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-Info file history.info, produced by Makeinfo, -*- Text -*- from input
-file hist.texinfo.
-
- This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool
-that provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of
-previously typed input.
-
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 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 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 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 Foundation.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Top, Next: Using History Interactively, Prev: (DIR), Up: (DIR)
-
-GNU History Library
-*******************
-
- This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool
-that provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of
-previously typed input.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Using History Interactively:: GNU History User's Manual.
-* Programming with GNU History:: GNU History Programmer's Manual.
-* Concept Index:: Index of concepts described in this manual.
-* Function and Variable Index:: Index of externally visible functions
- and variables.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Using History Interactively, Next: Programming with GNU History, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-
-Using History Interactively
-***************************
-
- This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library
-interactively, from a user's standpoint. It should be considered a
-user's guide. For information on using the GNU History Library in
-your own programs, *note Programming with GNU History::..
-
-* Menu:
-
-* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: History Interaction, Up: Using History Interactively
-
-History Interaction
-===================
-
- The History library provides a history expansion feature that is
-similar to the history expansion in Csh. The following text describes
-the sytax that you use to manipulate the history information.
-
- History expansion takes place in two parts. The first is to
-determine which line from the previous history should be used during
-substitution. The second is to select portions of that line for
-inclusion into the current one. The line selected from the previous
-history is called the "event", and the portions of that line that are
-acted upon are called "words". The line is broken into words in the
-same fashion that the Bash shell does, so that several English (or
-Unix) words surrounded by quotes are considered as one word.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Event Designators:: How to specify which history line to use.
-* Word Designators:: Specifying which words are of interest.
-* Modifiers:: Modifying the results of susbstitution.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Event Designators, Next: Word Designators, Up: History Interaction
-
-Event Designators
------------------
-
- An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
-history list.
-
-`!'
- Start a history subsititution, except when followed by a space,
- tab, or the end of the line... = or (.
-
-`!!'
- Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for `!-1'.
-
-`!n'
- Refer to command line N.
-
-`!-n'
- Refer to the command line N lines back.
-
-`!string'
- Refer to the most recent command starting with STRING.
-
-`!?string'[`?']
- Refer to the most recent command containing STRING.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Word Designators, Next: Modifiers, Prev: Event Designators, Up: History Interaction
-
-Word Designators
-----------------
-
- A : separates the event specification from the word designator. It
-can be omitted if the word designator begins with a ^, $, * or %.
-Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word
-being denoted by a 0 (zero).
-
-`0 (zero)'
- The zero'th word. For many applications, this is the command
- word.
-
-`n'
- The N'th word.
-
-`^'
- The first argument. that is, word 1.
-
-`$'
- The last argument.
-
-`%'
- The word matched by the most recent `?string?' search.
-
-`x-y'
- A range of words; `-Y' Abbreviates `0-Y'.
-
-`*'
- All of the words, excepting the zero'th. This is a synonym for
- `1-$'. It is not an error to use * if there is just one word in
- the event. The empty string is returned in that case.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Modifiers, Prev: Word Designators, Up: History Interaction
-
-Modifiers
----------
-
- After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one
-or more of the following modifiers, each preceded by a :.
-
-`#'
- The entire command line typed so far. This means the current
- command, not the previous command, so it really isn't a word
- designator, and doesn't belong in this section.
-
-`h'
- Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.
-
-`r'
- Remove a trailing suffix of the form `.'SUFFIX, leaving the
- basename.
-
-`e'
- Remove all but the suffix.
-
-`t'
- Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail.
-
-`p'
- Print the new command but do not execute it.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Programming with GNU History, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Using History Interactively, Up: Top
-
-Programming with GNU History
-****************************
-
- This chapter describes how to interface the GNU History Library with
-programs that you write. It should be considered a technical guide.
-For information on the interactive use of GNU History, *note Using
-History Interactively::..
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Introduction to History:: What is the GNU History library for?
-* History Storage:: How information is stored.
-* History Functions:: Functions that you can use.
-* History Variables:: Variables that control behaviour.
-* History Programming Example:: Example of using the GNU History Library.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Introduction to History, Next: History Storage, Up: Programming with GNU History
-
-Introduction to History
-=======================
-
- Many programs read input from the user a line at a time. The GNU
-history library is able to keep track of those lines, associate
-arbitrary data with each line, and utilize information from previous
-lines in making up new ones.
-
- The programmer using the History library has available to him
-functions for remembering lines on a history stack, associating
-arbitrary data with a line, removing lines from the stack, searching
-through the stack for a line containing an arbitrary text string, and
-referencing any line on the stack directly. In addition, a history
-"expansion" function is available which provides for a consistent user
-interface across many different programs.
-
- The end-user using programs written with the History library has the
-benifit of a consistent user interface, with a set of well-known
-commands for manipulating the text of previous lines and using that
-text in new commands. The basic history manipulation commands are
-similar to the history substitution used by `Csh'.
-
- If the programmer desires, he can use the Readline library, which
-includes some history manipulation by default, and has the added
-advantage of Emacs style command line editing.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: History Storage, Next: History Functions, Prev: Introduction to History, Up: Programming with GNU History
-
-History Storage
-===============
-
- typedef struct _hist_entry {
- char *line;
- char *data;
- } HIST_ENTRY;
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: History Functions, Next: History Variables, Prev: History Storage, Up: Programming with GNU History
-
-History Functions
-=================
-
- This section describes the calling sequence for the various
-functions present in GNU History.
-
- * Function: void using_history ()
- Begin a session in which the history functions might be used.
- This just initializes the interactive variables.
-
- * Function: void add_history (CHAR *STRING)
- Place STRING at the end of the history list. The associated data
- field (if any) is set to `NULL'.
-
- * Function: int where_history ()
- Returns the number which says what history element we are now
- looking at.
-
- * Function: int history_set_pos (INT POS)
- Set the position in the history list to POS.
-
- * Function: int history_search_pos (CHAR *STRING, INT DIRECTION, INT
- POS)
- Search for STRING in the history list, starting at POS, an
- absolute index into the list. DIRECTION, if negative, says to
- search backwards from POS, else forwards. Returns the absolute
- index of the history element where STRING was found, or -1
- otherwise.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY *remove_history ();
- Remove history element WHICH from the history. The removed
- element is returned to you so you can free the line, data, and
- containing structure.
-
- * Function: void stifle_history (INT MAX)
- Stifle the history list, remembering only MAX number of entries.
-
- * Function: int unstifle_history ();
- Stop stifling the history. This returns the previous amount the
- history was stifled by. The value is positive if the history was
- stifled, negative if it wasn't.
-
- * Function: int read_history (CHAR *FILENAME)
- Add the contents of FILENAME to the history list, a line at a
- time. If FILENAME is `NULL', then read from `~/.history'.
- Returns 0 if successful, or errno if not.
-
- * Function: int read_history_range (CHAR *FILENAME, INT FROM, INT TO)
- Read a range of lines from FILENAME, adding them to the history
- list. Start reading at the FROM'th line and end at the TO'th. If
- FROM is zero, start at the beginning. If TO is less than FROM,
- then read until the end of the file. If FILENAME is `NULL', then
- read from `~/.history'. Returns 0 if successful, or `errno' if
- not.
-
- * Function: int write_history (CHAR *FILENAME)
- Append the current history to FILENAME. If FILENAME is `NULL',
- then append the history list to `~/.history'. Values returned
- are as in `read_history ()'.
-
- * Function: int append_history (INT NELEMENTS, CHAR *FILENAME)
- Append NELEMENT entries to FILENAME. The entries appended are
- from the end of the list minus NELEMENTS up to the end of the
- list.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY *replace_history_entry ()
- Make the history entry at WHICH have LINE and DATA. This returns
- the old entry so you can dispose of the data. In the case of an
- invalid WHICH, a `NULL' pointer is returned.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY *current_history ()
- Return the history entry at the current position, as determined by
- `history_offset'. If there is no entry there, return a `NULL'
- pointer.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY *previous_history ()
- Back up HISTORY_OFFSET to the previous history entry, and return a
- pointer to that entry. If there is no previous entry, return a
- `NULL' pointer.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY *next_history ()
- Move `history_offset' forward to the next history entry, and
- return the a pointer to that entry. If there is no next entry,
- return a `NULL' pointer.
-
- * Function: HIST_ENTRY **history_list ()
- Return a `NULL' terminated array of `HIST_ENTRY' which is the
- current input history. Element 0 of this list is the beginning
- of time. If there is no history, return `NULL'.
-
- * Function: int history_search (CHAR *STRING, INT DIRECTION)
- Search the history for STRING, starting at `history_offset'. If
- DIRECTION < 0, then the search is through previous entries, else
- through subsequent. If STRING is found, then `current_history
- ()' is the history entry, and the value of this function is the
- offset in the line of that history entry that the STRING was
- found in. Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is returned.
-
- * Function: int history_expand (CHAR *STRING, CHAR **OUTPUT)
- Expand STRING, placing the result into OUTPUT, a pointer to a
- string. Returns:
-
- `0'
- If no expansions took place (or, if the only change in the
- text was the de-slashifying of the history expansion
- character),
-
- `1'
- if expansions did take place, or
-
- `-1'
- if there was an error in expansion.
-
- If an error ocurred in expansion, then OUTPUT contains a
- descriptive error message.
-
- * Function: char *history_arg_extract (INT FIRST, INT LAST, CHAR
- *STRING)
- Extract a string segment consisting of the FIRST through LAST
- arguments present in STRING. Arguments are broken up as in the
- GNU Bash shell.
-
- * Function: int history_total_bytes ();
- Return the number of bytes that the primary history entries are
- using. This just adds up the lengths of `the_history->lines'.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: History Variables, Next: History Programming Example, Prev: History Functions, Up: Programming with GNU History
-
-History Variables
-=================
-
- This section describes the variables in GNU History that are
-externally visible.
-
- * Variable: int history_base
- For convenience only. You set this when interpreting history
- commands. It is the logical offset of the first history element.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: History Programming Example, Prev: History Variables, Up: Programming with GNU History
-
-History Programming Example
-===========================
-
- The following snippet of code demonstrates simple use of the GNU
-History Library.
-
- main ()
- {
- char line[1024], *t;
- int done = 0;
-
- line[0] = 0;
-
- while (!done)
- {
- fprintf (stdout, "history%% ");
- t = gets (line);
-
- if (!t)
- strcpy (line, "quit");
-
- if (line[0])
- {
- char *expansion;
- int result;
-
- using_history ();
-
- result = history_expand (line, &expansion);
- strcpy (line, expansion);
- free (expansion);
- if (result)
- fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", line);
-
- if (result < 0)
- continue;
-
- add_history (line);
- }
-
- if (strcmp (line, "quit") == 0) done = 1;
- if (strcmp (line, "save") == 0) write_history (0);
- if (strcmp (line, "read") == 0) read_history (0);
- if (strcmp (line, "list") == 0)
- {
- register HIST_ENTRY **the_list = history_list ();
- register int i;
-
- if (the_list)
- for (i = 0; the_list[i]; i++)
- fprintf (stdout, "%d: %s\n",
- i + history_base, the_list[i]->line);
- }
- if (strncmp (line, "delete", strlen ("delete")) == 0)
- {
- int which;
- if ((sscanf (line + strlen ("delete"), "%d", &which)) == 1)
- {
- HIST_ENTRY *entry = remove_history (which);
- if (!entry)
- fprintf (stderr, "No such entry %d\n", which);
- else
- {
- free (entry->line);
- free (entry);
- }
- }
- else
- {
- fprintf (stderr, "non-numeric arg given to `delete'\n");
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Concept Index, Next: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Programming with GNU History, Up: Top
-
-Concept Index
-*************
-
-* Menu:
-
-* event designators: Event Designators.
-* expansion: History Interaction.
-
-
-File: history.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top
-
-Function and Variable Index
-***************************
-
-* Menu:
-
-* HIST_ENTRY **history_list: History Functions.
-* HIST_ENTRY *current_history: History Functions.
-* HIST_ENTRY *next_history: History Functions.
-* HIST_ENTRY *previous_history: History Functions.
-* HIST_ENTRY *remove_history: History Functions.
-* HIST_ENTRY *replace_history_entry: History Functions.
-* char *history_arg_extract: History Functions.
-* int append_history: History Functions.
-* int history_base: History Variables.
-* int history_expand: History Functions.
-* int history_search: History Functions.
-* int history_search_pos: History Functions.
-* int history_set_pos: History Functions.
-* int history_total_bytes: History Functions.
-* int read_history: History Functions.
-* int read_history_range: History Functions.
-* int unstifle_history: History Functions.
-* int where_history: History Functions.
-* int write_history: History Functions.
-* void add_history: History Functions.
-* void stifle_history: History Functions.
-* void using_history: History Functions.
-
-
-
-Tag Table:
-Node: Top973
-Node: Using History Interactively1567
-Node: History Interaction2075
-Node: Event Designators3127
-Node: Word Designators3770
-Node: Modifiers4676
-Node: Programming with GNU History5425
-Node: Introduction to History6152
-Node: History Storage7502
-Node: History Functions7766
-Node: History Variables13063
-Node: History Programming Example13499
-Node: Concept Index15744
-Node: Function and Variable Index16030
-
-End Tag Table
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-Info file readline.info, produced by Makeinfo, -*- Text -*- from input
-file rlman.texinfo.
-
- 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.
-
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 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 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 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 Foundation.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Top, Next: Command Line Editing, Prev: (DIR), 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.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Command Line Editing:: GNU Readline User's Manual.
-* Programming with GNU Readline:: GNU Readline Programmer's Manual.
-* Concept Index:: Index of concepts described in this manual.
-* Function and Variable Index:: Index of externally visible functions
- and variables.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Command Line Editing, Next: Programming with GNU Readline, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-
-Command Line Editing
-********************
-
- This text describes GNU's command line editing interface.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Introduction and Notation:: Notation used in this text.
-* Readline Interaction:: The minimum set of commands for editing a line.
-* Readline Init File:: Customizing Readline from a user's view.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Introduction and Notation, Next: Readline Interaction, Up: Command Line Editing
-
-Introduction to Line Editing
-============================
-
- The following paragraphs describe the notation we use to represent
-keystrokes.
-
- The text C-k is read as `Control-K' and describes the character
-produced when the Control key is depressed and the k key is struck.
-
- The text M-k is read as `Meta-K' and describes the character
-produced when the meta key (if you have one) is depressed, and the k
-key is struck. If you do not have a meta key, the identical keystroke
-can be generated by typing ESC first, and then typing k. Either
-process is known as "metafying" the k key.
-
- The text M-C-k is read as `Meta-Control-k' and describes the
-character produced by "metafying" C-k.
-
- In addition, several keys have their own names. Specifically, DEL,
-ESC, LFD, SPC, RET, and TAB all stand for themselves when seen in this
-text, or in an init file (*note Readline Init File::., for more info).
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Interaction, Next: Readline Init File, Prev: Introduction and Notation, Up: Command Line Editing
-
-Readline Interaction
-====================
-
- 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
-you to retype the majority of the line. Using these editing commands,
-you move the cursor to the place that needs correction, and delete or
-insert the text of the corrections. Then, when you are satisfied with
-the line, you simply press RETURN. You do not have to be at the end
-of the line to press RETURN; the entire line is accepted regardless of
-the location of the cursor within the line.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Readline Bare Essentials:: The least you need to know about Readline.
-* Readline Movement Commands:: Moving about the input line.
-* Readline Killing Commands:: How to delete text, and how to get it back!
-* Readline Arguments:: Giving numeric arguments to commands.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Bare Essentials, Next: Readline Movement Commands, Up: Readline Interaction
-
-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
-DEL to back up, and delete the mistyped character.
-
- Sometimes you may miss typing a character that you wanted to type,
-and not notice your error until you have typed several other
-characters. In that case, you can type C-b to move the cursor to the
-left, and then correct your mistake. Aftwerwards, you can move the
-cursor to the right with C-f.
-
- When you add text in the middle of a line, you will notice that
-characters to the right of the cursor get `pushed over' to make room
-for the text that you have inserted. Likewise, when you delete text
-behind the cursor, characters to the right of the cursor get `pulled
-back' to fill in the blank space created by the removal of the text.
-A list of the basic bare essentials for editing the text of an input
-line follows.
-
-C-b
- Move back one character.
-
-C-f
- Move forward one character.
-
-DEL
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
-
-C-d
- Delete the character underneath the cursor.
-
-Printing characters
- Insert itself into the line at the cursor.
-
-C-_
- Undo the last thing that you did. You can undo all the way back
- to an empty line.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Movement Commands, Next: Readline Killing Commands, Prev: Readline Bare Essentials, Up: Readline Interaction
-
-Readline Movement Commands
---------------------------
-
- The above table describes the most basic possible 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.
-
-C-a
- Move to the start of the line.
-
-C-e
- Move to the end of the line.
-
-M-f
- Move forward a word.
-
-M-b
- Move backward a word.
-
-C-l
- Clear the screen, reprinting the current line at the top.
-
- Notice how C-f moves forward a character, while M-f moves forward a
-word. It is a loose convention that control keystrokes 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
--------------------------
-
- The act of "cutting" text means to delete the text from the line,
-and to save away the deleted text for later use, just as if you had
-cut the text out of the line with a pair of scissors. There is a
-
- "Killing" text means to delete the text from the line, but to save
-it away for later use, usually by "yanking" it back into the line. If
-the description for a command says that it `kills' text, then you can
-be sure that you can get the text back in a different (or the same)
-place later.
-
- Here is the list of commands for killing text.
-
-C-k
- Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the
- line.
-
-M-d
- Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
- words, to the end of the next word.
-
-M-DEL
- Kill fromthe cursor the start of the previous word, or if between
- words, to the start of the previous word.
-
-C-w
- Kill from the cursor to the previous whitespace. This is
- different than M-DEL because the word boundaries differ.
-
- And, here is how to "yank" the text back into the line. Yanking is
-
-C-y
- Yank the most recently killed text back into the buffer at the
- cursor.
-
-M-y
- Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. You can only do this
- if the prior command is C-y or M-y.
-
- When you use a kill command, the text is saved in a "kill-ring".
-Any number of consecutive kills save all of the killed text together,
-so that when you yank it back, you get it in one clean sweep. 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.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Arguments, Prev: Readline Killing Commands, Up: Readline Interaction
-
-Readline Arguments
-------------------
-
- 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
-act in a backward direction. For example, to kill text back to the
-start of the line, you might type M-- C-k.
-
- The general way to pass numeric arguments to a command is to type
-meta digits before the command. If the first `digit' you type is a
-minus sign (-), then the sign of the argument will be negative. Once
-you have typed one meta digit to get the argument started, you can type
-the remainder of the digits, and then the command. For example, to
-give the C-d command an argument of 10, you could type M-1 0 C-d.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Init File, Prev: Readline Interaction, Up: Command Line Editing
-
-Readline Init File
-==================
-
- Although the Readline library comes with a set of Emacs-like
-keybindings, it is possible that you would like to use a different set
-of keybindings. You can customize programs that use Readline by
-putting commands in an "init" file in your home directory. The name
-of this file is `~/.inputrc'.
-
- When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the
-`~/.inputrc' file is read, and the keybindings are set.
-
- In addition, the `C-x C-r' command re-reads this init file, thus
-incorporating any changes that you might have made to it.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Readline Init Syntax:: Syntax for the commands in `~/.inputrc'.
-* Readline Vi Mode:: Switching to `vi' mode in Readline.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Init Syntax, Next: Readline Vi Mode, Up: Readline Init File
-
-Readline Init Syntax
---------------------
-
- There are only four constructs allowed in the `~/.inputrc' file:
-
-Variable Settings
- You can change the state of a few variables in Readline. You do
- this by using the `set' command within the init file. Here is
- how you would specify that you wish to use Vi line editing
- commands:
-
- set editing-mode vi
-
- Right now, there are only a few variables which can be set; so
- few in fact, that we just iterate them here:
-
- `editing-mode'
- The `editing-mode' variable controls which editing mode you
- are using. By default, GNU Readline starts up in Emacs
- editing mode, where the keystrokes are most similar to
- Emacs. This variable can either be set to `emacs' or `vi'.
-
- `horizontal-scroll-mode'
- This variable can either be set to `On' or `Off'. Setting it
- to `On' means that the text of the lines that you edit will
- scroll horizontally on a single screen line when they are
- larger than the width of the screen, instead of wrapping
- onto a new screen line. By default, this variable is set to
- `Off'.
-
- `mark-modified-lines'
- This variable when set to `On', says to display an asterisk
- (`*') at the starts of history lines which have been
- modified. This variable is off by default.
-
- `prefer-visible-bell'
- If this variable is set to `On' it means to use a visible
- bell if one is available, rather than simply ringing the
- terminal bell. By default, the value is `Off'.
-
-Key Bindings
- The syntax for controlling keybindings in the `~/.inputrc' file is
- simple. First you have to know the name of the command that you
- want to change. The following pages contain tables of the
- command name, the default keybinding, and a short description of
- what the command does.
-
- Once you know the name of the command, simply place the name of
- the key you wish to bind the command to, a colon, and then the
- name of the command on a line in the `~/.inputrc' file. The name
- of the key can be expressed in different ways, depending on which
- is most comfortable for you.
-
- KEYNAME: FUNCTION-NAME or MACRO
- KEYNAME is the name of a key spelled out in English. For
- example:
-
- Control-u: universal-argument
- Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word
- Control-o: ">&output"
-
- In the above example, `C-u' is bound to the function
- `universal-argument', and `C-o' is bound to run the macro
- expressed on the right hand side (that is, to insert the text
- `>&output' into the line).
-
- "KEYSEQ": FUNCTION-NAME or MACRO
- KEYSEQ differs from KEYNAME above in that strings denoting
- an entire key sequence can be specified. Simply place the
- key sequence in double quotes. GNU Emacs style key escapes
- can be used, as in the following example:
-
- "\C-u": universal-argument
- "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file
- "\e[11~": "Function Key 1"
-
- In the above example, `C-u' is bound to the function
- `universal-argument' (just as it was in the first example),
- `C-x C-r' is bound to the function `re-read-init-file', and
- `ESC [ 1 1 ~' is bound to insert the text `Function Key 1'.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Commands For Moving:: Moving about the line.
-* Commands For History:: Getting at previous lines.
-* Commands For Text:: Commands for changing text.
-* Commands For Killing:: Commands for killing and yanking.
-* Numeric Arguments:: Specifying numeric arguments, repeat counts.
-* Commands For Completion:: Getting Readline to do the typing for you.
-* Miscellaneous Commands:: Other miscillaneous commands.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Moving, Next: Commands For History, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Commands For Moving
-...................
-
-`beginning-of-line (C-a)'
- Move to the start of the current line.
-
-`end-of-line (C-e)'
- Move to the end of the line.
-
-`forward-char (C-f)'
- Move forward a character.
-
-`backward-char (C-b)'
- Move back a character.
-
-`forward-word (M-f)'
- Move forward to the end of the next word.
-
-`backward-word (M-b)'
- Move back to the start of this, or the previous, word.
-
-`clear-screen (C-l)'
- Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the
- screen.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Commands For History, Next: Commands For Text, Prev: Commands For Moving, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Commands For Manipulating The History
-.....................................
-
-`accept-line (Newline, Return)'
- Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. If this line
- is non-empty, add it to the history list. If this line was a
- history line, then restore the history line to its original state.
-
-`previous-history (C-p)'
- Move `up' through the history list.
-
-`next-history (C-n)'
- Move `down' through the history list.
-
-`beginning-of-history (M-<)'
- Move to the first line in the history.
-
-`end-of-history (M->)'
- Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line you are
- entering!
-
-`reverse-search-history (C-r)'
- Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up'
- through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search.
-
-`forward-search-history (C-s)'
- Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down'
- through the the history as neccessary.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Text, Next: Commands For Killing, Prev: Commands For History, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Commands For Changing Text
-..........................
-
-`delete-char (C-d)'
- Delete the character under the cursor. If the cursor is at the
- beginning of the line, and there are no characters in the line,
- and the last character typed was not C-d, then return EOF.
-
-`backward-delete-char (Rubout)'
- Delete the character behind the cursor. A numeric arg says to
- kill the characters instead of deleting them.
-
-`quoted-insert (C-q, C-v)'
- Add the next character that you type to the line verbatim. This
- is how to insert things like C-q for example.
-
-`tab-insert (M-TAB)'
- Insert a tab character.
-
-`self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...)'
- Insert yourself.
-
-`transpose-chars (C-t)'
- Drag the character before point forward over the character at
- point. Point moves forward as well. If point is at the end of
- the line, then transpose the two characters before point.
- Negative args don't work.
-
-`transpose-words (M-t)'
- Drag the word behind the cursor past the word in front of the
- cursor moving the cursor over that word as well.
-
-`upcase-word (M-u)'
- Uppercase the current (or following) word. With a negative
- argument, do the previous word, but do not move point.
-
-`downcase-word (M-l)'
- Lowercase the current (or following) word. With a negative
- argument, do the previous word, but do not move point.
-
-`capitalize-word (M-c)'
- Uppercase the current (or following) word. With a negative
- argument, do the previous word, but do not move point.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Killing, Next: Numeric Arguments, Prev: Commands For Text, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Killing And Yanking
-...................
-
-`kill-line (C-k)'
- Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the
- line.
-
-`backward-kill-line ()'
- Kill backward to the beginning of the line. This is normally
- unbound.
-
-`kill-word (M-d)'
- Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
- words, to the end of the next word.
-
-`backward-kill-word (M-DEL)'
- Kill the word behind the cursor.
-
-`unix-line-discard (C-u)'
- Do what C-u used to do in Unix line input. We save the killed
- text on the kill-ring, though.
-
-`unix-word-rubout (C-w)'
- Do what C-w used to do in Unix line input. The killed text is
- saved on the kill-ring. This is different than
- backward-kill-word because the word boundaries differ.
-
-`yank (C-y)'
- Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point.
-
-`yank-pop (M-y)'
- Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. You can only do this
- if the prior command is yank or yank-pop.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Numeric Arguments, Next: Commands For Completion, Prev: Commands For Killing, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Specifying Numeric Arguments
-............................
-
-`digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--)'
- Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a
- new argument. M-- starts a negative argument.
-
-`universal-argument ()'
- Do what C-u does in emacs. By default, this is not bound.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Commands For Completion, Next: Miscellaneous Commands, Prev: Numeric Arguments, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Letting Readline Type For You
-.............................
-
-`complete (TAB)'
- Attempt to do completion on the text before point. This is
- implementation defined. Generally, if you are typing a filename
- argument, you can do filename completion; if you are typing a
- command, you can do command completion, if you are typing in a
- symbol to GDB, you can do symbol name completion, if you are
- typing in a variable to Bash, you can do variable name
- completion...
-
-`possible-completions (M-?)'
- List the possible completions of the text before point.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Miscellaneous Commands, Prev: Commands For Completion, Up: Readline Init Syntax
-
-Some Miscellaneous Commands
-...........................
-
-`re-read-init-file (C-x C-r)'
- Read in the contents of your `~/.inputrc' file, and incorporate
- any bindings found there.
-
-`abort (C-g)'
- Ding! Stops things.
-
-`do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, ...)'
- Run the command that is bound to your uppercase brother.
-
-`prefix-meta (ESC)'
- Make the next character that you type be metafied. This is for
- people without a meta key. Typing `ESC f' is equivalent to typing
- `M-f'.
-
-`undo (C-_)'
- Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.
-
-`revert-line (M-r)'
- Undo all changes made to this line. This is like typing the
- `undo' command enough times to get back to the beginning.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Readline Vi Mode, Prev: Readline Init Syntax, Up: Readline Init File
-
-Readline Vi Mode
-----------------
-
- 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.
-
- In order to switch interactively between Emacs and Vi editing
-modes, use the command M-C-j (toggle-editing-mode).
-
- When you enter a line in Vi mode, you are already placed in
-`insertion' mode, as if you had typed an `i'. Pressing ESC switches
-you into `edit' mode, where you can edit the text of the line with the
-standard Vi movement keys, move to previous history lines with `k',
-and following 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
-that need to provide a command line interface.
-
- Copyright (C) 1988 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 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 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 Foundation.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Programming with GNU Readline, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Command Line Editing, Up: Top
-
-Programming with GNU Readline
-*****************************
-
- This manual describes the interface between the GNU Readline
-Library and user programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to
-include the features found in GNU Readline in your own programs, such
-as completion, line editing, and interactive history manipulation,
-this documentation is for you.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Default Behaviour:: Using the default behaviour of Readline.
-* Custom Functions:: Adding your own functions to Readline.
-* Custom Completers:: Supplanting or supplementing Readline's
- completion functions.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Default Behaviour, Next: Custom Functions, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-
-Default Behaviour
-=================
-
- 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
-()'.
-
- The function `readline' prints a prompt and then reads and returns
-a single line of text from the user. The line which `readline ()'
-returns is allocated with `malloc ()'; you should `free ()' the line
-when you are done with it. The declaration for `readline' in ANSI C is
-
- `char *readline (char *PROMPT);'
-
- So, one might say
-
- `char *line = readline ("Enter a line: ");'
-
- in order to read a line of text from the user.
-
- The line which is returned has the final newline removed, so only
-the text of the line remains.
-
- If readline encounters an `EOF' while reading the line, and the
-line is empty at that point, then `(char *)NULL' is returned.
-Otherwise, the line is ended just as if a newline was typed.
-
- If you want the user to be able to get at the line later, (with C-p
-for example), you must call `add_history ()' to save the line away in
-a "history" list of such lines.
-
- `add_history (line)';
-
- For full details on the GNU History Library, see the associated
-manual.
-
- It is polite to avoid saving empty lines on the history list, since
-it is rare than someone has a burning need to reuse a blank line.
-Here is a function which usefully replaces the standard `gets ()'
-library function:
-
- /* 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 *
- do_gets ()
- {
- /* If the buffer has already been allocated, return the memory
- to the free pool. */
- if (line_read != (char *)NULL)
- {
- 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);
- }
-
- The above code gives the user the default behaviour of TAB
-completion: completion on file names. If you do not want readline to
-complete on filenames, you can change the binding of the TAB key with
-`rl_bind_key ()'.
-
- `int rl_bind_key (int KEY, (int (*)())FUNCTION);'
-
- `rl_bind_key ()' takes 2 arguments; KEY is the character that you
-want to bind, and FUNCTION is the address of the function to run when
-KEY is pressed. Binding TAB to `rl_insert ()' makes TAB just insert
-itself.
-
- `rl_bind_key ()' returns non-zero if KEY is not a valid ASCII
-character code (between 0 and 255).
-
- `rl_bind_key ('\t', rl_insert);'
-
- This code should be executed once at the start of your program; you
-might write a function called `initialize_readline ()' which performs
-this and other desired initializations, such as installing custom
-completers, etc.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Custom Functions, Next: Custom Completers, Prev: Default Behaviour, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-
-Custom Functions
-================
-
- Readline provides a great 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 in within the Readline library which allow a user program to
-add customized functionality to Readline.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* The Function Type:: C declarations to make code readable.
-* Function Naming:: How to give a function you write a name.
-* Keymaps:: Making keymaps.
-* Binding Keys:: Changing Keymaps.
-* Function Writing:: Variables and calling conventions.
-* Allowing Undoing:: How to make your functions undoable.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: The Function Type, Next: Function Naming, Up: Custom Functions
-
-The Function Type
------------------
-
- For the sake of readabilty, we declare a new type of object, called
-"Function". A `Function' is a C language function which returns an
-`int'. The type declaration for `Function' is:
-
-`typedef int Function ();'
-
- The reason for declaring this new type is to make it easier to write
-code describing pointers to C functions. Let us say we had a variable
-called FUNC which was a pointer to a function. Instead of the classic
-C declaration
-
- `int (*)()func;'
-
- we have
-
- `Function *func;'
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Function Naming, Next: Keymaps, Prev: The Function Type, Up: Custom Functions
-
-Naming a Function
------------------
-
- 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
-
- Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word
-
- This binds the keystroke Meta-Rubout to the function
-*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: rl_add_defun (CHAR *NAME, FUNCTION *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 already. If you need to do more or
-different things 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: Custom Functions
-
-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.
-
- * Function: Keymap rl_make_bare_keymap ()
- Returns a new, empty keymap. The space for the keymap is
- allocated with `malloc ()'; you should `free ()' it when you are
- done.
-
- * Function: Keymap rl_copy_keymap (KEYMAP MAP)
- Return a new keymap which is a copy of MAP.
-
- * Function: Keymap rl_make_keymap ()
- 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.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Binding Keys, Next: Function Writing, Prev: Keymaps, Up: Custom Functions
-
-Binding Keys
-------------
-
- You associate keys with functions through the keymap. Here are
-functions for doing that.
-
- * Function: int rl_bind_key (INT KEY, FUNCTION *FUNCTION)
- Binds KEY to FUNCTION in the currently selected keymap. Returns
- non-zero in the case of an invalid KEY.
-
- * Function: int rl_bind_key_in_map (INT KEY, FUNCTION *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)
- Make KEY do nothing in the currently selected keymap. Returns
- non-zero in case of error.
-
- * Function: int rl_unbind_key_in_map (INT KEY, KEYMAP MAP)
- Make KEY be bound to the null function in MAP. Returns non-zero
- in case of error.
-
- * Function: rl_generic_bind (INT TYPE, 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 by DATA; right now this can be a function (`ISFUNC'), a macro
- (`ISMACR'), or a keymap (`ISKMAP'). This makes new keymaps as
- necessary. The initial place to do bindings is in MAP.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Function Writing, Next: Allowing Undoing, Prev: Binding Keys, Up: Custom Functions
-
-Writing a New Function
-----------------------
-
- 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 gathered so
-far.
-
- * Variable: char *rl_line_buffer
- This is the line gathered so far. You are welcome to modify the
- contents of this, but see Undoing, below.
-
- * Variable: int rl_point
- The offset of the current cursor position in RL_LINE_BUFFER.
-
- * Variable: int rl_end
- The number of characters present in `rl_line_buffer'. When
- `rl_point' is at the end of the line, then `rl_point' and
- `rl_end' are equal.
-
- The calling sequence for a command `foo' looks like
-
- `foo (int count, int key)'
-
- where COUNT is the numeric argument (or 1 if defaulted) and KEY is
-the key that invoked this function.
-
- It is completely up to the function as to what should be done with
-the numeric argument; some functions use it as a repeat count, other
-functions as a flag, and some choose to ignore it. In general, if a
-function uses the numeric argument as a repeat count, it should be able
-to do something useful with a negative argument as well as a positive
-argument. At the very least, it should be aware that it can be passed
-a negative argument.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Allowing Undoing, Prev: Function Writing, Up: Custom Functions
-
-Allowing Undoing
-----------------
-
- Supporting the undo command is a painless thing to do, and makes
-your functions much more useful to the end user. It is certainly easy
-to try something if you know you can undo it. I could use an undo
-function for the stock market.
-
- If your function simply inserts text once, or deletes text once,
-and it calls `rl_insert_text ()' or `rl_delete_text ()' to do it, then
-undoing is already done for you automatically, and you can safely skip
-this section.
-
- If you do multiple insertions or multiple deletions, or any
-combination of these operations, you should group them together into
-one operation. This can be done with `rl_begin_undo_group ()' and
-`rl_end_undo_group ()'.
-
- * Function: rl_begin_undo_group ()
- Begins saving undo information in a group construct. The undo
- information usually comes from calls to `rl_insert_text ()' and
- `rl_delete_text ()', but they could be direct calls to
- `rl_add_undo ()'.
-
- * Function: rl_end_undo_group ()
- Closes the current undo group started with `rl_begin_undo_group
- ()'. There should be exactly one call to `rl_end_undo_group ()'
- for every call to `rl_begin_undo_group ()'.
-
- Finally, if you neither insert nor delete text, but directly modify
-the existing text (e.g. change its case), you 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: 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 subsequent to this call you will
- modify that range of text in some way.
-
-An Example
-----------
-
- Here is a function which changes lowercase characters to the
-uppercase equivalents, and uppercase characters to the lowercase
-equivalents. If this function was bound to `M-c', then typing `M-c'
-would change the case of the character under point. Typing `10 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. */
- invert_case_line (count, key)
- int count, key;
- {
- register int start, end;
-
- start = rl_point;
-
- if (count < 0)
- {
- direction = -1;
- count = -count;
- }
- 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 = -1;
-
- if (start > end)
- {
- int temp = start;
- start = end;
- end = temp;
- }
-
- if (start == end)
- return;
-
- /* Tell readline that we are modifying the line, so save the undo
- information. */
- rl_modifying (start, end);
-
- for (; start != end; start += direction)
- {
- if (uppercase_p (rl_line_buffer[start]))
- rl_line_buffer[start] = to_lower (rl_line_buffer[start]);
- else if (lowercase_p (rl_line_buffer[start]))
- rl_line_buffer[start] = to_upper (rl_line_buffer[start]);
- }
- /* Move point to on top of the last character changed. */
- rl_point = end - direction;
- }
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Custom Completers, Prev: Custom Functions, Up: Programming with GNU Readline
-
-Custom Completers
-=================
-
- 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 either commands, or data, or both
-commands and data. The following sections describe how your program
-and Readline cooperate to provide this service to end users.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* How Completing Works:: The logic used to do completion.
-* Completion Functions:: Functions provided by Readline.
-* Completion Variables:: Variables which control completion.
-* A Short Completion Example:: An example of writing completer subroutines.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: How Completing Works, Next: Completion Functions, Up: Custom Completers
-
-How Completing Works
---------------------
-
- In order to complete some text, the full list of possible
-completions must be available. That is to say, it is not possible to
-accurately expand a partial word without knowing what all of the
-possible words that make sense in that context are. The GNU Readline
-library provides the user interface to completion, and additionally,
-two of the most common completion functions; filename and username.
-For completing other types of text, you must write your own completion
-function. This section describes exactly what those functions must
-do, and provides an example function.
-
- There are three major functions used to perform completion:
-
- 1. The user-interface function `rl_complete ()'. This function is
- called interactively with the same calling conventions as other
- functions in readline intended for interactive use; i.e. COUNT,
- and INVOKING-KEY. It isolates the word to be completed and calls
- `completion_matches ()' to generate a list of possible
- completions. It then either lists the possible completions or
- actually performs the completion, depending on which behaviour is
- desired.
-
- 2. The internal function `completion_matches ()' uses your
- "generator" function to generate the list of possible matches, and
- then returns the array of these matches. You should place the
- address of your generator function in
- `rl_completion_entry_function'.
-
- 3. The generator function is called repeatedly from
- `completion_matches ()', returning a string each time. The
- arguments to the generator function are TEXT and STATE. TEXT is
- the partial word to be completed. STATE is zero the first time
- the function is called, and a positive non-zero integer for each
- subsequent call. When the generator function returns `(char
- *)NULL' this signals `completion_matches ()' that there are no
- more possibilities left.
-
- * Function: 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 `completion_matches ()'). The default is to do
- filename completion.
-
- Note that `rl_complete ()' has the identical calling conventions as
-any other key-invokable function; this is because by default it is
-bound to the `TAB' key.
-
- * Variable: Function *rl_completion_entry_function
- This is a pointer to the generator function for
- `completion_matches ()'. If the value of
- `rl_completion_entry_function' is `(Function *)NULL' then the
- default filename generator function is used, namely
- `filename_entry_function ()'.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Completion Functions, Next: Completion Variables, Prev: How Completing Works, Up: Custom Completers
-
-Completion Functions
---------------------
-
- Here is the complete list of callable completion functions present
-in Readline.
-
- * Function: 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.
-
- * Function: 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 `completion_matches ()'). The default is to do
- filename completion. This just calls `rl_complete_internal ()'
- with an argument of `TAB'.
-
- * Function: rl_possible_completions ()
- List the possible completions. See description of `rl_complete
- ()'. This just calls `rl_complete_internal ()' with an argument
- of `?'.
-
- * Function: char **completion_matches (CHAR *TEXT, CHAR
- *(*ENTRY_FUNCTION) ())
- Returns an array of `(char *)' which is a list of completions for
- TEXT. If there are no completions, returns `(char **)NULL'. The
- first entry in the returned array is the substitution for TEXT.
- The remaining entries are the possible completions. The array is
- terminated with a `NULL' pointer.
-
- ENTRY_FUNCTION is a function of two args, and returns a `(char
- *)'. The first argument is TEXT. The second is a state
- argument; it is zero on the first call, and non-zero on subsequent
- calls. It returns a `NULL' pointer to the caller when there are
- no more matches.
-
- * Function: char *filename_completion_function (CHAR *TEXT, INT STATE)
- A generator function for filename completion in the general case.
- Note that completion in the Bash shell is a little different
- because of all the pathnames that must be followed when looking
- up the completion for a command.
-
- * Function: char *username_completion_function (CHAR *TEXT, INT STATE)
- A completion generator for usernames. TEXT contains a partial
- username preceded by a random character (usually `~').
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Completion Variables, Next: A Short Completion Example, Prev: Completion Functions, Up: Custom Completers
-
-Completion Variables
---------------------
-
- * Variable: Function *rl_completion_entry_function
- A pointer to the generator function for `completion_matches ()'.
- `NULL' means to use `filename_entry_function ()', the default
- filename completer.
-
- * Variable: Function *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' saying what the boundaries of TEXT
- are. If this function exists and returns `NULL' then
- `rl_complete ()' will call the value of
- `rl_completion_entry_function' to generate matches, otherwise the
- array of strings returned will be used.
-
- * 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.
-
- * Variable: char *rl_basic_word_break_characters
- The basic list of characters that signal a break between words
- for the completer routine. The contents of this variable is what
- breaks words in the Bash shell, i.e. " \t\n\"\\'`@$><=;|&{(".
-
- * Variable: 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 contents of
- `rl_basic_word_break_characters'.
-
- * Variable: 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.
-
- * Variable: int rl_ignore_completion_duplicates
- If non-zero, then disallow duplicates in the matches. Default is
- 1.
-
- * 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.
-
- * Variable: Function *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 `(char
- *)' known as MATCHES in the code. The 1st element (`matches[0]')
- is the maximal substring that is common to all matches. This
- function can re-arrange the list of matches as required, but each
- deleted element of the array must be `free()''d.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: A Short Completion Example, Prev: Completion Variables, Up: Custom Completers
-
-A Short Completion Example
---------------------------
-
- Here is a small application demonstrating the use of the GNU
-Readline library. It is called `fileman', and the source code resides
-in `readline/examples/fileman.c'. This sample application provides
-completion of 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 <readline/readline.h>
- #include <readline/history.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/file.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <sys/errno.h>
-
- /* The names of functions that actually do the manipulation. */
- int com_list (), com_view (), com_rename (), com_stat (), com_pwd ();
- int com_delete (), com_help (), com_cd (), com_quit ();
-
- /* A structure which contains information on the commands this program
- can understand. */
-
- typedef struct {
- char *name; /* User printable name of the function. */
- Function *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" },
- { "help", com_help, "Display this text" },
- { "?", com_help, "Synonym for `help'" },
- { "list", com_list, "List files in DIR" },
- { "ls", com_list, "Synonym for `list'" },
- { "pwd", com_pwd, "Print the current working directory" },
- { "quit", com_quit, "Quit using Fileman" },
- { "rename", com_rename, "Rename FILE to NEWNAME" },
- { "stat", com_stat, "Print out statistics on FILE" },
- { "view", com_view, "View the contents of FILE" },
- { (char *)NULL, (Function *)NULL, (char *)NULL }
- };
-
- /* The name of this program, as taken from argv[0]. */
- char *progname;
-
- /* When non-zero, this global means the user is done using this program. */
- int done = 0;
-
- main (argc, argv)
- int argc;
- char **argv;
- {
- progname = argv[0];
-
- initialize_readline (); /* Bind our completer. */
-
- /* Loop reading and executing lines until the user quits. */
- while (!done)
- {
- char *line;
-
- line = readline ("FileMan: ");
-
- if (!line)
- {
- done = 1; /* Encountered EOF at top level. */
- }
- else
- {
- /* Remove leading and trailing whitespace from the line.
- Then, if there is anything left, add it to the history list
- and execute it. */
- stripwhite (line);
-
- if (*line)
- {
- add_history (line);
- execute_line (line);
- }
- }
-
- if (line)
- free (line);
- }
- exit (0);
- }
-
- /* Execute a command line. */
- execute_line (line)
- char *line;
- {
- register int i;
- COMMAND *find_command (), *command;
- char *word;
-
- /* Isolate the command word. */
- i = 0;
- while (line[i] && !whitespace (line[i]))
- i++;
-
- word = line;
-
- if (line[i])
- line[i++] = '\0';
-
- command = find_command (word);
-
- if (!command)
- {
- fprintf (stderr, "%s: No such command for FileMan.\n", word);
- return;
- }
-
- /* Get argument to command, if any. */
- while (whitespace (line[i]))
- i++;
-
- word = line + i;
-
- /* Call the function. */
- (*(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 *
- find_command (name)
- 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. */
- stripwhite (string)
- char *string;
- {
- register int i = 0;
-
- while (whitespace (string[i]))
- i++;
-
- if (i)
- strcpy (string, string + i);
-
- i = strlen (string) - 1;
-
- while (i > 0 && whitespace (string[i]))
- i--;
-
- string[++i] = '\0';
- }
-
- /* **************************************************************** */
- /* */
- /* Interface to Readline Completion */
- /* */
- /* **************************************************************** */
-
- /* 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. */
- initialize_readline ()
- {
- char **fileman_completion ();
-
- /* Allow conditional parsing of the ~/.inputrc file. */
- rl_readline_name = "FileMan";
-
- /* Tell the completer that we want a crack first. */
- rl_attempted_completion_function = (Function *)fileman_completion;
- }
-
- /* Attempt to complete on the contents of TEXT. START and END show the
- region of TEXT that contains the word to complete. We can use the
- entire line in case we want to do some simple parsing. Return the
- array of matches, or NULL if there aren't any. */
- char **
- fileman_completion (text, start, end)
- char *text;
- int start, end;
- {
- char **matches;
- char *command_generator ();
-
- 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 = 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. */
- char *
- command_generator (text, state)
- char *text;
- int state;
- {
- 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. */
- if (!state)
- {
- 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 (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);
- system (syscom);
- }
-
- com_view (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- if (!valid_argument ("view", arg))
- return;
-
- sprintf (syscom, "cat %s | more", arg);
- system (syscom);
- }
-
- com_rename (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- too_dangerous ("rename");
- }
-
- com_stat (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- struct stat finfo;
-
- if (!valid_argument ("stat", arg))
- return;
-
- if (stat (arg, &finfo) == -1)
- {
- perror (arg);
- return;
- }
-
- printf ("Statistics for `%s':\n", arg);
-
- printf ("%s has %d link%s, and is %d bytes in length.\n", arg,
- finfo.st_nlink, (finfo.st_nlink == 1) ? "" : "s", finfo.st_size);
- printf (" Created on: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_ctime));
- printf (" Last access at: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_atime));
- printf ("Last modified at: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_mtime));
- }
-
- com_delete (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- too_dangerous ("delete");
- }
-
- /* Print out help for ARG, or for all of the commands if ARG is
- not present. */
- com_help (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- register int i;
- int printed = 0;
-
- for (i = 0; commands[i].name; i++)
- {
- if (!*arg || (strcmp (arg, commands[i].name) == 0))
- {
- printf ("%s\t\t%s.\n", commands[i].name, commands[i].doc);
- printed++;
- }
- }
-
- if (!printed)
- {
- printf ("No commands match `%s'. Possibilties are:\n", arg);
-
- for (i = 0; commands[i].name; i++)
- {
- /* Print in six columns. */
- if (printed == 6)
- {
- printed = 0;
- printf ("\n");
- }
-
- printf ("%s\t", commands[i].name);
- printed++;
- }
-
- if (printed)
- printf ("\n");
- }
- }
-
- /* Change to the directory ARG. */
- com_cd (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- if (chdir (arg) == -1)
- perror (arg);
-
- com_pwd ("");
- }
-
- /* Print out the current working directory. */
- com_pwd (ignore)
- char *ignore;
- {
- char dir[1024];
-
- (void) getwd (dir);
-
- printf ("Current directory is %s\n", dir);
- }
-
- /* The user wishes to quit using this program. Just set DONE non-zero. */
- com_quit (arg)
- char *arg;
- {
- done = 1;
- }
-
- /* Function which tells you that you can't do this. */
- too_dangerous (caller)
- char *caller;
- {
- fprintf (stderr,
- "%s: Too dangerous for me to distribute. Write it yourself.\n",
- caller);
- }
-
- /* Return non-zero if ARG is a valid argument for CALLER, else print
- an error message and return zero. */
- int
- valid_argument (caller, arg)
- char *caller, *arg;
- {
- if (!arg || !*arg)
- {
- 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
-
-Concept Index
-*************
-
-* Menu:
-
-* interaction, readline: Readline Interaction.
-* readline, function: Default Behaviour.
-
-
-File: readline.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top
-
-Function and Variable Index
-***************************
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Function *rl_attempted_completion_function: Completion Variables.
-* Function *rl_completion_entry_function: Completion Variables.
-* Function *rl_completion_entry_function: How Completing Works.
-* Function *rl_ignore_some_completions_function: Completion Variables.
-* Keymap rl_copy_keymap: Keymaps.
-* Keymap rl_make_bare_keymap: Keymaps.
-* Keymap rl_make_keymap: Keymaps.
-* abort (C-g): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* accept-line (Newline, Return): Commands For History.
-* backward-char (C-b): Commands For Moving.
-* backward-delete-char (Rubout): Commands For Text.
-* backward-kill-line (): Commands For Killing.
-* backward-kill-word (M-DEL): Commands For Killing.
-* backward-word (M-b): Commands For Moving.
-* beginning-of-history (M-<): Commands For History.
-* beginning-of-line (C-a): Commands For Moving.
-* capitalize-word (M-c): Commands For Text.
-* char **completion_matches: Completion Functions.
-* char *filename_completion_function: Completion Functions.
-* char *rl_basic_word_break_characters: Completion Variables.
-* char *rl_completer_word_break_characters: Completion Variables.
-* char *rl_line_buffer: Function Writing.
-* char *rl_special_prefixes: Completion Variables.
-* char *username_completion_function: Completion Functions.
-* clear-screen (C-l): Commands For Moving.
-* complete (TAB): Commands For Completion.
-* delete-char (C-d): Commands For Text.
-* digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--): Numeric Arguments.
-* do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, ...): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* downcase-word (M-l): Commands For Text.
-* editing-mode: Readline Init Syntax.
-* end-of-history (M->): Commands For History.
-* end-of-line (C-e): Commands For Moving.
-* forward-char (C-f): Commands For Moving.
-* forward-search-history (C-s): Commands For History.
-* forward-word (M-f): Commands For Moving.
-* horizontal-scroll-mode: Readline Init Syntax.
-* int rl_bind_key: Binding Keys.
-* int rl_bind_key_in_map: Binding Keys.
-* int rl_completion_query_items: Completion Variables.
-* int rl_end: Function Writing.
-* int rl_filename_completion_desired: Completion Variables.
-* int rl_ignore_completion_duplicates: Completion Variables.
-* int rl_point: Function Writing.
-* int rl_unbind_key: Binding Keys.
-* int rl_unbind_key_in_map: Binding Keys.
-* kill-line (C-k): Commands For Killing.
-* kill-word (M-d): Commands For Killing.
-* mark-modified-lines: Readline Init Syntax.
-* next-history (C-n): Commands For History.
-* possible-completions (M-?): Commands For Completion.
-* prefer-visible-bell: Readline Init Syntax.
-* prefix-meta (ESC): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* previous-history (C-p): Commands For History.
-* quoted-insert (C-q, C-v): Commands For Text.
-* re-read-init-file (C-x C-r): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* readline (): Default Behaviour.
-* reverse-search-history (C-r): Commands For History.
-* revert-line (M-r): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* rl_add_defun: Function Naming.
-* rl_begin_undo_group: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_bind_key (): Default Behaviour.
-* rl_complete: How Completing Works.
-* rl_complete: Completion Functions.
-* rl_complete_internal: Completion Functions.
-* rl_end_undo_group: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_generic_bind: Binding Keys.
-* rl_modifying: Allowing Undoing.
-* rl_possible_completions: Completion Functions.
-* self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...): Commands For Text.
-* tab-insert (M-TAB): Commands For Text.
-* transpose-chars (C-t): Commands For Text.
-* transpose-words (M-t): Commands For Text.
-* undo (C-_): Miscellaneous Commands.
-* universal-argument (): Numeric Arguments.
-* unix-line-discard (C-u): Commands For Killing.
-* unix-word-rubout (C-w): Commands For Killing.
-* upcase-word (M-u): Commands For Text.
-* yank (C-y): Commands For Killing.
-* yank-pop (M-y): Commands For Killing.
-
-
-
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-Node: Introduction and Notation2034
-Node: Readline Interaction3056
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-Node: Readline Killing Commands6594
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-Node: Function Naming27690
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