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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-10-08 19:19:05 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-10-08 19:19:05 +0000
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(Editing, History): Add cross-references to the
included Readline and History user documentation. Remove references to the symbol have-readline-appendices which is unused and undefined. (History): Fix indexing.
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-10-08 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Editing, History): Add cross-references to the
+ included Readline and History user documentation. Remove
+ references to the symbol have-readline-appendices which is unused
+ and undefined.
+ (History): Fix indexing.
+
2004-10-08 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (target_stopped_data_address): Update to
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index abc8790..6af8d37 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -13383,7 +13383,7 @@ Prints a line of the form: @samp{Gdb's prompt is: @var{your-prompt}}
@cindex readline
@cindex command line editing
-@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{readline} interface. This
+@value{GDBN} reads its input commands via the @dfn{Readline} interface. This
@sc{gnu} library provides consistent behavior for programs which provide a
command line interface to the user. Advantages are @sc{gnu} Emacs-style
or @dfn{vi}-style inline editing of commands, @code{csh}-like history
@@ -13408,14 +13408,26 @@ Disable command line editing.
Show whether command line editing is enabled.
@end table
+@xref{Command Line Editing}, for more details about the Readline
+interface. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs or @code{vi} are
+encouraged to read that chapter.
+
@node History
@section Command history
+@cindex command history
@value{GDBN} can keep track of the commands you type during your
debugging sessions, so that you can be certain of precisely what
happened. Use these commands to manage the @value{GDBN} command
history facility.
+@value{GDBN} uses the @sc{gnu} History library, a part of the Readline
+package, to provide the history facility. @xref{Using History
+Interactively}, for the detailed description of the History library.
+
+Here is the description of @value{GDBN} commands related to command
+history.
+
@table @code
@cindex history substitution
@cindex history file
@@ -13448,12 +13460,10 @@ This defaults to the value of the environment variable
@code{HISTSIZE}, or to 256 if this variable is not set.
@end table
-@cindex history expansion
History expansion assigns special meaning to the character @kbd{!}.
-@ifset have-readline-appendices
-@xref{Event Designators}.
-@end ifset
+@xref{Event Designators}, for more details.
+@cindex history expansion, turn on/off
Since @kbd{!} is also the logical not operator in C, history expansion
is off by default. If you decide to enable history expansion with the
@code{set history expansion on} command, you may sometimes need to
@@ -13467,19 +13477,12 @@ The commands to control history expansion are:
@table @code
@item set history expansion on
@itemx set history expansion
-@cindex history expansion
+@kindex set history expansion
Enable history expansion. History expansion is off by default.
@item set history expansion off
Disable history expansion.
-The readline code comes with more complete documentation of
-editing and history expansion features. Users unfamiliar with @sc{gnu} Emacs
-or @code{vi} may wish to read it.
-@ifset have-readline-appendices
-@xref{Command Line Editing}.
-@end ifset
-
@c @group
@kindex show history
@item show history