Function: Keymap rl_make_bare_keymap (void)
+ -- Function: Keymap rl_make_bare_keymap (void)
Returns a new, empty keymap. The space for the keymap is
allocated with `malloc()'; the caller should free it by calling
`rl_discard_keymap()' when done.
- - Function: Keymap rl_copy_keymap (Keymap map)
+ -- Function: Keymap rl_copy_keymap (Keymap map)
Return a new keymap which is a copy of MAP.
- - Function: Keymap rl_make_keymap (void)
+ -- Function: Keymap rl_make_keymap (void)
Return a new keymap with the printing characters bound to
rl_insert, the lowercase Meta characters bound to run their
equivalents, and the Meta digits bound to produce numeric
arguments.
- - Function: void rl_discard_keymap (Keymap keymap)
+ -- Function: void rl_discard_keymap (Keymap keymap)
Free the storage associated with KEYMAP.
Readline has several internal keymaps. These functions allow you to
change which keymap is active.
- - Function: Keymap rl_get_keymap (void)
+ -- Function: Keymap rl_get_keymap (void)
Returns the currently active keymap.
- - Function: void rl_set_keymap (Keymap keymap)
+ -- Function: void rl_set_keymap (Keymap keymap)
Makes KEYMAP the currently active keymap.
- - Function: Keymap rl_get_keymap_by_name (const char *name)
+ -- Function: Keymap rl_get_keymap_by_name (const char *name)
Return the keymap matching NAME. NAME is one which would be
supplied in a `set keymap' inputrc line (*note Readline Init
File::).
- - Function: char * rl_get_keymap_name (Keymap keymap)
+ -- Function: char * rl_get_keymap_name (Keymap keymap)
Return the name matching KEYMAP. NAME is one which would be
supplied in a `set keymap' inputrc line (*note Readline Init
File::).
@@ -1841,10 +1890,10 @@ change which keymap is active.

File: readline.info, Node: Binding Keys, Next: Associating Function Names and Bindings, Prev: Keymaps, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Binding Keys
-------------
+2.4.3 Binding Keys
+------------------
- Key sequences are associate with functions through the keymap.
+Key sequences are associate with functions through the keymap.
Readline has several internal keymaps: `emacs_standard_keymap',
`emacs_meta_keymap', `emacs_ctlx_keymap', `vi_movement_keymap', and
`vi_insertion_keymap'. `emacs_standard_keymap' is the default, and the
@@ -1859,38 +1908,73 @@ initialization function assigned to the `rl_startup_hook' variable
These functions manage key bindings.
- - Function: int rl_bind_key (int key, rl_command_func_t *function)
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_key (int key, rl_command_func_t *function)
Binds KEY to FUNCTION in the currently active keymap. Returns
non-zero in the case of an invalid KEY.
- - Function: int rl_bind_key_in_map (int key, rl_command_func_t
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_key_in_map (int key, rl_command_func_t
*function, Keymap map)
Bind KEY to FUNCTION in MAP. Returns non-zero in the case of an
invalid KEY.
- - Function: int rl_unbind_key (int key)
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_key_if_unbound (int key, rl_command_func_t
+ *function)
+ Binds KEY to FUNCTION if it is not already bound in the currently
+ active keymap. Returns non-zero in the case of an invalid KEY or
+ if KEY is already bound.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_key_if_unbound_in_map (int key,
+ rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map)
+ Binds KEY to FUNCTION if it is not already bound in MAP. Returns
+ non-zero in the case of an invalid KEY or if KEY is already bound.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_unbind_key (int key)
Bind KEY to the null function in the currently active keymap.
Returns non-zero in case of error.
- - Function: int rl_unbind_key_in_map (int key, Keymap map)
+ -- Function: int rl_unbind_key_in_map (int key, Keymap map)
Bind KEY to the null function in MAP. Returns non-zero in case of
error.
- - Function: int rl_unbind_function_in_map (rl_command_func_t
+ -- Function: int rl_unbind_function_in_map (rl_command_func_t
*function, Keymap map)
Unbind all keys that execute FUNCTION in MAP.
- - Function: int rl_unbind_command_in_map (const char *command, Keymap
+ -- Function: int rl_unbind_command_in_map (const char *command, Keymap
map)
Unbind all keys that are bound to COMMAND in MAP.
- - Function: int rl_set_key (const char *keyseq, rl_command_func_t
- *function, Keymap map)
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_keyseq (const char *keyseq, rl_command_func_t
+ *function)
Bind the key sequence represented by the string KEYSEQ to the
- function FUNCTION. This makes new keymaps as necessary. The
- initial keymap in which to do bindings is MAP.
+ function FUNCTION, beginning in the current keymap. This makes
+ new keymaps as necessary. The return value is non-zero if KEYSEQ
+ is invalid.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_keyseq_in_map (const char *keyseq,
+ rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map)
+ Bind the key sequence represented by the string KEYSEQ to the
+ function FUNCTION. This makes new keymaps as necessary. Initial
+ bindings are performed in MAP. The return value is non-zero if
+ KEYSEQ is invalid.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_set_key (const char *keyseq, rl_command_func_t
+ *function, Keymap map)
+ Equivalent to `rl_bind_keyseq_in_map'.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound (const char *keyseq,
+ rl_command_func_t *function)
+ Binds KEYSEQ to FUNCTION if it is not already bound in the
+ currently active keymap. Returns non-zero in the case of an
+ invalid KEYSEQ or if KEYSEQ is already bound.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound_in_map (const char *keyseq,
+ rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map)
+ Binds KEYSEQ to FUNCTION if it is not already bound in MAP.
+ Returns non-zero in the case of an invalid KEYSEQ or if KEYSEQ is
+ already bound.
- - Function: int rl_generic_bind (int type, const char *keyseq, char
+ -- Function: int rl_generic_bind (int type, const char *keyseq, char
*data, Keymap map)
Bind the key sequence represented by the string KEYSEQ to the
arbitrary pointer DATA. TYPE says what kind of data is pointed to
@@ -1898,61 +1982,61 @@ initialization function assigned to the `rl_startup_hook' variable
a keymap (`ISKMAP'). This makes new keymaps as necessary. The
initial keymap in which to do bindings is MAP.
- - Function: int rl_parse_and_bind (char *line)
+ -- Function: int rl_parse_and_bind (char *line)
Parse LINE as if it had been read from the `inputrc' file and
perform any key bindings and variable assignments found (*note
Readline Init File::).
- - Function: int rl_read_init_file (const char *filename)
+ -- Function: int rl_read_init_file (const char *filename)
Read keybindings and variable assignments from FILENAME (*note
Readline Init File::).

File: readline.info, Node: Associating Function Names and Bindings, Next: Allowing Undoing, Prev: Binding Keys, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Associating Function Names and Bindings
----------------------------------------
+2.4.4 Associating Function Names and Bindings
+---------------------------------------------
- These functions allow you to find out what keys invoke named
-functions and the functions invoked by a particular key sequence. You
-may also associate a new function name with an arbitrary function.
+These functions allow you to find out what keys invoke named functions
+and the functions invoked by a particular key sequence. You may also
+associate a new function name with an arbitrary function.
- - Function: rl_command_func_t * rl_named_function (const char *name)
+ -- Function: rl_command_func_t * rl_named_function (const char *name)
Return the function with name NAME.
- - Function: rl_command_func_t * rl_function_of_keyseq (const char
+ -- Function: rl_command_func_t * rl_function_of_keyseq (const char
*keyseq, Keymap map, int *type)
Return the function invoked by KEYSEQ in keymap MAP. If MAP is
`NULL', the current keymap is used. If TYPE is not `NULL', the
type of the object is returned in the `int' variable it points to
(one of `ISFUNC', `ISKMAP', or `ISMACR').
- - Function: char ** rl_invoking_keyseqs (rl_command_func_t *function)
+ -- Function: char ** rl_invoking_keyseqs (rl_command_func_t *function)
Return an array of strings representing the key sequences used to
invoke FUNCTION in the current keymap.
- - Function: char ** rl_invoking_keyseqs_in_map (rl_command_func_t
+ -- Function: char ** rl_invoking_keyseqs_in_map (rl_command_func_t
*function, Keymap map)
Return an array of strings representing the key sequences used to
invoke FUNCTION in the keymap MAP.
- - Function: void rl_function_dumper (int readable)
+ -- Function: void rl_function_dumper (int readable)
Print the readline function names and the key sequences currently
bound to them to `rl_outstream'. If READABLE is non-zero, the
list is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an
`inputrc' file and re-read.
- - Function: void rl_list_funmap_names (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_list_funmap_names (void)
Print the names of all bindable Readline functions to
`rl_outstream'.
- - Function: const char ** rl_funmap_names (void)
+ -- Function: const char ** rl_funmap_names (void)
Return a NULL terminated array of known function names. The array
is sorted. The array itself is allocated, but not the strings
inside. You should `free()' the array when you are done, but not
the pointers.
- - Function: int rl_add_funmap_entry (const char *name,
+ -- Function: int rl_add_funmap_entry (const char *name,
rl_command_func_t *function)
Add NAME to the list of bindable Readline command names, and make
FUNCTION the function to be called when NAME is invoked.
@@ -1960,10 +2044,10 @@ may also associate a new function name with an arbitrary function.

File: readline.info, Node: Allowing Undoing, Next: Redisplay, Prev: Associating Function Names and Bindings, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Allowing Undoing
-----------------
+2.4.5 Allowing Undoing
+----------------------
- Supporting the undo command is a painless thing, and makes your
+Supporting the undo command is a painless thing, and makes your
functions much more useful. It is certainly easy to try something if
you know you can undo it.
@@ -1985,26 +2069,26 @@ one operation. This is done with `rl_begin_undo_group()' and
what to undo, not how to undo it. `UNDO_BEGIN' and `UNDO_END' are tags
added by `rl_begin_undo_group()' and `rl_end_undo_group()'.
- - Function: int rl_begin_undo_group (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_begin_undo_group (void)
Begins saving undo information in a group construct. The undo
information usually comes from calls to `rl_insert_text()' and
`rl_delete_text()', but could be the result of calls to
`rl_add_undo()'.
- - Function: int rl_end_undo_group (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_end_undo_group (void)
Closes the current undo group started with `rl_begin_undo_group
()'. There should be one call to `rl_end_undo_group()' for each
call to `rl_begin_undo_group()'.
- - Function: void rl_add_undo (enum undo_code what, int start, int end,
- char *text)
+ -- Function: void rl_add_undo (enum undo_code what, int start, int
+ end, char *text)
Remember how to undo an event (according to WHAT). The affected
text runs from START to END, and encompasses TEXT.
- - Function: void rl_free_undo_list (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_free_undo_list (void)
Free the existing undo list.
- - Function: int rl_do_undo (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_do_undo (void)
Undo the first thing on the undo list. Returns `0' if there was
nothing to undo, non-zero if something was undone.
@@ -2013,7 +2097,7 @@ the existing text (e.g., change its case), call `rl_modifying()' once,
just before you modify the text. You must supply the indices of the
text range that you are going to modify.
- - Function: int rl_modifying (int start, int end)
+ -- Function: int rl_modifying (int start, int end)
Tell Readline to save the text between START and END as a single
undo unit. It is assumed that you will subsequently modify that
text.
@@ -2021,70 +2105,81 @@ text range that you are going to modify.

File: readline.info, Node: Redisplay, Next: Modifying Text, Prev: Allowing Undoing, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Redisplay
----------
+2.4.6 Redisplay
+---------------
- - Function: void rl_redisplay (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_redisplay (void)
Change what's displayed on the screen to reflect the current
contents of `rl_line_buffer'.
- - Function: int rl_forced_update_display (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_forced_update_display (void)
Force the line to be updated and redisplayed, whether or not
Readline thinks the screen display is correct.
- - Function: int rl_on_new_line (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_on_new_line (void)
Tell the update functions that we have moved onto a new (empty)
line, usually after ouputting a newline.
- - Function: int rl_on_new_line_with_prompt (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_on_new_line_with_prompt (void)
Tell the update functions that we have moved onto a new line, with
RL_PROMPT already displayed. This could be used by applications
that want to output the prompt string themselves, but still need
Readline to know the prompt string length for redisplay. It
should be used after setting RL_ALREADY_PROMPTED.
- - Function: int rl_reset_line_state (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_reset_line_state (void)
Reset the display state to a clean state and redisplay the current
line starting on a new line.
- - Function: int rl_crlf (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_crlf (void)
Move the cursor to the start of the next screen line.
- - Function: int rl_show_char (int c)
+ -- Function: int rl_show_char (int c)
Display character C on `rl_outstream'. If Readline has not been
set to display meta characters directly, this will convert meta
characters to a meta-prefixed key sequence. This is intended for
use by applications which wish to do their own redisplay.
- - Function: int rl_message (const char *, ...)
+ -- Function: int rl_message (const char *, ...)
The arguments are a format string as would be supplied to `printf',
possibly containing conversion specifications such as `%d', and
any additional arguments necessary to satisfy the conversion
specifications. The resulting string is displayed in the "echo
area". The echo area is also used to display numeric arguments
- and search strings.
+ and search strings. You should call `rl_save_prompt' to save the
+ prompt information before calling this function.
- - Function: int rl_clear_message (void)
- Clear the message in the echo area.
+ -- Function: int rl_clear_message (void)
+ Clear the message in the echo area. If the prompt was saved with
+ a call to `rl_save_prompt' before the last call to `rl_message',
+ call `rl_restore_prompt' before calling this function.
- - Function: void rl_save_prompt (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_save_prompt (void)
Save the local Readline prompt display state in preparation for
displaying a new message in the message area with `rl_message()'.
- - Function: void rl_restore_prompt (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_restore_prompt (void)
Restore the local Readline prompt display state saved by the most
- recent call to `rl_save_prompt'.
+ recent call to `rl_save_prompt'. if `rl_save_prompt' was called
+ to save the prompt before a call to `rl_message', this function
+ should be called before the corresponding call to
+ `rl_clear_message'.
- - Function: int rl_expand_prompt (char *prompt)
+ -- Function: int rl_expand_prompt (char *prompt)
Expand any special character sequences in PROMPT and set up the
local Readline prompt redisplay variables. This function is
called by `readline()'. It may also be called to expand the
primary prompt if the `rl_on_new_line_with_prompt()' function or
`rl_already_prompted' variable is used. It returns the number of
visible characters on the last line of the (possibly multi-line)
- prompt.
-
- - Function: int rl_set_prompt (const char *prompt)
+ prompt. Applications may indicate that the prompt contains
+ characters that take up no physical screen space when displayed by
+ bracketing a sequence of such characters with the special markers
+ `RL_PROMPT_START_IGNORE' and `RL_PROMPT_END_IGNORE' (declared in
+ `readline.h'. This may be used to embed terminal-specific escape
+ sequences in prompts.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_set_prompt (const char *prompt)
Make Readline use PROMPT for subsequent redisplay. This calls
`rl_expand_prompt()' to expand the prompt and sets `rl_prompt' to
the result.
@@ -2092,29 +2187,29 @@ Redisplay

File: readline.info, Node: Modifying Text, Next: Character Input, Prev: Redisplay, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Modifying Text
---------------
+2.4.7 Modifying Text
+--------------------
- - Function: int rl_insert_text (const char *text)
+ -- Function: int rl_insert_text (const char *text)
Insert TEXT into the line at the current cursor position. Returns
the number of characters inserted.
- - Function: int rl_delete_text (int start, int end)
+ -- Function: int rl_delete_text (int start, int end)
Delete the text between START and END in the current line.
Returns the number of characters deleted.
- - Function: char * rl_copy_text (int start, int end)
+ -- Function: char * rl_copy_text (int start, int end)
Return a copy of the text between START and END in the current
line.
- - Function: int rl_kill_text (int start, int end)
+ -- Function: int rl_kill_text (int start, int end)
Copy the text between START and END in the current line to the
kill ring, appending or prepending to the last kill if the last
command was a kill command. The text is deleted. If START is
less than END, the text is appended, otherwise prepended. If the
last command was not a kill, a new kill ring slot is used.
- - Function: int rl_push_macro_input (char *macro)
+ -- Function: int rl_push_macro_input (char *macro)
Cause MACRO to be inserted into the line, as if it had been invoked
by a key bound to a macro. Not especially useful; use
`rl_insert_text()' instead.
@@ -2122,10 +2217,10 @@ Modifying Text

File: readline.info, Node: Character Input, Next: Terminal Management, Prev: Modifying Text, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Character Input
----------------
+2.4.8 Character Input
+---------------------
- - Function: int rl_read_key (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_read_key (void)
Return the next character available from Readline's current input
stream. This handles input inserted into the input stream via
RL_PENDING_INPUT (*note Readline Variables::) and
@@ -2133,27 +2228,27 @@ Character Input
While waiting for input, this function will call any function
assigned to the `rl_event_hook' variable.
- - Function: int rl_getc (FILE *stream)
+ -- Function: int rl_getc (FILE *stream)
Return the next character available from STREAM, which is assumed
to be the keyboard.
- - Function: int rl_stuff_char (int c)
+ -- Function: int rl_stuff_char (int c)
Insert C into the Readline input stream. It will be "read" before
Readline attempts to read characters from the terminal with
`rl_read_key()'. Up to 512 characters may be pushed back.
`rl_stuff_char' returns 1 if the character was successfully
inserted; 0 otherwise.
- - Function: int rl_execute_next (int c)
+ -- Function: int rl_execute_next (int c)
Make C be the next command to be executed when `rl_read_key()' is
called. This sets RL_PENDING_INPUT.
- - Function: int rl_clear_pending_input (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_clear_pending_input (void)
Unset RL_PENDING_INPUT, effectively negating the effect of any
previous call to `rl_execute_next()'. This works only if the
pending input has not already been read with `rl_read_key()'.
- - Function: int rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout (int u)
+ -- Function: int rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout (int u)
While waiting for keyboard input in `rl_read_key()', Readline will
wait for U microseconds for input before calling any function
assigned to `rl_event_hook'. The default waiting period is
@@ -2162,26 +2257,31 @@ Character Input

File: readline.info, Node: Terminal Management, Next: Utility Functions, Prev: Character Input, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Terminal Management
--------------------
+2.4.9 Terminal Management
+-------------------------
- - Function: void rl_prep_terminal (int meta_flag)
+ -- Function: void rl_prep_terminal (int meta_flag)
Modify the terminal settings for Readline's use, so `readline()'
can read a single character at a time from the keyboard. The
META_FLAG argument should be non-zero if Readline should read
eight-bit input.
- - Function: void rl_deprep_terminal (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_deprep_terminal (void)
Undo the effects of `rl_prep_terminal()', leaving the terminal in
the state in which it was before the most recent call to
`rl_prep_terminal()'.
- - Function: void rl_tty_set_default_bindings (Keymap kmap)
+ -- Function: void rl_tty_set_default_bindings (Keymap kmap)
Read the operating system's terminal editing characters (as would
be displayed by `stty') to their Readline equivalents. The
bindings are performed in KMAP.
- - Function: int rl_reset_terminal (const char *terminal_name)
+ -- Function: void rl_tty_unset_default_bindings (Keymap kmap)
+ Reset the bindings manipulated by `rl_tty_set_default_bindings' so
+ that the terminal editing characters are bound to `rl_insert'.
+ The bindings are performed in KMAP.
+
+ -- Function: int rl_reset_terminal (const char *terminal_name)
Reinitialize Readline's idea of the terminal settings using
TERMINAL_NAME as the terminal type (e.g., `vt100'). If
TERMINAL_NAME is `NULL', the value of the `TERM' environment
@@ -2190,30 +2290,30 @@ Terminal Management

File: readline.info, Node: Utility Functions, Next: Miscellaneous Functions, Prev: Terminal Management, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Utility Functions
------------------
+2.4.10 Utility Functions
+------------------------
- - Function: void rl_replace_line (const char *text, int clear_undo)
+ -- Function: void rl_replace_line (const char *text, int clear_undo)
Replace the contents of `rl_line_buffer' with TEXT. The point and
mark are preserved, if possible. If CLEAR_UNDO is non-zero, the
undo list associated with the current line is cleared.
- - Function: int rl_extend_line_buffer (int len)
+ -- Function: int rl_extend_line_buffer (int len)
Ensure that `rl_line_buffer' has enough space to hold LEN
characters, possibly reallocating it if necessary.
- - Function: int rl_initialize (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_initialize (void)
Initialize or re-initialize Readline's internal state. It's not
strictly necessary to call this; `readline()' calls it before
reading any input.
- - Function: int rl_ding (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_ding (void)
Ring the terminal bell, obeying the setting of `bell-style'.
- - Function: int rl_alphabetic (int c)
+ -- Function: int rl_alphabetic (int c)
Return 1 if C is an alphabetic character.
- - Function: void rl_display_match_list (char **matches, int len, int
+ -- Function: void rl_display_match_list (char **matches, int len, int
max)
A convenience function for displaying a list of strings in
columnar format on Readline's output stream. `matches' is the list
@@ -2226,63 +2326,68 @@ Utility Functions
The following are implemented as macros, defined in `chardefs.h'.
Applications should refrain from using them.
- - Function: int _rl_uppercase_p (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_uppercase_p (int c)
Return 1 if C is an uppercase alphabetic character.
- - Function: int _rl_lowercase_p (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_lowercase_p (int c)
Return 1 if C is a lowercase alphabetic character.
- - Function: int _rl_digit_p (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_digit_p (int c)
Return 1 if C is a numeric character.
- - Function: int _rl_to_upper (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_to_upper (int c)
If C is a lowercase alphabetic character, return the corresponding
uppercase character.
- - Function: int _rl_to_lower (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_to_lower (int c)
If C is an uppercase alphabetic character, return the corresponding
lowercase character.
- - Function: int _rl_digit_value (int c)
+ -- Function: int _rl_digit_value (int c)
If C is a number, return the value it represents.

File: readline.info, Node: Miscellaneous Functions, Next: Alternate Interface, Prev: Utility Functions, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Miscellaneous Functions
------------------------
+2.4.11 Miscellaneous Functions
+------------------------------
- - Function: int rl_macro_bind (const char *keyseq, const char *macro,
+ -- Function: int rl_macro_bind (const char *keyseq, const char *macro,
Keymap map)
Bind the key sequence KEYSEQ to invoke the macro MACRO. The
binding is performed in MAP. When KEYSEQ is invoked, the MACRO
will be inserted into the line. This function is deprecated; use
`rl_generic_bind()' instead.
- - Function: void rl_macro_dumper (int readable)
+ -- Function: void rl_macro_dumper (int readable)
Print the key sequences bound to macros and their values, using
the current keymap, to `rl_outstream'. If READABLE is non-zero,
the list is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an
`inputrc' file and re-read.
- - Function: int rl_variable_bind (const char *variable, const char
+ -- Function: int rl_variable_bind (const char *variable, const char
*value)
Make the Readline variable VARIABLE have VALUE. This behaves as
if the readline command `set VARIABLE VALUE' had been executed in
an `inputrc' file (*note Readline Init File Syntax::).
- - Function: void rl_variable_dumper (int readable)
+ -- Function: char * rl_variable_value (const char *variable)
+ Return a string representing the value of the Readline variable
+ VARIABLE. For boolean variables, this string is either `on' or
+ `off'.
+
+ -- Function: void rl_variable_dumper (int readable)
Print the readline variable names and their current values to
`rl_outstream'. If READABLE is non-zero, the list is formatted in
such a way that it can be made part of an `inputrc' file and
re-read.
- - Function: int rl_set_paren_blink_timeout (int u)
+ -- Function: int rl_set_paren_blink_timeout (int u)
Set the time interval (in microseconds) that Readline waits when
showing a balancing character when `blink-matching-paren' has been
enabled.
- - Function: char * rl_get_termcap (const char *cap)
+ -- Function: char * rl_get_termcap (const char *cap)
Retrieve the string value of the termcap capability CAP. Readline
fetches the termcap entry for the current terminal name and uses
those capabilities to move around the screen line and perform other
@@ -2293,24 +2398,24 @@ Miscellaneous Functions

File: readline.info, Node: Alternate Interface, Next: A Readline Example, Prev: Miscellaneous Functions, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-Alternate Interface
--------------------
+2.4.12 Alternate Interface
+--------------------------
- An alternate interface is available to plain `readline()'. Some
+An alternate interface is available to plain `readline()'. Some
applications need to interleave keyboard I/O with file, device, or
window system I/O, typically by using a main loop to `select()' on
various file descriptors. To accomodate this need, readline can also
be invoked as a `callback' function from an event loop. There are
functions available to make this easy.
- - Function: void rl_callback_handler_install (const char *prompt,
+ -- Function: void rl_callback_handler_install (const char *prompt,
rl_vcpfunc_t *lhandler)
Set up the terminal for readline I/O and display the initial
expanded value of PROMPT. Save the value of LHANDLER to use as a
function to call when a complete line of input has been entered.
The function takes the text of the line as an argument.
- - Function: void rl_callback_read_char (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_callback_read_char (void)
Whenever an application determines that keyboard input is
available, it should call `rl_callback_read_char()', which will
read the next character from the current input source. If that
@@ -2322,7 +2427,7 @@ functions available to make this easy.
the terminal settings are modified for Readline's use again.
`EOF' is indicated by calling LHANDLER with a `NULL' line.
- - Function: void rl_callback_handler_remove (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_callback_handler_remove (void)
Restore the terminal to its initial state and remove the line
handler. This may be called from within a callback as well as
independently. If the LHANDLER installed by
@@ -2334,14 +2439,14 @@ functions available to make this easy.

File: readline.info, Node: A Readline Example, Prev: Alternate Interface, Up: Readline Convenience Functions
-A Readline Example
-------------------
+2.4.13 A Readline Example
+-------------------------
- Here is a function which changes lowercase characters to their
-uppercase equivalents, and uppercase characters to lowercase. If this
-function was bound to `M-c', then typing `M-c' would change the case of
-the character under point. Typing `M-1 0 M-c' would change the case of
-the following 10 characters, leaving the cursor on the last character
+Here is a function which changes lowercase characters to their uppercase
+equivalents, and uppercase characters to lowercase. If this function
+was bound to `M-c', then typing `M-c' would change the case of the
+character under point. Typing `M-1 0 M-c' would change the case of the
+following 10 characters, leaving the cursor on the last character
changed.
/* Invert the case of the COUNT following characters. */
@@ -2350,12 +2455,12 @@ changed.
int count, key;
{
register int start, end, i;
-
+
start = rl_point;
-
+
if (rl_point >= rl_end)
return (0);
-
+
if (count < 0)
{
direction = -1;
@@ -2363,30 +2468,30 @@ changed.
}
else
direction = 1;
-
+
/* Find the end of the range to modify. */
end = start + (count * direction);
-
+
/* Force it to be within range. */
if (end > rl_end)
end = rl_end;
else if (end < 0)
end = 0;
-
+
if (start == end)
return (0);
-
+
if (start > end)
{
int temp = start;
start = end;
end = temp;
}
-
+
/* Tell readline that we are modifying the line,
so it will save the undo information. */
rl_modifying (start, end);
-
+
for (i = start; i != end; i++)
{
if (_rl_uppercase_p (rl_line_buffer[i]))
@@ -2402,10 +2507,10 @@ changed.

File: readline.info, Node: Readline Signal Handling, Next: Custom Completers, Prev: Readline Convenience Functions, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Readline Signal Handling
-========================
+2.5 Readline Signal Handling
+============================
- Signals are asynchronous events sent to a process by the Unix kernel,
+Signals are asynchronous events sent to a process by the Unix kernel,
sometimes on behalf of another process. They are intended to indicate
exceptional events, like a user pressing the interrupt key on his
terminal, or a network connection being broken. There is a class of
@@ -2446,14 +2551,14 @@ when they are received. It is important that applications change the
values of these variables only when calling `readline()', not in a
signal handler, so Readline's internal signal state is not corrupted.
- - Variable: int rl_catch_signals
+ -- Variable: int rl_catch_signals
If this variable is non-zero, Readline will install signal
handlers for `SIGINT', `SIGQUIT', `SIGTERM', `SIGALRM', `SIGTSTP',
`SIGTTIN', and `SIGTTOU'.
The default value of `rl_catch_signals' is 1.
- - Variable: int rl_catch_sigwinch
+ -- Variable: int rl_catch_sigwinch
If this variable is non-zero, Readline will install a signal
handler for `SIGWINCH'.
@@ -2464,13 +2569,13 @@ or to handle signals other than those Readline catches (`SIGHUP', for
example), Readline provides convenience functions to do the necessary
terminal and internal state cleanup upon receipt of a signal.
- - Function: void rl_cleanup_after_signal (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_cleanup_after_signal (void)
This function will reset the state of the terminal to what it was
before `readline()' was called, and remove the Readline signal
handlers for all signals, depending on the values of
`rl_catch_signals' and `rl_catch_sigwinch'.
- - Function: void rl_free_line_state (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_free_line_state (void)
This will free any partial state associated with the current input
line (undo information, any partial history entry, any
partially-entered keyboard macro, and any partially-entered
@@ -2478,7 +2583,7 @@ terminal and internal state cleanup upon receipt of a signal.
`rl_cleanup_after_signal()'. The Readline signal handler for
`SIGINT' calls this to abort the current input line.
- - Function: void rl_reset_after_signal (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_reset_after_signal (void)
This will reinitialize the terminal and reinstall any Readline
signal handlers, depending on the values of `rl_catch_signals' and
`rl_catch_sigwinch'.
@@ -2487,42 +2592,47 @@ terminal and internal state cleanup upon receipt of a signal.
call `rl_resize_terminal()' or `rl_set_screen_size()' to force Readline
to update its idea of the terminal size when a `SIGWINCH' is received.
- - Function: void rl_resize_terminal (void)
+ -- Function: void rl_resize_terminal (void)
Update Readline's internal screen size by reading values from the
kernel.
- - Function: void rl_set_screen_size (int rows, int cols)
+ -- Function: void rl_set_screen_size (int rows, int cols)
Set Readline's idea of the terminal size to ROWS rows and COLS
- columns.
+ columns. If either ROWS or COLUMNS is less than or equal to 0,
+ Readline's idea of that terminal dimension is unchanged.
If an application does not want to install a `SIGWINCH' handler, but
is still interested in the screen dimensions, Readline's idea of the
screen size may be queried.
- - Function: void rl_get_screen_size (int *rows, int *cols)
+ -- Function: void rl_get_screen_size (int *rows, int *cols)
Return Readline's idea of the terminal's size in the variables
pointed to by the arguments.
+ -- Function: void rl_reset_screen_size (void)
+ Cause Readline to reobtain the screen size and recalculate its
+ dimensions.
+
The following functions install and remove Readline's signal
handlers.
- - Function: int rl_set_signals (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_set_signals (void)
Install Readline's signal handler for `SIGINT', `SIGQUIT',
`SIGTERM', `SIGALRM', `SIGTSTP', `SIGTTIN', `SIGTTOU', and
`SIGWINCH', depending on the values of `rl_catch_signals' and
`rl_catch_sigwinch'.
- - Function: int rl_clear_signals (void)
+ -- Function: int rl_clear_signals (void)
Remove all of the Readline signal handlers installed by
`rl_set_signals()'.

File: readline.info, Node: Custom Completers, Prev: Readline Signal Handling, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-Custom Completers
-=================
+2.6 Custom Completers
+=====================
- Typically, a program that reads commands from the user has a way of
+Typically, a program that reads commands from the user has a way of
disambiguating commands and data. If your program is one of these, then
it can provide completion for commands, data, or both. The following
sections describe how your program and Readline cooperate to provide
@@ -2538,10 +2648,10 @@ this service.

File: readline.info, Node: How Completing Works, Next: Completion Functions, Up: Custom Completers
-How Completing Works
---------------------
+2.6.1 How Completing Works
+--------------------------
- In order to complete some text, the full list of possible completions
+In order to complete some text, the full list of possible completions
must be available. That is, it is not possible to accurately expand a
partial word without knowing all of the possible words which make sense
in that context. The Readline library provides the user interface to
@@ -2578,39 +2688,46 @@ functions must do, and provides an example.
list of possible completions when STATE is zero, and returns them
one at a time on subsequent calls. Each string the generator
function returns as a match must be allocated with `malloc()';
- Readline frees the strings when it has finished with them.
+ Readline frees the strings when it has finished with them. Such a
+ generator function is referred to as an "application-specific
+ completion function".
- - Function: int rl_complete (int ignore, int invoking_key)
+ -- Function: int rl_complete (int ignore, int invoking_key)
Complete the word at or before point. You have supplied the
function that does the initial simple matching selection algorithm
(see `rl_completion_matches()'). The default is to do filename
completion.
- - Variable: rl_compentry_func_t * rl_completion_entry_function
+ -- Variable: rl_compentry_func_t * rl_completion_entry_function
This is a pointer to the generator function for
`rl_completion_matches()'. If the value of
`rl_completion_entry_function' is `NULL' then the default filename
generator function, `rl_filename_completion_function()', is used.
+ An "application-specific completion function" is a function whose
+ address is assigned to `rl_completion_entry_function' and whose
+ return values are used to generate possible completions.

File: readline.info, Node: Completion Functions, Next: Completion Variables, Prev: How Completing Works, Up: Custom Completers
-Completion Functions
---------------------
+2.6.2 Completion Functions
+--------------------------
- Here is the complete list of callable completion functions present in
+Here is the complete list of callable completion functions present in
Readline.
- - Function: int rl_complete_internal (int what_to_do)
+ -- Function: int rl_complete_internal (int what_to_do)
Complete the word at or before point. WHAT_TO_DO says what to do
with the completion. A value of `?' means list the possible
completions. `TAB' means do standard completion. `*' means
insert all of the possible completions. `!' means to display all
of the possible completions, if there is more than one, as well as
- performing partial completion.
+ performing partial completion. `@' is similar to `!', but
+ possible completions are not listed if the possible completions
+ share a common prefix.
- - Function: int rl_complete (int ignore, int invoking_key)
+ -- Function: int rl_complete (int ignore, int invoking_key)
Complete the word at or before point. You have supplied the
function that does the initial simple matching selection algorithm
(see `rl_completion_matches()' and `rl_completion_entry_function').
@@ -2618,23 +2735,23 @@ Readline.
`rl_complete_internal()' with an argument depending on
INVOKING_KEY.
- - Function: int rl_possible_completions (int count, int invoking_key)
+ -- Function: int rl_possible_completions (int count, int invoking_key)
List the possible completions. See description of `rl_complete
()'. This calls `rl_complete_internal()' with an argument of `?'.
- - Function: int rl_insert_completions (int count, int invoking_key)
+ -- Function: int rl_insert_completions (int count, int invoking_key)
Insert the list of possible completions into the line, deleting the
partially-completed word. See description of `rl_complete()'.
This calls `rl_complete_internal()' with an argument of `*'.
- - Function: int rl_completion_mode (rl_command_func_t *cfunc)
+ -- Function: int rl_completion_mode (rl_command_func_t *cfunc)
Returns the apppriate value to pass to `rl_complete_internal()'
depending on whether CFUNC was called twice in succession and the
- value of the `show-all-if-ambiguous' variable.
- Application-specific completion functions may use this function to
- present the same interface as `rl_complete()'.
+ values of the `show-all-if-ambiguous' and `show-all-if-unmodified'
+ variables. Application-specific completion functions may use this
+ function to present the same interface as `rl_complete()'.
- - Function: char ** rl_completion_matches (const char *text,
+ -- Function: char ** rl_completion_matches (const char *text,
rl_compentry_func_t *entry_func)
Returns an array of strings which is a list of completions for
TEXT. If there are no completions, returns `NULL'. The first
@@ -2648,14 +2765,14 @@ Readline.
ENTRY_FUNC returns a `NULL' pointer to the caller when there are
no more matches.
- - Function: char * rl_filename_completion_function (const char *text,
+ -- Function: char * rl_filename_completion_function (const char *text,
int state)
A generator function for filename completion in the general case.
TEXT is a partial filename. The Bash source is a useful reference
- for writing custom completion functions (the Bash completion
- functions call this and other Readline functions).
+ for writing application-specific completion functions (the Bash
+ completion functions call this and other Readline functions).
- - Function: char * rl_username_completion_function (const char *text,
+ -- Function: char * rl_username_completion_function (const char *text,
int state)
A completion generator for usernames. TEXT contains a partial
username preceded by a random character (usually `~'). As with all
@@ -2665,15 +2782,15 @@ Readline.

File: readline.info, Node: Completion Variables, Next: A Short Completion Example, Prev: Completion Functions, Up: Custom Completers
-Completion Variables
---------------------
+2.6.3 Completion Variables
+--------------------------
- - Variable: rl_compentry_func_t * rl_completion_entry_function
+ -- Variable: rl_compentry_func_t * rl_completion_entry_function
A pointer to the generator function for `rl_completion_matches()'.
`NULL' means to use `rl_filename_completion_function()', the
default filename completer.
- - Variable: rl_completion_func_t * rl_attempted_completion_function
+ -- Variable: rl_completion_func_t * rl_attempted_completion_function
A pointer to an alternative function to create matches. The
function is called with TEXT, START, and END. START and END are
indices in `rl_line_buffer' defining the boundaries of TEXT, which
@@ -2685,7 +2802,7 @@ Completion Variables
a non-zero value, Readline will not perform its default completion
even if this function returns no matches.
- - Variable: rl_quote_func_t * rl_filename_quoting_function
+ -- Variable: rl_quote_func_t * rl_filename_quoting_function
A pointer to a function that will quote a filename in an
application-specific fashion. This is called if filename
completion is being attempted and one of the characters in
@@ -2698,7 +2815,7 @@ Completion Variables
to any opening quote character the user typed. Some functions
choose to reset this character.
- - Variable: rl_dequote_func_t * rl_filename_dequoting_function
+ -- Variable: rl_dequote_func_t * rl_filename_dequoting_function
A pointer to a function that will remove application-specific
quoting characters from a filename before completion is attempted,
so those characters do not interfere with matching the text
@@ -2707,7 +2824,7 @@ Completion Variables
character that delimits the filename (usually `'' or `"'). If
QUOTE_CHAR is zero, the filename was not in an embedded string.
- - Variable: rl_linebuf_func_t * rl_char_is_quoted_p
+ -- Variable: rl_linebuf_func_t * rl_char_is_quoted_p
A pointer to a function to call that determines whether or not a
specific character in the line buffer is quoted, according to
whatever quoting mechanism the program calling Readline uses. The
@@ -2717,7 +2834,7 @@ Completion Variables
`rl_completer_word_break_characters' should be used to break words
for the completer.
- - Variable: rl_compignore_func_t * rl_ignore_some_completions_function
+ -- Variable: rl_compignore_func_t * rl_ignore_some_completions_function
This function, if defined, is called by the completer when real
filename completion is done, after all the matching names have
been generated. It is passed a `NULL' terminated array of matches.
@@ -2725,7 +2842,7 @@ Completion Variables
to all matches. This function can re-arrange the list of matches
as required, but each element deleted from the array must be freed.
- - Variable: rl_icppfunc_t * rl_directory_completion_hook
+ -- Variable: rl_icppfunc_t * rl_directory_completion_hook
This function, if defined, is allowed to modify the directory
portion of filenames Readline completes. It is called with the
address of a string (the current directory name) as an argument,
@@ -2738,7 +2855,7 @@ Completion Variables
argument. It could be used to expand symbolic links or shell
variables in pathnames.
- - Variable: rl_compdisp_func_t * rl_completion_display_matches_hook
+ -- Variable: rl_compdisp_func_t * rl_completion_display_matches_hook
If non-zero, then this is the address of a function to call when
completing a word would normally display the list of possible
matches. This function is called in lieu of Readline displaying
@@ -2751,105 +2868,139 @@ Completion Variables
Readline's output stream. That function may be called from this
hook.
- - Variable: const char * rl_basic_word_break_characters
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_basic_word_break_characters
The basic list of characters that signal a break between words for
the completer routine. The default value of this variable is the
characters which break words for completion in Bash: `"
\t\n\"\\'`@$><=;|&{("'.
- - Variable: const char * rl_basic_quote_characters
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_basic_quote_characters
A list of quote characters which can cause a word break.
- - Variable: const char * rl_completer_word_break_characters
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_completer_word_break_characters
The list of characters that signal a break between words for
`rl_complete_internal()'. The default list is the value of
`rl_basic_word_break_characters'.
- - Variable: const char * rl_completer_quote_characters
+ -- Variable: rl_cpvfunc_t * rl_completion_word_break_hook
+ If non-zero, this is the address of a function to call when
+ Readline is deciding where to separate words for word completion.
+ It should return a character string like
+ `rl_completer_word_break_characters' to be used to perform the
+ current completion. The function may choose to set
+ `rl_completer_word_break_characters' itself. If the function
+ returns `NULL', `rl_completer_word_break_characters' is used.
+
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_completer_quote_characters
A list of characters which can be used to quote a substring of the
line. Completion occurs on the entire substring, and within the
substring `rl_completer_word_break_characters' are treated as any
other character, unless they also appear within this list.
- - Variable: const char * rl_filename_quote_characters
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_filename_quote_characters
A list of characters that cause a filename to be quoted by the
completer when they appear in a completed filename. The default
is the null string.
- - Variable: const char * rl_special_prefixes
+ -- Variable: const char * rl_special_prefixes
The list of characters that are word break characters, but should
be left in TEXT when it is passed to the completion function.
Programs can use this to help determine what kind of completing to
do. For instance, Bash sets this variable to "$@" so that it can
complete shell variables and hostnames.
- - Variable: int rl_completion_query_items
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_query_items
Up to this many items will be displayed in response to a
- possible-completions call. After that, we ask the user if she is
- sure she wants to see them all. The default value is 100.
+ possible-completions call. After that, readline asks the user if
+ she is sure she wants to see them all. The default value is 100.
+ A negative value indicates that Readline should never ask the user.
- - Variable: int rl_completion_append_character
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_append_character
When a single completion alternative matches at the end of the
command line, this character is appended to the inserted
completion text. The default is a space character (` '). Setting
this to the null character (`\0') prevents anything being appended
- automatically. This can be changed in custom completion functions
- to provide the "most sensible word separator character" according
- to an application-specific command line syntax specification.
+ automatically. This can be changed in application-specific
+ completion functions to provide the "most sensible word separator
+ character" according to an application-specific command line
+ syntax specification.
- - Variable: int rl_completion_suppress_append
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_suppress_append
If non-zero, RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER is not appended to
matches at the end of the command line, as described above. It is
set to 0 before any application-specific completion function is
+ called, and may only be changed within such a function.
+
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_quote_character
+ When Readline is completing quoted text, as delimited by one of the
+ characters in RL_COMPLETER_QUOTE_CHARACTERS, it sets this variable
+ to the quoting character found. This is set before any
+ application-specific completion function is called.
+
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_suppress_quote
+ If non-zero, Readline does not append a matching quote character
+ when performing completion on a quoted string. It is set to 0
+ before any application-specific completion function is called, and
+ may only be changed within such a function.
+
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_found_quote
+ When Readline is completing quoted text, it sets this variable to
+ a non-zero value if the word being completed contains or is
+ delimited by any quoting characters, including backslashes. This
+ is set before any application-specific completion function is
called.
- - Variable: int rl_completion_mark_symlink_dirs
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_mark_symlink_dirs
If non-zero, a slash will be appended to completed filenames that
are symbolic links to directory names, subject to the value of the
user-settable MARK-DIRECTORIES variable. This variable exists so
- that application completion functions can override the user's
- global preference (set via the MARK-SYMLINKED-DIRECTORIES Readline
- variable) if appropriate. This variable is set to the user's
- preference before any application completion function is called,
- so unless that function modifies the value, the user's preferences
- are honored.
-
- - Variable: int rl_ignore_completion_duplicates
+ that application-specific completion functions can override the
+ user's global preference (set via the MARK-SYMLINKED-DIRECTORIES
+ Readline variable) if appropriate. This variable is set to the
+ user's preference before any application-specific completion
+ function is called, so unless that function modifies the value,
+ the user's preferences are honored.
+
+ -- Variable: int rl_ignore_completion_duplicates
If non-zero, then duplicates in the matches are removed. The
default is 1.
- - Variable: int rl_filename_completion_desired
+ -- Variable: int rl_filename_completion_desired
Non-zero means that the results of the matches are to be treated as
- filenames. This is _always_ zero on entry, and can only be changed
- within a completion entry generator function. If it is set to a
- non-zero value, directory names have a slash appended and Readline
- attempts to quote completed filenames if they contain any
- characters in `rl_filename_quote_characters' and
- `rl_filename_quoting_desired' is set to a non-zero value.
-
- - Variable: int rl_filename_quoting_desired
+ filenames. This is _always_ zero when completion is attempted,
+ and can only be changed within an application-specific completion
+ function. If it is set to a non-zero value by such a function,
+ directory names have a slash appended and Readline attempts to
+ quote completed filenames if they contain any characters in
+ `rl_filename_quote_characters' and `rl_filename_quoting_desired'
+ is set to a non-zero value.
+
+ -- Variable: int rl_filename_quoting_desired
Non-zero means that the results of the matches are to be quoted
using double quotes (or an application-specific quoting mechanism)
if the completed filename contains any characters in
- `rl_filename_quote_chars'. This is _always_ non-zero on entry,
- and can only be changed within a completion entry generator
- function. The quoting is effected via a call to the function
- pointed to by `rl_filename_quoting_function'.
+ `rl_filename_quote_chars'. This is _always_ non-zero when
+ completion is attempted, and can only be changed within an
+ application-specific completion function. The quoting is effected
+ via a call to the function pointed to by
+ `rl_filename_quoting_function'.
- - Variable: int rl_attempted_completion_over
+ -- Variable: int rl_attempted_completion_over
If an application-specific completion function assigned to
`rl_attempted_completion_function' sets this variable to a non-zero
value, Readline will not perform its default filename completion
even if the application's completion function returns no matches.
It should be set only by an application's completion function.
- - Variable: int rl_completion_type
+ -- Variable: int rl_completion_type
Set to a character describing the type of completion Readline is
currently attempting; see the description of
`rl_complete_internal()' (*note Completion Functions::) for the
- list of characters.
+ list of characters. This is set to the appropriate value before
+ any application-specific completion function is called, allowing
+ such functions to present the same interface as `rl_complete()'.
- - Variable: int rl_inhibit_completion
+ -- Variable: int rl_inhibit_completion
If this variable is non-zero, completion is inhibited. The
completion character will be inserted as any other bound to
`self-insert'.
@@ -2857,10 +3008,10 @@ Completion Variables

File: readline.info, Node: A Short Completion Example, Prev: Completion Variables, Up: Custom Completers
-A Short Completion Example
---------------------------
+2.6.4 A Short Completion Example
+--------------------------------
- Here is a small application demonstrating the use of the GNU Readline
+Here is a small application demonstrating the use of the GNU Readline
library. It is called `fileman', and the source code resides in
`examples/fileman.c'. This sample application provides completion of
command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
@@ -2868,18 +3019,18 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
/* fileman.c -- A tiny application which demonstrates how to use the
GNU Readline library. This application interactively allows users
to manipulate files and their modes. */
-
+
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
-
+
#include <readline/readline.h>
#include <readline/history.h>
-
+
extern char *xmalloc ();
-
+
/* The names of functions that actually do the manipulation. */
int com_list __P((char *));
int com_view __P((char *));
@@ -2890,16 +3041,16 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
int com_help __P((char *));
int com_cd __P((char *));
int com_quit __P((char *));
-
+
/* A structure which contains information on the commands this program
can understand. */
-
+
typedef struct {
char *name; /* User printable name of the function. */
rl_icpfunc_t *func; /* Function to call to do the job. */
char *doc; /* Documentation for this function. */
} COMMAND;
-
+
COMMAND commands[] = {
{ "cd", com_cd, "Change to directory DIR" },
{ "delete", com_delete, "Delete FILE" },
@@ -2914,62 +3065,62 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
{ "view", com_view, "View the contents of FILE" },
{ (char *)NULL, (rl_icpfunc_t *)NULL, (char *)NULL }
};
-
+
/* Forward declarations. */
char *stripwhite ();
COMMAND *find_command ();
-
+
/* The name of this program, as taken from argv[0]. */
char *progname;
-
+
/* When non-zero, this means the user is done using this program. */
int done;
-
+
char *
dupstr (s)
int s;
{
char *r;
-
+
r = xmalloc (strlen (s) + 1);
strcpy (r, s);
return (r);
}
-
+
main (argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
char *line, *s;
-
+
progname = argv[0];
-
+
initialize_readline (); /* Bind our completer. */
-
+
/* Loop reading and executing lines until the user quits. */
for ( ; done == 0; )
{
line = readline ("FileMan: ");
-
+
if (!line)
break;
-
+
/* Remove leading and trailing whitespace from the line.
Then, if there is anything left, add it to the history list
and execute it. */
s = stripwhite (line);
-
+
if (*s)
{
add_history (s);
execute_line (s);
}
-
+
free (line);
}
exit (0);
}
-
+
/* Execute a command line. */
int
execute_line (line)
@@ -2978,37 +3129,37 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
register int i;
COMMAND *command;
char *word;
-
+
/* Isolate the command word. */
i = 0;
while (line[i] && whitespace (line[i]))
i++;
word = line + i;
-
+
while (line[i] && !whitespace (line[i]))
i++;
-
+
if (line[i])
line[i++] = '\0';
-
+
command = find_command (word);
-
+
if (!command)
{
fprintf (stderr, "%s: No such command for FileMan.\n", word);
return (-1);
}
-
+
/* Get argument to command, if any. */
while (whitespace (line[i]))
i++;
-
+
word = line + i;
-
+
/* Call the function. */
return ((*(command->func)) (word));
}
-
+
/* Look up NAME as the name of a command, and return a pointer to that
command. Return a NULL pointer if NAME isn't a command name. */
COMMAND *
@@ -3016,14 +3167,14 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
char *name;
{
register int i;
-
+
for (i = 0; commands[i].name; i++)
if (strcmp (name, commands[i].name) == 0)
return (&commands[i]);
-
+
return ((COMMAND *)NULL);
}
-
+
/* Strip whitespace from the start and end of STRING. Return a pointer
into STRING. */
char *
@@ -3031,30 +3182,30 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
char *string;
{
register char *s, *t;
-
+
for (s = string; whitespace (*s); s++)
;
-
+
if (*s == 0)
return (s);
-
+
t = s + strlen (s) - 1;
while (t > s && whitespace (*t))
t--;
*++t = '\0';
-
+
return s;
}
-
+
/* **************************************************************** */
/* */
/* Interface to Readline Completion */
/* */
/* **************************************************************** */
-
+
char *command_generator __P((const char *, int));
char **fileman_completion __P((const char *, int, int));
-
+
/* Tell the GNU Readline library how to complete. We want to try to
complete on command names if this is the first word in the line, or
on filenames if not. */
@@ -3062,11 +3213,11 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
{
/* Allow conditional parsing of the ~/.inputrc file. */
rl_readline_name = "FileMan";
-
+
/* Tell the completer that we want a crack first. */
rl_attempted_completion_function = fileman_completion;
}
-
+
/* Attempt to complete on the contents of TEXT. START and END
bound the region of rl_line_buffer that contains the word to
complete. TEXT is the word to complete. We can use the entire
@@ -3078,18 +3229,18 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
int start, end;
{
char **matches;
-
+
matches = (char **)NULL;
-
+
/* If this word is at the start of the line, then it is a command
to complete. Otherwise it is the name of a file in the current
directory. */
if (start == 0)
matches = rl_completion_matches (text, command_generator);
-
+
return (matches);
}
-
+
/* Generator function for command completion. STATE lets us
know whether to start from scratch; without any state
(i.e. STATE == 0), then we start at the top of the list. */
@@ -3100,7 +3251,7 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
{
static int list_index, len;
char *name;
-
+
/* If this is a new word to complete, initialize now. This
includes saving the length of TEXT for efficiency, and
initializing the index variable to 0. */
@@ -3109,75 +3260,75 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
list_index = 0;
len = strlen (text);
}
-
+
/* Return the next name which partially matches from the
command list. */
while (name = commands[list_index].name)
{
list_index++;
-
+
if (strncmp (name, text, len) == 0)
return (dupstr(name));
}
-
+
/* If no names matched, then return NULL. */
return ((char *)NULL);
}
-
+
/* **************************************************************** */
/* */
/* FileMan Commands */
/* */
/* **************************************************************** */
-
+
/* String to pass to system (). This is for the LIST, VIEW and RENAME
commands. */
static char syscom[1024];
-
+
/* List the file(s) named in arg. */
com_list (arg)
char *arg;
{
if (!arg)
arg = "";
-
+
sprintf (syscom, "ls -FClg %s", arg);
return (system (syscom));
}
-
+
com_view (arg)
char *arg;
{
if (!valid_argument ("view", arg))
return 1;
-
+
sprintf (syscom, "more %s", arg);
return (system (syscom));
}
-
+
com_rename (arg)
char *arg;
{
too_dangerous ("rename");
return (1);
}
-
+
com_stat (arg)
char *arg;
{
struct stat finfo;
-
+
if (!valid_argument ("stat", arg))
return (1);
-
+
if (stat (arg, &finfo) == -1)
{
perror (arg);
return (1);
}
-
+
printf ("Statistics for `%s':\n", arg);
-
+
printf ("%s has %d link%s, and is %d byte%s in length.\n", arg,
finfo.st_nlink,
(finfo.st_nlink == 1) ? "" : "s",
@@ -3188,14 +3339,14 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
printf (" Last modified at: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_mtime));
return (0);
}
-
+
com_delete (arg)
char *arg;
{
too_dangerous ("delete");
return (1);
}
-
+
/* Print out help for ARG, or for all of the commands if ARG is
not present. */
com_help (arg)
@@ -3203,7 +3354,7 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
{
register int i;
int printed = 0;
-
+
for (i = 0; commands[i].name; i++)
{
if (!*arg || (strcmp (arg, commands[i].name) == 0))
@@ -3212,11 +3363,11 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
printed++;
}
}
-
+
if (!printed)
{
printf ("No commands match `%s'. Possibilties are:\n", arg);
-
+
for (i = 0; commands[i].name; i++)
{
/* Print in six columns. */
@@ -3225,17 +3376,17 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
printed = 0;
printf ("\n");
}
-
+
printf ("%s\t", commands[i].name);
printed++;
}
-
+
if (printed)
printf ("\n");
}
return (0);
}
-
+
/* Change to the directory ARG. */
com_cd (arg)
char *arg;
@@ -3245,28 +3396,28 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
perror (arg);
return 1;
}
-
+
com_pwd ("");
return (0);
}
-
+
/* Print out the current working directory. */
com_pwd (ignore)
char *ignore;
{
char dir[1024], *s;
-
+
s = getcwd (dir, sizeof(dir) - 1);
if (s == 0)
{
printf ("Error getting pwd: %s\n", dir);
return 1;
}
-
+
printf ("Current directory is %s\n", dir);
return 0;
}
-
+
/* The user wishes to quit using this program. Just set DONE
non-zero. */
com_quit (arg)
@@ -3275,17 +3426,17 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
done = 1;
return (0);
}
-
+
/* Function which tells you that you can't do this. */
too_dangerous (caller)
char *caller;
{
fprintf (stderr,
- "%s: Too dangerous for me to distribute.\n"
+ "%s: Too dangerous for me to distribute.\n",
caller);
fprintf (stderr, "Write it yourself.\n");
}
-
+
/* Return non-zero if ARG is a valid argument for CALLER,
else print an error message and return zero. */
int
@@ -3297,28 +3448,482 @@ command names, line editing features, and access to the history list.
fprintf (stderr, "%s: Argument required.\n", caller);
return (0);
}
-
+
return (1);
}

-File: readline.info, Node: Concept Index, Next: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Programming with GNU Readline, Up: Top
+File: readline.info, Node: Copying This Manual, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Programming with GNU Readline, Up: Top
+
+Appendix A Copying This Manual
+******************************
+
+* Menu:
+
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual.
+
+
+File: readline.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Up: Copying This Manual
+
+A.1 GNU Free Documentation License
+==================================
+
+ Version 1.2, November 2002
+
+ Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+
+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+ of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+ 0. PREAMBLE
+
+ The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
+ functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to
+ assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
+ with or without modifying it, either commercially or
+ noncommercially. Secondarily, this License preserves for the
+ author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not
+ being considered responsible for modifications made by others.
+
+ This License is a kind of "copyleft", which means that derivative
+ works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense.
+ It complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
+ license designed for free software.
+
+ We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for
+ free software, because free software needs free documentation: a
+ free program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms
+ that the software does. But this License is not limited to
+ software manuals; it can be used for any textual work, regardless
+ of subject matter or whether it is published as a printed book.
+ We recommend this License principally for works whose purpose is
+ instruction or reference.
+
+ 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
+
+ This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium,
+ that contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it
+ can be distributed under the terms of this License. Such a notice
+ grants a world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration,
+ to use that work under the conditions stated herein. The
+ "Document", below, refers to any such manual or work. Any member
+ of the public is a licensee, and is addressed as "you". You
+ accept the license if you copy, modify or distribute the work in a
+ way requiring permission under copyright law.
+
+ A "Modified Version" of the Document means any work containing the
+ Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with
+ modifications and/or translated into another language.
+
+ A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix or a front-matter section
+ of the Document that deals exclusively with the relationship of the
+ publishers or authors of the Document to the Document's overall
+ subject (or to related matters) and contains nothing that could
+ fall directly within that overall subject. (Thus, if the Document
+ is in part a textbook of mathematics, a Secondary Section may not
+ explain any mathematics.) The relationship could be a matter of
+ historical connection with the subject or with related matters, or
+ of legal, commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position
+ regarding them.
+
+ The "Invariant Sections" are certain Secondary Sections whose
+ titles are designated, as being those of Invariant Sections, in
+ the notice that says that the Document is released under this
+ License. If a section does not fit the above definition of
+ Secondary then it is not allowed to be designated as Invariant.
+ The Document may contain zero Invariant Sections. If the Document
+ does not identify any Invariant Sections then there are none.
+
+ The "Cover Texts" are certain short passages of text that are
+ listed, as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice
+ that says that the Document is released under this License. A
+ Front-Cover Text may be at most 5 words, and a Back-Cover Text may
+ be at most 25 words.
+
+ A "Transparent" copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
+ represented in a format whose specification is available to the
+ general public, that is suitable for revising the document
+ straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images
+ composed of pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some
+ widely available drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to
+ text formatters or for automatic translation to a variety of
+ formats suitable for input to text formatters. A copy made in an
+ otherwise Transparent file format whose markup, or absence of
+ markup, has been arranged to thwart or discourage subsequent
+ modification by readers is not Transparent. An image format is
+ not Transparent if used for any substantial amount of text. A
+ copy that is not "Transparent" is called "Opaque".
+
+ Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain
+ ASCII without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format,
+ SGML or XML using a publicly available DTD, and
+ standard-conforming simple HTML, PostScript or PDF designed for
+ human modification. Examples of transparent image formats include
+ PNG, XCF and JPG. Opaque formats include proprietary formats that
+ can be read and edited only by proprietary word processors, SGML or
+ XML for which the DTD and/or processing tools are not generally
+ available, and the machine-generated HTML, PostScript or PDF
+ produced by some word processors for output purposes only.
+
+ The "Title Page" means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
+ plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the
+ material this License requires to appear in the title page. For
+ works in formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title
+ Page" means the text near the most prominent appearance of the
+ work's title, preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
+
+ A section "Entitled XYZ" means a named subunit of the Document
+ whose title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses
+ following text that translates XYZ in another language. (Here XYZ
+ stands for a specific section name mentioned below, such as
+ "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", "Endorsements", or "History".)
+ To "Preserve the Title" of such a section when you modify the
+ Document means that it remains a section "Entitled XYZ" according
+ to this definition.
+
+ The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice
+ which states that this License applies to the Document. These
+ Warranty Disclaimers are considered to be included by reference in
+ this License, but only as regards disclaiming warranties: any other
+ implication that these Warranty Disclaimers may have is void and
+ has no effect on the meaning of this License.
+
+ 2. VERBATIM COPYING
+
+ You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either
+ commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the
+ copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License
+ applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you
+ add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You
+ may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading
+ or further copying of the copies you make or distribute. However,
+ you may accept compensation in exchange for copies. If you
+ distribute a large enough number of copies you must also follow
+ the conditions in section 3.
+
+ You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above,
+ and you may publicly display copies.
+
+ 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
+
+ If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly
+ have printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and
+ the Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must
+ enclose the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all
+ these Cover Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and
+ Back-Cover Texts on the back cover. Both covers must also clearly
+ and legibly identify you as the publisher of these copies. The
+ front cover must present the full title with all words of the
+ title equally prominent and visible. You may add other material
+ on the covers in addition. Copying with changes limited to the
+ covers, as long as they preserve the title of the Document and
+ satisfy these conditions, can be treated as verbatim copying in
+ other respects.
+
+ If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit
+ legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit
+ reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto
+ adjacent pages.
+
+ If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document
+ numbering more than 100, you must either include a
+ machine-readable Transparent copy along with each Opaque copy, or
+ state in or with each Opaque copy a computer-network location from
+ which the general network-using public has access to download
+ using public-standard network protocols a complete Transparent
+ copy of the Document, free of added material. If you use the
+ latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you
+ begin distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that
+ this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated
+ location until at least one year after the last time you
+ distribute an Opaque copy (directly or through your agents or
+ retailers) of that edition to the public.
+
+ It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of
+ the Document well before redistributing any large number of
+ copies, to give them a chance to provide you with an updated
+ version of the Document.
+
+ 4. MODIFICATIONS
+
+ You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document
+ under the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you
+ release the Modified Version under precisely this License, with
+ the Modified Version filling the role of the Document, thus
+ licensing distribution and modification of the Modified Version to
+ whoever possesses a copy of it. In addition, you must do these
+ things in the Modified Version:
+
+ A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title
+ distinct from that of the Document, and from those of
+ previous versions (which should, if there were any, be listed
+ in the History section of the Document). You may use the
+ same title as a previous version if the original publisher of
+ that version gives permission.
+
+ B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or
+ entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in
+ the Modified Version, together with at least five of the
+ principal authors of the Document (all of its principal
+ authors, if it has fewer than five), unless they release you
+ from this requirement.
+
+ C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
+ Modified Version, as the publisher.
+
+ D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.
+
+ E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
+ adjacent to the other copyright notices.
+
+ F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license
+ notice giving the public permission to use the Modified
+ Version under the terms of this License, in the form shown in
+ the Addendum below.
+
+ G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant
+ Sections and required Cover Texts given in the Document's
+ license notice.
+
+ H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
+
+ I. Preserve the section Entitled "History", Preserve its Title,
+ and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new
+ authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on
+ the Title Page. If there is no section Entitled "History" in
+ the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors,
+ and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page,
+ then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in
+ the previous sentence.
+
+ J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document
+ for public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and
+ likewise the network locations given in the Document for
+ previous versions it was based on. These may be placed in
+ the "History" section. You may omit a network location for a
+ work that was published at least four years before the
+ Document itself, or if the original publisher of the version
+ it refers to gives permission.
+
+ K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications",
+ Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the
+ section all the substance and tone of each of the contributor
+ acknowledgements and/or dedications given therein.
+
+ L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
+ unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers
+ or the equivalent are not considered part of the section
+ titles.
+
+ M. Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements". Such a section
+ may not be included in the Modified Version.
+
+ N. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled
+ "Endorsements" or to conflict in title with any Invariant
+ Section.
+
+ O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
+
+ If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
+ appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no
+ material copied from the Document, you may at your option
+ designate some or all of these sections as invariant. To do this,
+ add their titles to the list of Invariant Sections in the Modified
+ Version's license notice. These titles must be distinct from any
+ other section titles.
+
+ You may add a section Entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains
+ nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
+ parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text
+ has been approved by an organization as the authoritative
+ definition of a standard.
+
+ You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text,
+ and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end
+ of the list of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one
+ passage of Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be
+ added by (or through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the
+ Document already includes a cover text for the same cover,
+ previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same entity
+ you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; but you may
+ replace the old one, on explicit permission from the previous
+ publisher that added the old one.
+
+ The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this
+ License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to
+ assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
+
+ 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
+
+ You may combine the Document with other documents released under
+ this License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for
+ modified versions, provided that you include in the combination
+ all of the Invariant Sections of all of the original documents,
+ unmodified, and list them all as Invariant Sections of your
+ combined work in its license notice, and that you preserve all
+ their Warranty Disclaimers.
+
+ The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
+ multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
+ copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name
+ but different contents, make the title of each such section unique
+ by adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the
+ original author or publisher of that section if known, or else a
+ unique number. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in
+ the list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the
+ combined work.
+
+ In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled
+ "History" in the various original documents, forming one section
+ Entitled "History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled
+ "Acknowledgements", and any sections Entitled "Dedications". You
+ must delete all sections Entitled "Endorsements."
+
+ 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
+
+ You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other
+ documents released under this License, and replace the individual
+ copies of this License in the various documents with a single copy
+ that is included in the collection, provided that you follow the
+ rules of this License for verbatim copying of each of the
+ documents in all other respects.
+
+ You may extract a single document from such a collection, and
+ distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert
+ a copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow
+ this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of
+ that document.
+
+ 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
+
+ A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other
+ separate and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of
+ a storage or distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the
+ copyright resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the
+ legal rights of the compilation's users beyond what the individual
+ works permit. When the Document is included an aggregate, this
+ License does not apply to the other works in the aggregate which
+ are not themselves derivative works of the Document.
+
+ If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
+ copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half
+ of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed
+ on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the
+ electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic
+ form. Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket
+ the whole aggregate.
+
+ 8. TRANSLATION
+
+ Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
+ distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section
+ 4. Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
+ permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
+ translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
+ original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
+ translation of this License, and all the license notices in the
+ Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also
+ include the original English version of this License and the
+ original versions of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a
+ disagreement between the translation and the original version of
+ this License or a notice or disclaimer, the original version will
+ prevail.
+
+ If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements",
+ "Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to
+ Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the
+ actual title.
+
+ 9. TERMINATION
+
+ You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document
+ except as expressly provided for under this License. Any other
+ attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is
+ void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this
+ License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights,
+ from you under this License will not have their licenses
+ terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
+
+ 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
+
+ The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of
+ the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new
+ versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
+ differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See
+ `http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/'.
+
+ Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version
+ number. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered
+ version of this License "or any later version" applies to it, you
+ have the option of following the terms and conditions either of
+ that specified version or of any later version that has been
+ published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If
+ the Document does not specify a version number of this License,
+ you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the
+ Free Software Foundation.
+
+A.1.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
+the License in the document and put the following copyright and license
+notices just after the title page:
+
+ Copyright (C) YEAR YOUR NAME.
+ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+ under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
+ or any later version published by the Free Software 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''.
+
+ If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover
+Texts, replace the "with...Texts." line with this:
+
+ with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with
+ the Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts
+ being LIST.
+
+ If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
+combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
+situation.
+
+ If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
+recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
+free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to
+permit their use in free software.
+
+
+File: readline.info, Node: Concept Index, Next: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Copying This Manual, Up: Top
Concept Index
*************
+
* Menu:
+* application-specific completion functions: Custom Completers.
+ (line 6)
* command editing: Readline Bare Essentials.
+ (line 6)
* editing command lines: Readline Bare Essentials.
-* initialization file, readline: Readline Init File.
-* interaction, readline: Readline Interaction.
+ (line 6)
+* FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License.
+ (line 6)
+* initialization file, readline: Readline Init File. (line 6)
+* interaction, readline: Readline Interaction. (line 6)
* kill ring: Readline Killing Commands.
+ (line 19)
* killing text: Readline Killing Commands.
+ (line 6)
* notation, readline: Readline Bare Essentials.
-* readline, function: Basic Behavior.
+ (line 6)
+* readline, function: Basic Behavior. (line 12)
* variables, readline: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 34)
* yanking text: Readline Killing Commands.
+ (line 6)

File: readline.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top
@@ -3326,313 +3931,467 @@ File: readline.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index,
Function and Variable Index
***************************
+
* Menu:
-* _rl_digit_p: Utility Functions.
-* _rl_digit_value: Utility Functions.
-* _rl_lowercase_p: Utility Functions.
-* _rl_to_lower: Utility Functions.
-* _rl_to_upper: Utility Functions.
-* _rl_uppercase_p: Utility Functions.
+* _rl_digit_p: Utility Functions. (line 46)
+* _rl_digit_value: Utility Functions. (line 57)
+* _rl_lowercase_p: Utility Functions. (line 43)
+* _rl_to_lower: Utility Functions. (line 53)
+* _rl_to_upper: Utility Functions. (line 49)
+* _rl_uppercase_p: Utility Functions. (line 40)
* abort (C-g): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 10)
* accept-line (Newline or Return): Commands For History.
-* backward-char (C-b): Commands For Moving.
-* backward-delete-char (Rubout): Commands For Text.
+ (line 6)
+* backward-char (C-b): Commands For Moving. (line 15)
+* backward-delete-char (Rubout): Commands For Text. (line 11)
* backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 9)
* backward-kill-word (M-<DEL>): Commands For Killing.
-* backward-word (M-b): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 24)
+* backward-word (M-b): Commands For Moving. (line 22)
* beginning-of-history (M-<): Commands For History.
-* beginning-of-line (C-a): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 19)
+* beginning-of-line (C-a): Commands For Moving. (line 6)
* bell-style: Readline Init File Syntax.
-* call-last-kbd-macro (C-x e): Keyboard Macros.
-* capitalize-word (M-c): Commands For Text.
+ (line 35)
+* bind-tty-special-chars: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 42)
+* call-last-kbd-macro (C-x e): Keyboard Macros. (line 13)
+* capitalize-word (M-c): Commands For Text. (line 49)
* character-search (C-]): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 41)
* character-search-backward (M-C-]): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* clear-screen (C-l): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 46)
+* clear-screen (C-l): Commands For Moving. (line 26)
* comment-begin: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 47)
* complete (<TAB>): Commands For Completion.
+ (line 6)
* completion-query-items: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 57)
* convert-meta: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 67)
* copy-backward-word (): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 49)
* copy-forward-word (): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 54)
* copy-region-as-kill (): Commands For Killing.
-* delete-char (C-d): Commands For Text.
+ (line 45)
+* delete-char (C-d): Commands For Text. (line 6)
* delete-char-or-list (): Commands For Completion.
+ (line 30)
* delete-horizontal-space (): Commands For Killing.
-* digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--): Numeric Arguments.
+ (line 37)
+* digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--): Numeric Arguments. (line 6)
* disable-completion: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 73)
* do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, M-X, ...): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* downcase-word (M-l): Commands For Text.
+ (line 14)
+* downcase-word (M-l): Commands For Text. (line 45)
* dump-functions (): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 61)
* dump-macros (): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 73)
* dump-variables (): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 67)
* editing-mode: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 78)
* enable-keypad: Readline Init File Syntax.
-* end-kbd-macro (C-x )): Keyboard Macros.
+ (line 84)
+* end-kbd-macro (C-x )): Keyboard Macros. (line 9)
* end-of-history (M->): Commands For History.
-* end-of-line (C-e): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 22)
+* end-of-line (C-e): Commands For Moving. (line 9)
* exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 36)
* expand-tilde: Readline Init File Syntax.
-* forward-backward-delete-char (): Commands For Text.
-* forward-char (C-f): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 89)
+* forward-backward-delete-char (): Commands For Text. (line 15)
+* forward-char (C-f): Commands For Moving. (line 12)
* forward-search-history (C-s): Commands For History.
-* forward-word (M-f): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 30)
+* forward-word (M-f): Commands For Moving. (line 18)
* history-preserve-point: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 93)
* history-search-backward (): Commands For History.
+ (line 50)
* history-search-forward (): Commands For History.
+ (line 45)
* horizontal-scroll-mode: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 98)
* input-meta: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 105)
* insert-comment (M-#): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 51)
* insert-completions (M-*): Commands For Completion.
+ (line 14)
* isearch-terminators: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 112)
* keymap: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 119)
* kill-line (C-k): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 6)
* kill-region (): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 41)
* kill-whole-line (): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 15)
* kill-word (M-d): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 19)
* mark-modified-lines: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 132)
* mark-symlinked-directories: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 137)
* match-hidden-files: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 142)
* menu-complete (): Commands For Completion.
+ (line 18)
* meta-flag: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 105)
* next-history (C-n): Commands For History.
+ (line 16)
* non-incremental-forward-search-history (M-n): Commands For History.
+ (line 40)
* non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p): Commands For History.
+ (line 35)
* output-meta: Readline Init File Syntax.
-* overwrite-mode (): Commands For Text.
+ (line 149)
+* overwrite-mode (): Commands For Text. (line 53)
* page-completions: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 154)
* possible-completions (M-?): Commands For Completion.
+ (line 11)
* prefix-meta (<ESC>): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 18)
* previous-history (C-p): Commands For History.
-* quoted-insert (C-q or C-v): Commands For Text.
+ (line 12)
+* quoted-insert (C-q or C-v): Commands For Text. (line 20)
* re-read-init-file (C-x C-r): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* readline: Basic Behavior.
-* redraw-current-line (): Commands For Moving.
+ (line 6)
+* readline: Basic Behavior. (line 12)
+* redraw-current-line (): Commands For Moving. (line 30)
* reverse-search-history (C-r): Commands For History.
+ (line 26)
* revert-line (M-r): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* rl_add_defun: Function Naming.
+ (line 25)
+* rl_add_defun: Function Naming. (line 20)
* rl_add_funmap_entry: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
-* rl_add_undo: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_alphabetic: Utility Functions.
-* rl_already_prompted: Readline Variables.
+ (line 47)
+* rl_add_undo: Allowing Undoing. (line 41)
+* rl_alphabetic: Utility Functions. (line 24)
+* rl_already_prompted: Readline Variables. (line 59)
* rl_attempted_completion_function: Completion Variables.
+ (line 12)
* rl_attempted_completion_over: Completion Variables.
+ (line 207)
* rl_basic_quote_characters: Completion Variables.
+ (line 96)
* rl_basic_word_break_characters: Completion Variables.
-* rl_begin_undo_group: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_bind_key: Binding Keys.
-* rl_bind_key_in_map: Binding Keys.
-* rl_binding_keymap: Readline Variables.
-* rl_callback_handler_install: Alternate Interface.
-* rl_callback_handler_remove: Alternate Interface.
-* rl_callback_read_char: Alternate Interface.
+ (line 90)
+* rl_begin_undo_group: Allowing Undoing. (line 29)
+* rl_bind_key: Binding Keys. (line 22)
+* rl_bind_key_if_unbound: Binding Keys. (line 32)
+* rl_bind_key_if_unbound_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 38)
+* rl_bind_key_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 27)
+* rl_bind_keyseq: Binding Keys. (line 59)
+* rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound: Binding Keys. (line 77)
+* rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 83)
+* rl_bind_keyseq_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 66)
+* rl_binding_keymap: Readline Variables. (line 154)
+* rl_callback_handler_install: Alternate Interface. (line 15)
+* rl_callback_handler_remove: Alternate Interface. (line 33)
+* rl_callback_read_char: Alternate Interface. (line 21)
* rl_catch_signals: Readline Signal Handling.
+ (line 48)
* rl_catch_sigwinch: Readline Signal Handling.
+ (line 55)
* rl_char_is_quoted_p: Completion Variables.
+ (line 46)
* rl_cleanup_after_signal: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_clear_message: Redisplay.
-* rl_clear_pending_input: Character Input.
+ (line 66)
+* rl_clear_message: Redisplay. (line 48)
+* rl_clear_pending_input: Character Input. (line 30)
* rl_clear_signals: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_complete <1>: How Completing Works.
-* rl_complete: Completion Functions.
+ (line 119)
+* rl_complete <1>: Completion Functions.
+ (line 20)
+* rl_complete: How Completing Works.
+ (line 49)
* rl_complete_internal: Completion Functions.
+ (line 10)
* rl_completer_quote_characters: Completion Variables.
+ (line 113)
* rl_completer_word_break_characters: Completion Variables.
+ (line 99)
* rl_completion_append_character: Completion Variables.
+ (line 137)
* rl_completion_display_matches_hook: Completion Variables.
+ (line 77)
* rl_completion_entry_function <1>: Completion Variables.
+ (line 7)
* rl_completion_entry_function: How Completing Works.
+ (line 55)
+* rl_completion_found_quote: Completion Variables.
+ (line 165)
* rl_completion_mark_symlink_dirs: Completion Variables.
+ (line 172)
* rl_completion_matches: Completion Functions.
+ (line 45)
* rl_completion_mode: Completion Functions.
+ (line 37)
* rl_completion_query_items: Completion Variables.
+ (line 131)
+* rl_completion_quote_character: Completion Variables.
+ (line 153)
* rl_completion_suppress_append: Completion Variables.
+ (line 147)
+* rl_completion_suppress_quote: Completion Variables.
+ (line 159)
* rl_completion_type: Completion Variables.
-* rl_copy_keymap: Keymaps.
-* rl_copy_text: Modifying Text.
-* rl_crlf: Redisplay.
-* rl_delete_text: Modifying Text.
-* rl_deprep_term_function: Readline Variables.
-* rl_deprep_terminal: Terminal Management.
-* rl_ding: Utility Functions.
+ (line 214)
+* rl_completion_word_break_hook: Completion Variables.
+ (line 104)
+* rl_copy_keymap: Keymaps. (line 17)
+* rl_copy_text: Modifying Text. (line 15)
+* rl_crlf: Redisplay. (line 30)
+* rl_delete_text: Modifying Text. (line 11)
+* rl_deprep_term_function: Readline Variables. (line 144)
+* rl_deprep_terminal: Terminal Management. (line 13)
+* rl_ding: Utility Functions. (line 21)
* rl_directory_completion_hook: Completion Variables.
-* rl_discard_keymap: Keymaps.
-* rl_dispatching: Readline Variables.
-* rl_display_match_list: Utility Functions.
-* rl_do_undo: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_done: Readline Variables.
-* rl_editing_mode: Readline Variables.
-* rl_end: Readline Variables.
-* rl_end_undo_group: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_erase_empty_line: Readline Variables.
-* rl_event_hook: Readline Variables.
-* rl_execute_next: Character Input.
-* rl_executing_keymap: Readline Variables.
-* rl_executing_macro: Readline Variables.
-* rl_expand_prompt: Redisplay.
-* rl_explicit_arg: Readline Variables.
-* rl_extend_line_buffer: Utility Functions.
+ (line 64)
+* rl_discard_keymap: Keymaps. (line 26)
+* rl_dispatching: Readline Variables. (line 41)
+* rl_display_match_list: Utility Functions. (line 28)
+* rl_do_undo: Allowing Undoing. (line 48)
+* rl_done: Readline Variables. (line 28)
+* rl_editing_mode: Readline Variables. (line 242)
+* rl_end: Readline Variables. (line 19)
+* rl_end_undo_group: Allowing Undoing. (line 35)
+* rl_erase_empty_line: Readline Variables. (line 47)
+* rl_event_hook: Readline Variables. (line 119)
+* rl_execute_next: Character Input. (line 26)
+* rl_executing_keymap: Readline Variables. (line 150)
+* rl_executing_macro: Readline Variables. (line 158)
+* rl_expand_prompt: Redisplay. (line 64)
+* rl_explicit_arg: Readline Variables. (line 233)
+* rl_extend_line_buffer: Utility Functions. (line 12)
* rl_filename_completion_desired: Completion Variables.
+ (line 187)
* rl_filename_completion_function: Completion Functions.
+ (line 59)
* rl_filename_dequoting_function: Completion Variables.
+ (line 37)
* rl_filename_quote_characters: Completion Variables.
+ (line 119)
* rl_filename_quoting_desired: Completion Variables.
+ (line 197)
* rl_filename_quoting_function: Completion Variables.
-* rl_forced_update_display: Redisplay.
+ (line 24)
+* rl_forced_update_display: Redisplay. (line 11)
* rl_free_line_state: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_free_undo_list: Allowing Undoing.
+ (line 72)
+* rl_free_undo_list: Allowing Undoing. (line 45)
* rl_function_dumper: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
+ (line 30)
* rl_function_of_keyseq: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
+ (line 15)
* rl_funmap_names: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
-* rl_generic_bind: Binding Keys.
-* rl_get_keymap: Keymaps.
-* rl_get_keymap_by_name: Keymaps.
-* rl_get_keymap_name: Keymaps.
+ (line 40)
+* rl_generic_bind: Binding Keys. (line 89)
+* rl_get_keymap: Keymaps. (line 32)
+* rl_get_keymap_by_name: Keymaps. (line 38)
+* rl_get_keymap_name: Keymaps. (line 43)
* rl_get_screen_size: Readline Signal Handling.
+ (line 102)
* rl_get_termcap: Miscellaneous Functions.
-* rl_getc: Character Input.
-* rl_getc_function: Readline Variables.
-* rl_gnu_readline_p: Readline Variables.
+ (line 42)
+* rl_getc: Character Input. (line 15)
+* rl_getc_function: Readline Variables. (line 125)
+* rl_gnu_readline_p: Readline Variables. (line 78)
* rl_ignore_completion_duplicates: Completion Variables.
+ (line 183)
* rl_ignore_some_completions_function: Completion Variables.
+ (line 56)
* rl_inhibit_completion: Completion Variables.
-* rl_initialize: Utility Functions.
+ (line 222)
+* rl_initialize: Utility Functions. (line 16)
* rl_insert_completions: Completion Functions.
-* rl_insert_text: Modifying Text.
-* rl_instream: Readline Variables.
+ (line 32)
+* rl_insert_text: Modifying Text. (line 7)
+* rl_instream: Readline Variables. (line 92)
* rl_invoking_keyseqs: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
+ (line 21)
* rl_invoking_keyseqs_in_map: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
-* rl_kill_text: Modifying Text.
-* rl_last_func: Readline Variables.
-* rl_library_version: Readline Variables.
-* rl_line_buffer: Readline Variables.
+ (line 26)
+* rl_kill_text: Modifying Text. (line 19)
+* rl_last_func: Readline Variables. (line 105)
+* rl_library_version: Readline Variables. (line 68)
+* rl_line_buffer: Readline Variables. (line 9)
* rl_list_funmap_names: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
+ (line 36)
* rl_macro_bind: Miscellaneous Functions.
+ (line 8)
* rl_macro_dumper: Miscellaneous Functions.
-* rl_make_bare_keymap: Keymaps.
-* rl_make_keymap: Keymaps.
-* rl_mark: Readline Variables.
-* rl_message: Redisplay.
-* rl_modifying: Allowing Undoing.
+ (line 14)
+* rl_make_bare_keymap: Keymaps. (line 12)
+* rl_make_keymap: Keymaps. (line 20)
+* rl_mark: Readline Variables. (line 24)
+* rl_message: Redisplay. (line 39)
+* rl_modifying: Allowing Undoing. (line 57)
* rl_named_function: Associating Function Names and Bindings.
-* rl_num_chars_to_read: Readline Variables.
-* rl_numeric_arg: Readline Variables.
-* rl_on_new_line: Redisplay.
-* rl_on_new_line_with_prompt: Redisplay.
-* rl_outstream: Readline Variables.
-* rl_parse_and_bind: Binding Keys.
-* rl_pending_input: Readline Variables.
-* rl_point: Readline Variables.
+ (line 11)
+* rl_num_chars_to_read: Readline Variables. (line 32)
+* rl_numeric_arg: Readline Variables. (line 237)
+* rl_on_new_line: Redisplay. (line 15)
+* rl_on_new_line_with_prompt: Redisplay. (line 19)
+* rl_outstream: Readline Variables. (line 96)
+* rl_parse_and_bind: Binding Keys. (line 96)
+* rl_pending_input: Readline Variables. (line 37)
+* rl_point: Readline Variables. (line 15)
* rl_possible_completions: Completion Functions.
-* rl_pre_input_hook: Readline Variables.
-* rl_prep_term_function: Readline Variables.
-* rl_prep_terminal: Terminal Management.
-* rl_prompt: Readline Variables.
-* rl_push_macro_input: Modifying Text.
-* rl_read_init_file: Binding Keys.
-* rl_read_key: Character Input.
-* rl_readline_name: Readline Variables.
-* rl_readline_state: Readline Variables.
-* rl_readline_version: Readline Variables.
-* rl_redisplay: Redisplay.
-* rl_redisplay_function: Readline Variables.
-* rl_replace_line: Utility Functions.
+ (line 28)
+* rl_pre_input_hook: Readline Variables. (line 114)
+* rl_prefer_env_winsize: Readline Variables. (line 100)
+* rl_prep_term_function: Readline Variables. (line 137)
+* rl_prep_terminal: Terminal Management. (line 7)
+* rl_prompt: Readline Variables. (line 53)
+* rl_push_macro_input: Modifying Text. (line 26)
+* rl_read_init_file: Binding Keys. (line 101)
+* rl_read_key: Character Input. (line 7)
+* rl_readline_name: Readline Variables. (line 87)
+* rl_readline_state: Readline Variables. (line 161)
+* rl_readline_version: Readline Variables. (line 71)
+* rl_redisplay: Redisplay. (line 7)
+* rl_redisplay_function: Readline Variables. (line 131)
+* rl_replace_line: Utility Functions. (line 7)
* rl_reset_after_signal: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_reset_line_state: Redisplay.
-* rl_reset_terminal: Terminal Management.
+ (line 80)
+* rl_reset_line_state: Redisplay. (line 26)
+* rl_reset_screen_size: Readline Signal Handling.
+ (line 106)
+* rl_reset_terminal: Terminal Management. (line 28)
* rl_resize_terminal: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_restore_prompt: Redisplay.
-* rl_save_prompt: Redisplay.
-* rl_set_key: Binding Keys.
-* rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout: Character Input.
-* rl_set_keymap: Keymaps.
+ (line 89)
+* rl_restore_prompt: Redisplay. (line 57)
+* rl_save_prompt: Redisplay. (line 53)
+* rl_set_key: Binding Keys. (line 73)
+* rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout: Character Input. (line 35)
+* rl_set_keymap: Keymaps. (line 35)
* rl_set_paren_blink_timeout: Miscellaneous Functions.
-* rl_set_prompt: Redisplay.
+ (line 37)
+* rl_set_prompt: Redisplay. (line 78)
* rl_set_screen_size: Readline Signal Handling.
+ (line 93)
* rl_set_signals: Readline Signal Handling.
-* rl_show_char: Redisplay.
+ (line 113)
+* rl_show_char: Redisplay. (line 33)
* rl_special_prefixes: Completion Variables.
-* rl_startup_hook: Readline Variables.
-* rl_stuff_char: Character Input.
-* rl_terminal_name: Readline Variables.
-* rl_tty_set_default_bindings: Terminal Management.
-* rl_unbind_command_in_map: Binding Keys.
-* rl_unbind_function_in_map: Binding Keys.
-* rl_unbind_key: Binding Keys.
-* rl_unbind_key_in_map: Binding Keys.
+ (line 124)
+* rl_startup_hook: Readline Variables. (line 110)
+* rl_stuff_char: Character Input. (line 19)
+* rl_terminal_name: Readline Variables. (line 82)
+* rl_tty_set_default_bindings: Terminal Management. (line 18)
+* rl_tty_unset_default_bindings: Terminal Management. (line 23)
+* rl_unbind_command_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 55)
+* rl_unbind_function_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 51)
+* rl_unbind_key: Binding Keys. (line 42)
+* rl_unbind_key_in_map: Binding Keys. (line 46)
* rl_username_completion_function: Completion Functions.
+ (line 66)
* rl_variable_bind: Miscellaneous Functions.
+ (line 21)
* rl_variable_dumper: Miscellaneous Functions.
-* self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...): Commands For Text.
+ (line 31)
+* rl_variable_value: Miscellaneous Functions.
+ (line 26)
+* self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...): Commands For Text. (line 27)
* set-mark (C-@): Miscellaneous Commands.
+ (line 32)
* show-all-if-ambiguous: Readline Init File Syntax.
-* start-kbd-macro (C-x (): Keyboard Macros.
-* transpose-chars (C-t): Commands For Text.
-* transpose-words (M-t): Commands For Text.
+ (line 164)
+* show-all-if-unmodified: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 170)
+* start-kbd-macro (C-x (): Keyboard Macros. (line 6)
+* transpose-chars (C-t): Commands For Text. (line 30)
+* transpose-words (M-t): Commands For Text. (line 36)
* undo (C-_ or C-x C-u): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* universal-argument (): Numeric Arguments.
+ (line 22)
+* universal-argument (): Numeric Arguments. (line 10)
+* unix-filename-rubout (): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 32)
* unix-line-discard (C-u): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 12)
* unix-word-rubout (C-w): Commands For Killing.
-* upcase-word (M-u): Commands For Text.
+ (line 28)
+* upcase-word (M-u): Commands For Text. (line 41)
* visible-stats: Readline Init File Syntax.
+ (line 179)
* yank (C-y): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 59)
* yank-last-arg (M-. or M-_): Commands For History.
+ (line 64)
* yank-nth-arg (M-C-y): Commands For History.
+ (line 55)
* yank-pop (M-y): Commands For Killing.
+ (line 62)

Tag Table:
-Node: Top1164
-Node: Command Line Editing1763
-Node: Introduction and Notation2414
-Node: Readline Interaction4032
-Node: Readline Bare Essentials5219
-Node: Readline Movement Commands7000
-Node: Readline Killing Commands7957
-Node: Readline Arguments9866
-Node: Searching10902
-Node: Readline Init File13045
-Node: Readline Init File Syntax14106
-Node: Conditional Init Constructs24989
-Node: Sample Init File27514
-Node: Bindable Readline Commands30698
-Node: Commands For Moving31748
-Node: Commands For History32597
-Node: Commands For Text35455
-Node: Commands For Killing38169
-Node: Numeric Arguments40120
-Node: Commands For Completion41248
-Node: Keyboard Macros42780
-Node: Miscellaneous Commands43339
-Node: Readline vi Mode46688
-Node: Programming with GNU Readline48506
-Node: Basic Behavior49474
-Node: Custom Functions52904
-Node: Readline Typedefs54382
-Node: Function Writing56011
-Node: Readline Variables57219
-Node: Readline Convenience Functions66642
-Node: Function Naming67624
-Node: Keymaps68876
-Node: Binding Keys70632
-Node: Associating Function Names and Bindings73558
-Node: Allowing Undoing75803
-Node: Redisplay78338
-Node: Modifying Text81409
-Node: Character Input82638
-Node: Terminal Management84418
-Node: Utility Functions85593
-Node: Miscellaneous Functions87932
-Node: Alternate Interface89996
-Node: A Readline Example92141
-Node: Readline Signal Handling94078
-Node: Custom Completers99681
-Node: How Completing Works100396
-Node: Completion Functions103394
-Node: Completion Variables106778
-Node: A Short Completion Example117049
-Node: Concept Index129602
-Node: Function and Variable Index130424
+Node: Top1339
+Node: Command Line Editing1977
+Node: Introduction and Notation2629
+Node: Readline Interaction4252
+Node: Readline Bare Essentials5444
+Node: Readline Movement Commands7234
+Node: Readline Killing Commands8200
+Node: Readline Arguments10121
+Node: Searching11166
+Node: Readline Init File13318
+Node: Readline Init File Syntax14384
+Node: Conditional Init Constructs26319
+Node: Sample Init File28853
+Node: Bindable Readline Commands31971
+Node: Commands For Moving33029
+Node: Commands For History33891
+Node: Commands For Text37016
+Node: Commands For Killing39743
+Node: Numeric Arguments41886
+Node: Commands For Completion43026
+Node: Keyboard Macros44571
+Node: Miscellaneous Commands45143
+Node: Readline vi Mode48505
+Node: Programming with GNU Readline50329
+Node: Basic Behavior51304
+Node: Custom Functions54721
+Node: Readline Typedefs56205
+Node: Function Writing57844
+Node: Readline Variables59151
+Node: Readline Convenience Functions68853
+Node: Function Naming69843
+Node: Keymaps71105
+Node: Binding Keys72877
+Node: Associating Function Names and Bindings77424
+Node: Allowing Undoing79686
+Node: Redisplay82236
+Node: Modifying Text86136
+Node: Character Input87382
+Node: Terminal Management89180
+Node: Utility Functions90616
+Node: Miscellaneous Functions92981
+Node: Alternate Interface95278
+Node: A Readline Example97437
+Node: Readline Signal Handling99340
+Node: Custom Completers105208
+Node: How Completing Works105928
+Node: Completion Functions109242
+Node: Completion Variables112814
+Node: A Short Completion Example125004
+Node: Copying This Manual137177
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License137439
+Node: Concept Index159846
+Node: Function and Variable Index161502

End Tag Table