diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'readline/doc/inc-hist.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | readline/doc/inc-hist.texi | 40 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/readline/doc/inc-hist.texi b/readline/doc/inc-hist.texi index 539e372..9cdde40 100644 --- a/readline/doc/inc-hist.texi +++ b/readline/doc/inc-hist.texi @@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ from a user's standpoint. @section History Interaction @cindex expansion -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 -@dfn{event}, and the portions of that line that are acted upon are -called @dfn{words}. The line is broken into words in the same fashion -that the Bash shell does, so that several English (or Unix) words -surrounded by quotes are considered as one word. +The History library provides a history expansion feature similar +to the history expansion in @code{csh}. The following text describes the +syntax you use to manipulate history information. + +History expansion takes two parts. In the first part, determine +which line from the previous history will be used for substitution. +This line is called the @dfn{event}. +In the second part, select portions of that line for inclusion into the +current line. These portions are called @dfn{words}. +@value{GDBN} breaks the line into words in the same +way that the Bash shell does, so that several English (or Unix) words +surrounded by quotes are considered one word. @menu * Event Designators:: How to specify which history line to use. @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ surrounded by quotes are considered as one word. @subsection Event Designators @cindex event designators -An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the +An @dfn{event designator} is a reference to a command line entry in the history list. @table @asis @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ Refer to the most recent command containing @var{string}. @node Word Designators @subsection Word Designators -A @key{:} separates the event specification from the word designator. It -can be omitted if the word designator begins with a @key{^}, @key{$}, +A @key{:} separates the event designator from the @dfn{word designator}. +It can be omitted if the word designator begins with a @key{^}, @key{$}, @key{*} or @key{%}. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word being denoted by a 0 (zero). @@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ The empty string is returned in that case. @subsection Modifiers After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more -of the following modifiers, each preceded by a @key{:}. +of the following @dfn{modifiers}, each preceded by a @key{:}. @table @code @item # 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. +not the previous command. +@c +@c FIXME: If it doesn't belong here, let's put it where it does. +@c +@c so it technically isn't a word designator and doesn't belong in +@c this section. @item h Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head. |