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The GNU history library API -@end direntry - -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) 1988-2002 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. - -@ignore -Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission -notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph -(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). -@end ignore - -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 Free Software Foundation. -@end ifinfo - -@titlepage -@title GNU History Library -@subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for @code{History Library} Version @value{VERSION}. -@subtitle @value{UPDATE-MONTH} -@author Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation -@author Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University - -@page -This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that -provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously -typed input. - -Published by the Free Software Foundation @* -59 Temple Place, Suite 330, @* -Boston, MA 02111 USA - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -Permission is granted to 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 Free Software Foundation. - -@vskip 0pt plus 1filll -Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -@end titlepage - -@ifinfo -@node Top -@top 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. -@end menu -@end ifinfo - -@syncodeindex fn vr - -@include hsuser.texinfo -@include hstech.texinfo - -@node Concept Index -@appendix Concept Index -@printindex cp - -@node Function and Variable Index -@appendix Function and Variable Index -@printindex vr - -@contents -@bye diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/hstech.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/hstech.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 949444668fcf..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/hstech.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,550 +0,0 @@ -@ignore -This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library. - -Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual -provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on -all copies. - -Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice -identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this -paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -GNU Copyright statement is available to the distributee, and provided that -the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. -@end ignore - -@node Programming with GNU History -@chapter Programming with GNU History - -This chapter describes how to interface programs that you write -with the @sc{gnu} History Library. -It should be considered a technical guide. -For information on the interactive use of @sc{gnu} History, @pxref{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. -@end menu - -@node Introduction to History -@section Introduction to History - -Many programs read input from the user a line at a time. The @sc{gnu} -History library is able to keep track of those lines, associate arbitrary -data with each line, and utilize information from previous lines in -composing new ones. - -The programmer using the History library has available functions -for remembering lines on a history list, associating arbitrary data -with a line, removing lines from the list, searching through the list -for a line containing an arbitrary text string, and referencing any line -in the list directly. In addition, a history @dfn{expansion} function -is available which provides for a consistent user interface across -different programs. - -The user using programs written with the History library has the -benefit 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 provided by @code{csh}. - -If the programmer desires, he can use the Readline library, which -includes some history manipulation by default, and has the added -advantage of command line editing. - -Before declaring any functions using any functionality the History -library provides in other code, an application writer should include -the file @code{} in any file that uses the -History library's features. It supplies extern declarations for all -of the library's public functions and variables, and declares all of -the public data structures. - -@node History Storage -@section History Storage - -The history list is an array of history entries. A history entry is -declared as follows: - -@example -typedef void *histdata_t; - -typedef struct _hist_entry @{ - char *line; - histdata_t data; -@} HIST_ENTRY; -@end example - -The history list itself might therefore be declared as - -@example -HIST_ENTRY **the_history_list; -@end example - -The state of the History library is encapsulated into a single structure: - -@example -/* - * A structure used to pass around the current state of the history. - */ -typedef struct _hist_state @{ - HIST_ENTRY **entries; /* Pointer to the entries themselves. */ - int offset; /* The location pointer within this array. */ - int length; /* Number of elements within this array. */ - int size; /* Number of slots allocated to this array. */ - int flags; -@} HISTORY_STATE; -@end example - -If the flags member includes @code{HS_STIFLED}, the history has been -stifled. - -@node History Functions -@section History Functions - -This section describes the calling sequence for the various functions -exported by the @sc{gnu} History library. - -@menu -* Initializing History and State Management:: Functions to call when you - want to use history in a - program. -* History List Management:: Functions used to manage the list - of history entries. -* Information About the History List:: Functions returning information about - the history list. -* Moving Around the History List:: Functions used to change the position - in the history list. -* Searching the History List:: Functions to search the history list - for entries containing a string. -* Managing the History File:: Functions that read and write a file - containing the history list. -* History Expansion:: Functions to perform csh-like history - expansion. -@end menu - -@node Initializing History and State Management -@subsection Initializing History and State Management - -This section describes functions used to initialize and manage -the state of the History library when you want to use the history -functions in your program. - -@deftypefun void using_history (void) -Begin a session in which the history functions might be used. This -initializes the interactive variables. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HISTORY_STATE *} history_get_history_state (void) -Return a structure describing the current state of the input history. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void history_set_history_state (HISTORY_STATE *state) -Set the state of the history list according to @var{state}. -@end deftypefun - -@node History List Management -@subsection History List Management - -These functions manage individual entries on the history list, or set -parameters managing the list itself. - -@deftypefun void add_history (const char *string) -Place @var{string} at the end of the history list. The associated data -field (if any) is set to @code{NULL}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} remove_history (int which) -Remove history entry at offset @var{which} from the history. The -removed element is returned so you can free the line, data, -and containing structure. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} replace_history_entry (int which, const char *line, histdata_t data) -Make the history entry at offset @var{which} have @var{line} and @var{data}. -This returns the old entry so you can dispose of the data. In the case -of an invalid @var{which}, a @code{NULL} pointer is returned. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void clear_history (void) -Clear the history list by deleting all the entries. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void stifle_history (int max) -Stifle the history list, remembering only the last @var{max} entries. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int unstifle_history (void) -Stop stifling the history. This returns the previously-set -maximum number of history entries (as set by @code{stifle_history()}). -The value is positive if the history was -stifled, negative if it wasn't. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int history_is_stifled (void) -Returns non-zero if the history is stifled, zero if it is not. -@end deftypefun - -@node Information About the History List -@subsection Information About the History List - -These functions return information about the entire history list or -individual list entries. - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY **} history_list (void) -Return a @code{NULL} terminated array of @code{HIST_ENTRY *} which is the -current input history. Element 0 of this list is the beginning of time. -If there is no history, return @code{NULL}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int where_history (void) -Returns the offset of the current history element. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} current_history (void) -Return the history entry at the current position, as determined by -@code{where_history()}. If there is no entry there, return a @code{NULL} -pointer. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} history_get (int offset) -Return the history entry at position @var{offset}, starting from -@code{history_base} (@pxref{History Variables}). -If there is no entry there, or if @var{offset} -is greater than the history length, return a @code{NULL} pointer. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int history_total_bytes (void) -Return the number of bytes that the primary history entries are using. -This function returns the sum of the lengths of all the lines in the -history. -@end deftypefun - -@node Moving Around the History List -@subsection Moving Around the History List - -These functions allow the current index into the history list to be -set or changed. - -@deftypefun int history_set_pos (int pos) -Set the current history offset to @var{pos}, an absolute index -into the list. -Returns 1 on success, 0 if @var{pos} is less than zero or greater -than the number of history entries. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} previous_history (void) -Back up the current history offset to the previous history entry, and -return a pointer to that entry. If there is no previous entry, return -a @code{NULL} pointer. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} next_history (void) -Move the current history offset forward to the next history entry, and -return the a pointer to that entry. If there is no next entry, return -a @code{NULL} pointer. -@end deftypefun - -@node Searching the History List -@subsection Searching the History List -@cindex History Searching - -These functions allow searching of the history list for entries containing -a specific string. Searching may be performed both forward and backward -from the current history position. The search may be @dfn{anchored}, -meaning that the string must match at the beginning of the history entry. -@cindex anchored search - -@deftypefun int history_search (const char *string, int direction) -Search the history for @var{string}, starting at the current history offset. -If @var{direction} is less than 0, then the search is through -previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries. -If @var{string} is found, then -the current history index is set to that history entry, and the value -returned is the offset in the line of the entry where -@var{string} was found. Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is -returned. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int history_search_prefix (const char *string, int direction) -Search the history for @var{string}, starting at the current history -offset. The search is anchored: matching lines must begin with -@var{string}. If @var{direction} is less than 0, then the search is -through previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries. -If @var{string} is found, then the -current history index is set to that entry, and the return value is 0. -Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is returned. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int history_search_pos (const char *string, int direction, int pos) -Search for @var{string} in the history list, starting at @var{pos}, an -absolute index into the list. If @var{direction} is negative, the search -proceeds backward from @var{pos}, otherwise forward. Returns the absolute -index of the history element where @var{string} was found, or -1 otherwise. -@end deftypefun - -@node Managing the History File -@subsection Managing the History File - -The History library can read the history from and write it to a file. -This section documents the functions for managing a history file. - -@deftypefun int read_history (const char *filename) -Add the contents of @var{filename} to the history list, a line at a time. -If @var{filename} is @code{NULL}, then read from @file{~/.history}. -Returns 0 if successful, or @code{errno} if not. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int read_history_range (const char *filename, int from, int to) -Read a range of lines from @var{filename}, adding them to the history list. -Start reading at line @var{from} and end at @var{to}. -If @var{from} is zero, start at the beginning. If @var{to} is less than -@var{from}, then read until the end of the file. If @var{filename} is -@code{NULL}, then read from @file{~/.history}. Returns 0 if successful, -or @code{errno} if not. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int write_history (const char *filename) -Write the current history to @var{filename}, overwriting @var{filename} -if necessary. -If @var{filename} is @code{NULL}, then write the history list to -@file{~/.history}. -Returns 0 on success, or @code{errno} on a read or write error. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int append_history (int nelements, const char *filename) -Append the last @var{nelements} of the history list to @var{filename}. -If @var{filename} is @code{NULL}, then append to @file{~/.history}. -Returns 0 on success, or @code{errno} on a read or write error. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int history_truncate_file (const char *filename, int nlines) -Truncate the history file @var{filename}, leaving only the last -@var{nlines} lines. -If @var{filename} is @code{NULL}, then @file{~/.history} is truncated. -Returns 0 on success, or @code{errno} on failure. -@end deftypefun - -@node History Expansion -@subsection History Expansion - -These functions implement history expansion. - -@deftypefun int history_expand (char *string, char **output) -Expand @var{string}, placing the result into @var{output}, a pointer -to a string (@pxref{History Interaction}). Returns: -@table @code -@item 0 -If no expansions took place (or, if the only change in -the text was the removal of escape characters preceding the history expansion -character); -@item 1 -if expansions did take place; -@item -1 -if there was an error in expansion; -@item 2 -if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed, -as with the @code{:p} modifier (@pxref{Modifiers}). -@end table - -If an error ocurred in expansion, then @var{output} contains a descriptive -error message. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} get_history_event (const char *string, int *cindex, int qchar) -Returns the text of the history event beginning at @var{string} + -@var{*cindex}. @var{*cindex} is modified to point to after the event -specifier. At function entry, @var{cindex} points to the index into -@var{string} where the history event specification begins. @var{qchar} -is a character that is allowed to end the event specification in addition -to the ``normal'' terminating characters. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char **} history_tokenize (const char *string) -Return an array of tokens parsed out of @var{string}, much as the -shell might. The tokens are split on the characters in the -@var{history_word_delimiters} variable, -and shell quoting conventions are obeyed. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} history_arg_extract (int first, int last, const char *string) -Extract a string segment consisting of the @var{first} through @var{last} -arguments present in @var{string}. Arguments are split using -@code{history_tokenize}. -@end deftypefun - -@node History Variables -@section History Variables - -This section describes the externally-visible variables exported by -the @sc{gnu} History Library. - -@deftypevar int history_base -The logical offset of the first entry in the history list. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int history_length -The number of entries currently stored in the history list. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int history_max_entries -The maximum number of history entries. This must be changed using -@code{stifle_history()}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar char history_expansion_char -The character that introduces a history event. The default is @samp{!}. -Setting this to 0 inhibits history expansion. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar char history_subst_char -The character that invokes word substitution if found at the start of -a line. The default is @samp{^}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar char history_comment_char -During tokenization, if this character is seen as the first character -of a word, then it and all subsequent characters up to a newline are -ignored, suppressing history expansion for the remainder of the line. -This is disabled by default. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {char *} history_word_delimiters -The characters that separate tokens for @code{history_tokenize()}. -The default value is @code{" \t\n()<>;&|"}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {char *} history_no_expand_chars -The list of characters which inhibit history expansion if found immediately -following @var{history_expansion_char}. The default is space, tab, newline, -carriage return, and @samp{=}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {char *} history_search_delimiter_chars -The list of additional characters which can delimit a history search -string, in addition to space, TAB, @samp{:} and @samp{?} in the case of -a substring search. The default is empty. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int history_quotes_inhibit_expansion -If non-zero, single-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion -character. The default value is 0. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {rl_linebuf_func_t *} history_inhibit_expansion_function -This should be set to the address of a function that takes two arguments: -a @code{char *} (@var{string}) -and an @code{int} index into that string (@var{i}). -It should return a non-zero value if the history expansion starting at -@var{string[i]} should not be performed; zero if the expansion should -be done. -It is intended for use by applications like Bash that use the history -expansion character for additional purposes. -By default, this variable is set to @code{NULL}. -@end deftypevar - -@node History Programming Example -@section History Programming Example - -The following program demonstrates simple use of the @sc{gnu} History Library. - -@smallexample -#include -#include - -main (argc, argv) - int argc; - char **argv; -@{ - char line[1024], *t; - int len, done = 0; - - line[0] = 0; - - using_history (); - while (!done) - @{ - printf ("history$ "); - fflush (stdout); - t = fgets (line, sizeof (line) - 1, stdin); - if (t && *t) - @{ - len = strlen (t); - if (t[len - 1] == '\n') - t[len - 1] = '\0'; - @} - - if (!t) - strcpy (line, "quit"); - - if (line[0]) - @{ - char *expansion; - int result; - - result = history_expand (line, &expansion); - if (result) - fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", expansion); - - if (result < 0 || result == 2) - @{ - free (expansion); - continue; - @} - - add_history (expansion); - strncpy (line, expansion, sizeof (line) - 1); - free (expansion); - @} - - if (strcmp (line, "quit") == 0) - done = 1; - else if (strcmp (line, "save") == 0) - write_history ("history_file"); - else if (strcmp (line, "read") == 0) - read_history ("history_file"); - else if (strcmp (line, "list") == 0) - @{ - register HIST_ENTRY **the_list; - register int i; - - the_list = history_list (); - if (the_list) - for (i = 0; the_list[i]; i++) - printf ("%d: %s\n", i + history_base, the_list[i]->line); - @} - else if (strncmp (line, "delete", 6) == 0) - @{ - int which; - if ((sscanf (line + 6, "%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"); - @} - @} - @} -@} -@end smallexample diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 418bfa8eff65..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/hsuser.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,437 +0,0 @@ -@ignore -This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library. - -Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual -provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on -all copies. - -Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice -identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this -paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -GNU Copyright statement is available to the distributee, and provided that -the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. -@end ignore - -@node Using History Interactively -@chapter Using History Interactively - -@ifclear BashFeatures -@defcodeindex bt -@end ifclear - -@ifset BashFeatures -This chapter describes how to use the @sc{gnu} History Library -interactively, from a user's standpoint. -It should be considered a user's guide. -For information on using the @sc{gnu} History Library in other programs, -see the @sc{gnu} Readline Library Manual. -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -This chapter describes how to use the @sc{gnu} History Library interactively, -from a user's standpoint. It should be considered a user's guide. For -information on using the @sc{gnu} History Library in your own programs, -@pxref{Programming with GNU History}. -@end ifclear - -@ifset BashFeatures -@menu -* Bash History Facilities:: How Bash lets you manipulate your command - history. -* Bash History Builtins:: The Bash builtin commands that manipulate - the command history. -* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user. -@end menu -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -@menu -* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user. -@end menu -@end ifclear - -@ifset BashFeatures -@node Bash History Facilities -@section Bash History Facilities -@cindex command history -@cindex history list - -When the @option{-o history} option to the @code{set} builtin -is enabled (@pxref{The Set Builtin}), -the shell provides access to the @dfn{command history}, -the list of commands previously typed. -The value of the @env{HISTSIZE} shell variable is used as the -number of commands to save in a history list. -The text of the last @env{$HISTSIZE} -commands (default 500) is saved. -The shell stores each command in the history list prior to -parameter and variable expansion -but after history expansion is performed, subject to the -values of the shell variables -@env{HISTIGNORE} and @env{HISTCONTROL}. - -When the shell starts up, the history is initialized from the -file named by the @env{HISTFILE} variable (default @file{~/.bash_history}). -The file named by the value of @env{HISTFILE} is truncated, if -necessary, to contain no more than the number of lines specified by -the value of the @env{HISTFILESIZE} variable. -When an interactive shell exits, the last -@env{$HISTSIZE} lines are copied from the history list to the file -named by @env{$HISTFILE}. -If the @code{histappend} shell option is set (@pxref{Bash Builtins}), -the lines are appended to the history file, -otherwise the history file is overwritten. -If @env{HISTFILE} -is unset, or if the history file is unwritable, the history is -not saved. After saving the history, the history file is truncated -to contain no more than @env{$HISTFILESIZE} -lines. If @env{HISTFILESIZE} is not set, no truncation is performed. - -The builtin command @code{fc} may be used to list or edit and re-execute -a portion of the history list. -The @code{history} builtin may be used to display or modify the history -list and manipulate the history file. -When using command-line editing, search commands -are available in each editing mode that provide access to the -history list (@pxref{Commands For History}). - -The shell allows control over which commands are saved on the history -list. The @env{HISTCONTROL} and @env{HISTIGNORE} -variables may be set to cause the shell to save only a subset of the -commands entered. -The @code{cmdhist} -shell option, if enabled, causes the shell to attempt to save each -line of a multi-line command in the same history entry, adding -semicolons where necessary to preserve syntactic correctness. -The @code{lithist} -shell option causes the shell to save the command with embedded newlines -instead of semicolons. -The @code{shopt} builtin is used to set these options. -@xref{Bash Builtins}, for a description of @code{shopt}. - -@node Bash History Builtins -@section Bash History Builtins -@cindex history builtins - -Bash provides two builtin commands which manipulate the -history list and history file. - -@table @code - -@item fc -@btindex fc -@example -@code{fc [-e @var{ename}] [-nlr] [@var{first}] [@var{last}]} -@code{fc -s [@var{pat}=@var{rep}] [@var{command}]} -@end example - -Fix Command. In the first form, a range of commands from @var{first} to -@var{last} is selected from the history list. Both @var{first} and -@var{last} may be specified as a string (to locate the most recent -command beginning with that string) or as a number (an index into the -history list, where a negative number is used as an offset from the -current command number). If @var{last} is not specified it is set to -@var{first}. If @var{first} is not specified it is set to the previous -command for editing and @minus{}16 for listing. If the @option{-l} flag is -given, the commands are listed on standard output. The @option{-n} flag -suppresses the command numbers when listing. The @option{-r} flag -reverses the order of the listing. Otherwise, the editor given by -@var{ename} is invoked on a file containing those commands. If -@var{ename} is not given, the value of the following variable expansion -is used: @code{$@{FCEDIT:-$@{EDITOR:-vi@}@}}. This says to use the -value of the @env{FCEDIT} variable if set, or the value of the -@env{EDITOR} variable if that is set, or @code{vi} if neither is set. -When editing is complete, the edited commands are echoed and executed. - -In the second form, @var{command} is re-executed after each instance -of @var{pat} in the selected command is replaced by @var{rep}. - -A useful alias to use with the @code{fc} command is @code{r='fc -s'}, so -that typing @samp{r cc} runs the last command beginning with @code{cc} -and typing @samp{r} re-executes the last command (@pxref{Aliases}). - -@item history -@btindex history -@example -history [@var{n}] -history -c -history -d @var{offset} -history [-anrw] [@var{filename}] -history -ps @var{arg} -@end example - -With no options, display the history list with line numbers. -Lines prefixed with a @samp{*} have been modified. -An argument of @var{n} lists only the last @var{n} lines. -Options, if supplied, have the following meanings: - -@table @code -@item -c -Clear the history list. This may be combined -with the other options to replace the history list completely. - -@item -d @var{offset} -Delete the history entry at position @var{offset}. -@var{offset} should be specified as it appears when the history is -displayed. - -@item -a -Append the new -history lines (history lines entered since the beginning of the -current Bash session) to the history file. - -@item -n -Append the history lines not already read from the history file -to the current history list. These are lines appended to the history -file since the beginning of the current Bash session. - -@item -r -Read the current history file and append its contents to -the history list. - -@item -w -Write out the current history to the history file. - -@item -p -Perform history substitution on the @var{arg}s and display the result -on the standard output, without storing the results in the history list. - -@item -s -The @var{arg}s are added to the end of -the history list as a single entry. - -@end table - -When any of the @option{-w}, @option{-r}, @option{-a}, or @option{-n} options is -used, if @var{filename} -is given, then it is used as the history file. If not, then -the value of the @env{HISTFILE} variable is used. - -@end table -@end ifset - -@node History Interaction -@section History Expansion -@cindex history expansion - -The History library provides a history expansion feature that is similar -to the history expansion provided by @code{csh}. This section -describes the syntax used to manipulate the history information. - -History expansions introduce words from the history list into -the input stream, making it easy to repeat commands, insert the -arguments to a previous command into the current input line, or -fix errors in previous commands quickly. - -History expansion takes place in two parts. The first is to determine -which line from the history list 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 history is called the -@dfn{event}, and the portions of that line that are acted upon are -called @dfn{words}. Various @dfn{modifiers} are available to manipulate -the selected words. The line is broken into words in the same fashion -that Bash does, so that several words -surrounded by quotes are considered one word. -History expansions are introduced by the appearance of the -history expansion character, which is @samp{!} by default. -@ifset BashFeatures -Only @samp{\} and @samp{'} may be used to escape the history expansion -character. -@end ifset - -@ifset BashFeatures -Several shell options settable with the @code{shopt} -builtin (@pxref{Bash Builtins}) may be used to tailor -the behavior of history expansion. If the -@code{histverify} shell option is enabled, and Readline -is being used, history substitutions are not immediately passed to -the shell parser. -Instead, the expanded line is reloaded into the Readline -editing buffer for further modification. -If Readline is being used, and the @code{histreedit} -shell option is enabled, a failed history expansion will be -reloaded into the Readline editing buffer for correction. -The @option{-p} option to the @code{history} builtin command -may be used to see what a history expansion will do before using it. -The @option{-s} option to the @code{history} builtin may be used to -add commands to the end of the history list without actually executing -them, so that they are available for subsequent recall. -This is most useful in conjunction with Readline. - -The shell allows control of the various characters used by the -history expansion mechanism with the @code{histchars} variable. -@end ifset - -@menu -* Event Designators:: How to specify which history line to use. -* Word Designators:: Specifying which words are of interest. -* Modifiers:: Modifying the results of substitution. -@end menu - -@node Event Designators -@subsection Event Designators -@cindex event designators - -An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the -history list. -@cindex history events - -@table @asis - -@item @code{!} -Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab, -the end of the line, @samp{=} or @samp{(}. - -@item @code{!@var{n}} -Refer to command line @var{n}. - -@item @code{!-@var{n}} -Refer to the command @var{n} lines back. - -@item @code{!!} -Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for @samp{!-1}. - -@item @code{!@var{string}} -Refer to the most recent command starting with @var{string}. - -@item @code{!?@var{string}[?]} -Refer to the most recent command containing @var{string}. The trailing -@samp{?} may be omitted if the @var{string} is followed immediately by -a newline. - -@item @code{^@var{string1}^@var{string2}^} -Quick Substitution. Repeat the last command, replacing @var{string1} -with @var{string2}. Equivalent to -@code{!!:s/@var{string1}/@var{string2}/}. - -@item @code{!#} -The entire command line typed so far. - -@end table - -@node Word Designators -@subsection Word Designators - -Word designators are used to select desired words from the event. -A @samp{:} separates the event specification from the word designator. It -may be omitted if the word designator begins with a @samp{^}, @samp{$}, -@samp{*}, @samp{-}, or @samp{%}. Words are numbered from the beginning -of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero). Words are -inserted into the current line separated by single spaces. - -@need 0.75 -For example, - -@table @code -@item !! -designates the preceding command. When you type this, the preceding -command is repeated in toto. - -@item !!:$ -designates the last argument of the preceding command. This may be -shortened to @code{!$}. - -@item !fi:2 -designates the second argument of the most recent command starting with -the letters @code{fi}. -@end table - -@need 0.75 -Here are the word designators: - -@table @code - -@item 0 (zero) -The @code{0}th word. For many applications, this is the command word. - -@item @var{n} -The @var{n}th word. - -@item ^ -The first argument; that is, word 1. - -@item $ -The last argument. - -@item % -The word matched by the most recent @samp{?@var{string}?} search. - -@item @var{x}-@var{y} -A range of words; @samp{-@var{y}} abbreviates @samp{0-@var{y}}. - -@item * -All of the words, except the @code{0}th. This is a synonym for @samp{1-$}. -It is not an error to use @samp{*} if there is just one word in the event; -the empty string is returned in that case. - -@item @var{x}* -Abbreviates @samp{@var{x}-$} - -@item @var{x}- -Abbreviates @samp{@var{x}-$} like @samp{@var{x}*}, but omits the last word. - -@end table - -If a word designator is supplied without an event specification, the -previous command is used as the event. - -@node Modifiers -@subsection Modifiers - -After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more -of the following modifiers, each preceded by a @samp{:}. - -@table @code - -@item h -Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head. - -@item t -Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail. - -@item r -Remove a trailing suffix of the form @samp{.@var{suffix}}, leaving -the basename. - -@item e -Remove all but the trailing suffix. - -@item p -Print the new command but do not execute it. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@item q -Quote the substituted words, escaping further substitutions. - -@item x -Quote the substituted words as with @samp{q}, -but break into words at spaces, tabs, and newlines. -@end ifset - -@item s/@var{old}/@var{new}/ -Substitute @var{new} for the first occurrence of @var{old} in the -event line. Any delimiter may be used in place of @samp{/}. -The delimiter may be quoted in @var{old} and @var{new} -with a single backslash. If @samp{&} appears in @var{new}, -it is replaced by @var{old}. A single backslash will quote -the @samp{&}. The final delimiter is optional if it is the last -character on the input line. - -@item & -Repeat the previous substitution. - -@item g -Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line. Used in -conjunction with @samp{s}, as in @code{gs/@var{old}/@var{new}/}, -or with @samp{&}. - -@end table diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/manvers.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/manvers.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 1206cf0f235d..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/manvers.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -@ignore -Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -@end ignore - -@set EDITION 4.3 -@set VERSION 4.3 -@set UPDATED 2002 March 4 -@set UPDATE-MONTH March 2002 - -@set LASTCHANGE Mon Mar 4 12:00:16 EST 2002 diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rlman.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/rlman.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 1ffebad08a73..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rlman.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ -\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setfilename readline.info -@settitle GNU Readline Library -@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@synindex vr fn -@setchapternewpage odd - -@include manvers.texinfo - -@ifinfo -@dircategory Libraries -@direntry -* Readline: (readline). The GNU readline library API -@end direntry - -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) 1988-2002 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. - -@ignore -Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission -notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph -(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). -@end ignore - -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 Free Software Foundation. -@end ifinfo - -@titlepage -@title GNU Readline Library -@subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for @code{Readline Library} Version @value{VERSION}. -@subtitle @value{UPDATE-MONTH} -@author Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation -@author Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University - -@page -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. - -Published by the Free Software Foundation @* -59 Temple Place, Suite 330, @* -Boston, MA 02111 USA - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -Permission is granted to 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 Free Software Foundation. - -@vskip 0pt plus 1filll -Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -@end titlepage - -@ifinfo -@node Top -@top 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. -@end menu -@end ifinfo - -@include rluser.texinfo -@include rltech.texinfo - -@node Concept Index -@unnumbered Concept Index -@printindex cp - -@node Function and Variable Index -@unnumbered Function and Variable Index -@printindex fn - -@contents -@bye diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rltech.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/rltech.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 037e824e28ae..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rltech.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2165 +0,0 @@ -@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setfilename rltech.info -@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setchapternewpage odd - -@ifinfo -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) 1988-2002 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. - -@ignore -Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission -notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph -(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). -@end ignore - -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. -@end ifinfo - -@node Programming with GNU Readline -@chapter Programming with GNU Readline - -This chapter describes the interface between the @sc{gnu} Readline Library and -other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to include the -features found in @sc{gnu} Readline -such as completion, line editing, and interactive history manipulation -in your own programs, this section is for you. - -@menu -* Basic Behavior:: Using the default behavior of Readline. -* Custom Functions:: Adding your own functions to Readline. -* Readline Variables:: Variables accessible to custom - functions. -* Readline Convenience Functions:: Functions which Readline supplies to - aid in writing your own custom - functions. -* Readline Signal Handling:: How Readline behaves when it receives signals. -* Custom Completers:: Supplanting or supplementing Readline's - completion functions. -@end menu - -@node Basic Behavior -@section Basic Behavior - -Many programs provide a command line interface, such as @code{mail}, -@code{ftp}, and @code{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 -@code{gets()} or @code{fgets()}. - -@findex readline -@cindex readline, function - -The function @code{readline()} prints a prompt @var{prompt} -and then reads and returns a single line of text from the user. -If @var{prompt} is @code{NULL} or the empty string, no prompt is displayed. -The line @code{readline} returns is allocated with @code{malloc()}; -the caller should @code{free()} the line when it has finished with it. -The declaration for @code{readline} in ANSI C is - -@example -@code{char *readline (const char *@var{prompt});} -@end example - -@noindent -So, one might say -@example -@code{char *line = readline ("Enter a line: ");} -@end example -@noindent -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 @code{readline} encounters an @code{EOF} while reading the line, and the -line is empty at that point, then @code{(char *)NULL} is returned. -Otherwise, the line is ended just as if a newline had been typed. - -If you want the user to be able to get at the line later, (with -@key{C-p} for example), you must call @code{add_history()} to save the -line away in a @dfn{history} list of such lines. - -@example -@code{add_history (line)}; -@end example - -@noindent -For full details on the GNU History Library, see the associated manual. - -It is preferable to avoid saving empty lines on the history list, since -users rarely have a burning need to reuse a blank line. Here is -a function which usefully replaces the standard @code{gets()} library -function, and has the advantage of no static buffer to overflow: - -@example -/* 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 * -rl_gets () -@{ - /* If the buffer has already been allocated, - return the memory to the free pool. */ - if (line_read) - @{ - 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); -@} -@end example - -This function gives the user the default behaviour of @key{TAB} -completion: completion on file names. If you do not want Readline to -complete on filenames, you can change the binding of the @key{TAB} key -with @code{rl_bind_key()}. - -@example -@code{int rl_bind_key (int @var{key}, rl_command_func_t *@var{function});} -@end example - -@code{rl_bind_key()} takes two arguments: @var{key} is the character that -you want to bind, and @var{function} is the address of the function to -call when @var{key} is pressed. Binding @key{TAB} to @code{rl_insert()} -makes @key{TAB} insert itself. -@code{rl_bind_key()} returns non-zero if @var{key} is not a valid -ASCII character code (between 0 and 255). - -Thus, to disable the default @key{TAB} behavior, the following suffices: -@example -@code{rl_bind_key ('\t', rl_insert);} -@end example - -This code should be executed once at the start of your program; you -might write a function called @code{initialize_readline()} which -performs this and other desired initializations, such as installing -custom completers (@pxref{Custom Completers}). - -@node Custom Functions -@section 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. - -Before declaring any functions that customize Readline's behavior, or -using any functionality Readline provides in other code, an -application writer should include the file @code{} -in any file that uses Readline's features. Since some of the definitions -in @code{readline.h} use the @code{stdio} library, the file -@code{} should be included before @code{readline.h}. - -@code{readline.h} defines a C preprocessor variable that should -be treated as an integer, @code{RL_READLINE_VERSION}, which may -be used to conditionally compile application code depending on -the installed Readline version. The value is a hexadecimal -encoding of the major and minor version numbers of the library, -of the form 0x@var{MMmm}. @var{MM} is the two-digit major -version number; @var{mm} is the two-digit minor version number. -For Readline 4.2, for example, the value of -@code{RL_READLINE_VERSION} would be @code{0x0402}. - -@menu -* Readline Typedefs:: C declarations to make code readable. -* Function Writing:: Variables and calling conventions. -@end menu - -@node Readline Typedefs -@subsection Readline Typedefs - -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 write -code describing pointers to C functions with appropriately prototyped -arguments and return values. - -For instance, say we want to declare a variable @var{func} as a pointer -to a function which takes two @code{int} arguments and returns an -@code{int} (this is the type of all of the Readline bindable functions). -Instead of the classic C declaration - -@code{int (*func)();} - -@noindent -or the ANSI-C style declaration - -@code{int (*func)(int, int);} - -@noindent -we may write - -@code{rl_command_func_t *func;} - -The full list of function pointer types available is - -@table @code -@item typedef int rl_command_func_t (int, int); - -@item typedef char *rl_compentry_func_t (const char *, int); - -@item typedef char **rl_completion_func_t (const char *, int, int); - -@item typedef char *rl_quote_func_t (char *, int, char *); - -@item typedef char *rl_dequote_func_t (char *, int); - -@item typedef int rl_compignore_func_t (char **); - -@item typedef void rl_compdisp_func_t (char **, int, int); - -@item typedef int rl_hook_func_t (void); - -@item typedef int rl_getc_func_t (FILE *); - -@item typedef int rl_linebuf_func_t (char *, int); - -@item typedef int rl_intfunc_t (int); -@item #define rl_ivoidfunc_t rl_hook_func_t -@item typedef int rl_icpfunc_t (char *); -@item typedef int rl_icppfunc_t (char **); - -@item typedef void rl_voidfunc_t (void); -@item typedef void rl_vintfunc_t (int); -@item typedef void rl_vcpfunc_t (char *); -@item typedef void rl_vcppfunc_t (char **); - -@end table - -@node Function Writing -@subsection 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 read so far. - -The calling sequence for a command @code{foo} looks like - -@example -@code{int foo (int count, int key)} -@end example - -@noindent -where @var{count} is the numeric argument (or 1 if defaulted) and -@var{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, some -as a flag, and others to choose alternate behavior (refreshing the current -line as opposed to refreshing the screen, for example). 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 both 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. - -@node Readline Variables -@section Readline Variables - -These variables are available to function writers. - -@deftypevar {char *} rl_line_buffer -This is the line gathered so far. You are welcome to modify the -contents of the line, but see @ref{Allowing Undoing}. The -function @code{rl_extend_line_buffer} is available to increase -the memory allocated to @code{rl_line_buffer}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_point -The offset of the current cursor position in @code{rl_line_buffer} -(the @emph{point}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_end -The number of characters present in @code{rl_line_buffer}. When -@code{rl_point} is at the end of the line, @code{rl_point} and -@code{rl_end} are equal. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_mark -The @var{mark} (saved position) in the current line. If set, the mark -and point define a @emph{region}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_done -Setting this to a non-zero value causes Readline to return the current -line immediately. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_num_chars_to_read -Setting this to a positive value before calling @code{readline()} causes -Readline to return after accepting that many characters, rather -than reading up to a character bound to @code{accept-line}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {char *} rl_prompt -The prompt Readline uses. This is set from the argument to -@code{readline()}, and should not be assigned to directly. -The @code{rl_set_prompt()} function (@pxref{Redisplay}) may -be used to modify the prompt string after calling @code{readline()}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_already_prompted -If an application wishes to display the prompt itself, rather than have -Readline do it the first time @code{readline()} is called, it should set -this variable to a non-zero value after displaying the prompt. -The prompt must also be passed as the argument to @code{readline()} so -the redisplay functions can update the display properly. -The calling application is responsible for managing the value; Readline -never sets it. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {const char *} rl_library_version -The version number of this revision of the library. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_readline_version -An integer encoding the current version of the library. The encoding is -of the form 0x@var{MMmm}, where @var{MM} is the two-digit major version -number, and @var{mm} is the two-digit minor version number. -For example, for Readline-4.2, @code{rl_readline_version} would have the -value 0x0402. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {int} rl_gnu_readline_p -Always set to 1, denoting that this is @sc{gnu} readline rather than some -emulation. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 @env{TERM} environment variable -the first time it is called. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 -(@pxref{Conditional Init Constructs}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {FILE *} rl_instream -The stdio stream from which Readline reads input. -If @code{NULL}, Readline defaults to @var{stdin}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {FILE *} rl_outstream -The stdio stream to which Readline performs output. -If @code{NULL}, Readline defaults to @var{stdout}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {rl_hook_func_t *} rl_startup_hook -If non-zero, this is the address of a function to call just -before @code{readline} prints the first prompt. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 @code{readline} -starts reading input characters. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 -@code{rl_getc}, the default Readline character input function -(@pxref{Character Input}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 @code{rl_redisplay}, the default Readline -redisplay function (@pxref{Redisplay}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 -@code{int} flag that says whether or not to use eight-bit characters. -By default, this is set to @code{rl_prep_terminal} -(@pxref{Terminal Management}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 -@code{rl_prep_term_function}. -By default, this is set to @code{rl_deprep_terminal} -(@pxref{Terminal Management}). -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {Keymap} rl_executing_keymap -This variable is set to the keymap (@pxref{Keymaps}) in which the -currently executing readline function was found. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {Keymap} rl_binding_keymap -This variable is set to the keymap (@pxref{Keymaps}) in which the -last key binding occurred. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {char *} rl_executing_macro -This variable is set to the text of any currently-executing macro. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {int} rl_readline_state -A variable with bit values that encapsulate the current Readline state. -A bit is set with the @code{RL_SETSTATE} macro, and unset with the -@code{RL_UNSETSTATE} macro. Use the @code{RL_ISSTATE} macro to test -whether a particular state bit is set. Current state bits include: - -@table @code -@item RL_STATE_NONE -Readline has not yet been called, nor has it begun to intialize. -@item RL_STATE_INITIALIZING -Readline is initializing its internal data structures. -@item RL_STATE_INITIALIZED -Readline has completed its initialization. -@item RL_STATE_TERMPREPPED -Readline has modified the terminal modes to do its own input and redisplay. -@item RL_STATE_READCMD -Readline is reading a command from the keyboard. -@item RL_STATE_METANEXT -Readline is reading more input after reading the meta-prefix character. -@item RL_STATE_DISPATCHING -Readline is dispatching to a command. -@item RL_STATE_MOREINPUT -Readline is reading more input while executing an editing command. -@item RL_STATE_ISEARCH -Readline is performing an incremental history search. -@item RL_STATE_NSEARCH -Readline is performing a non-incremental history search. -@item RL_STATE_SEARCH -Readline is searching backward or forward through the history for a string. -@item RL_STATE_NUMERICARG -Readline is reading a numeric argument. -@item RL_STATE_MACROINPUT -Readline is currently getting its input from a previously-defined keyboard -macro. -@item RL_STATE_MACRODEF -Readline is currently reading characters defining a keyboard macro. -@item RL_STATE_OVERWRITE -Readline is in overwrite mode. -@item RL_STATE_COMPLETING -Readline is performing word completion. -@item RL_STATE_SIGHANDLER -Readline is currently executing the readline signal handler. -@item RL_STATE_UNDOING -Readline is performing an undo. -@item RL_STATE_DONE -Readline has read a key sequence bound to @code{accept-line} -and is about to return the line to the caller. -@end table - -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {int} rl_editing_mode -Set to a value denoting Readline's current editing mode. A value of -@var{1} means Readline is currently in emacs mode; @var{0} -means that vi mode is active. -@end deftypevar - - -@node Readline Convenience Functions -@section Readline Convenience Functions - -@menu -* Function Naming:: How to give a function you write a name. -* Keymaps:: Making keymaps. -* Binding Keys:: Changing Keymaps. -* Associating Function Names and Bindings:: Translate function names to - key sequences. -* Allowing Undoing:: How to make your functions undoable. -* Redisplay:: Functions to control line display. -* Modifying Text:: Functions to modify @code{rl_line_buffer}. -* Character Input:: Functions to read keyboard input. -* Terminal Management:: Functions to manage terminal settings. -* Utility Functions:: Generally useful functions and hooks. -* Miscellaneous Functions:: Functions that don't fall into any category. -* Alternate Interface:: Using Readline in a `callback' fashion. -* A Readline Example:: An example Readline function. -@end menu - -@node Function Naming -@subsection 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 - -@example -Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word -@end example - -This binds the keystroke @key{Meta-Rubout} to the function -@emph{descriptively} named @code{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: - -@deftypefun int rl_add_defun (const char *name, rl_command_func_t *function, int key) -Add @var{name} to the list of named functions. Make @var{function} be -the function that gets called. If @var{key} is not -1, then bind it to -@var{function} using @code{rl_bind_key()}. -@end deftypefun - -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. - -@node Keymaps -@subsection Selecting a Keymap - -Key bindings take place on a @dfn{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. - -@deftypefun Keymap rl_make_bare_keymap (void) -Returns a new, empty keymap. The space for the keymap is allocated with -@code{malloc()}; the caller should free it by calling -@code{rl_discard_keymap()} when done. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun Keymap rl_copy_keymap (Keymap map) -Return a new keymap which is a copy of @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_discard_keymap (Keymap keymap) -Free the storage associated with @var{keymap}. -@end deftypefun - -Readline has several internal keymaps. These functions allow you to -change which keymap is active. - -@deftypefun Keymap rl_get_keymap (void) -Returns the currently active keymap. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_set_keymap (Keymap keymap) -Makes @var{keymap} the currently active keymap. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun Keymap rl_get_keymap_by_name (const char *name) -Return the keymap matching @var{name}. @var{name} is one which would -be supplied in a @code{set keymap} inputrc line (@pxref{Readline Init File}). -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} rl_get_keymap_name (Keymap keymap) -Return the name matching @var{keymap}. @var{name} is one which would -be supplied in a @code{set keymap} inputrc line (@pxref{Readline Init File}). -@end deftypefun - -@node Binding Keys -@subsection Binding Keys - -Key sequences are associate with functions through the keymap. -Readline has several internal keymaps: @code{emacs_standard_keymap}, -@code{emacs_meta_keymap}, @code{emacs_ctlx_keymap}, -@code{vi_movement_keymap}, and @code{vi_insertion_keymap}. -@code{emacs_standard_keymap} is the default, and the examples in -this manual assume that. - -Since @code{readline()} installs a set of default key bindings the first -time it is called, there is always the danger that a custom binding -installed before the first call to @code{readline()} will be overridden. -An alternate mechanism is to install custom key bindings in an -initialization function assigned to the @code{rl_startup_hook} variable -(@pxref{Readline Variables}). - -These functions manage key bindings. - -@deftypefun int rl_bind_key (int key, rl_command_func_t *function) -Binds @var{key} to @var{function} in the currently active keymap. -Returns non-zero in the case of an invalid @var{key}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_bind_key_in_map (int key, rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map) -Bind @var{key} to @var{function} in @var{map}. Returns non-zero in the case -of an invalid @var{key}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_unbind_key (int key) -Bind @var{key} to the null function in the currently active keymap. -Returns non-zero in case of error. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_unbind_key_in_map (int key, Keymap map) -Bind @var{key} to the null function in @var{map}. -Returns non-zero in case of error. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_unbind_function_in_map (rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map) -Unbind all keys that execute @var{function} in @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_unbind_command_in_map (const char *command, Keymap map) -Unbind all keys that are bound to @var{command} in @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_set_key (const char *keyseq, rl_command_func_t *function, Keymap map) -Bind the key sequence represented by the string @var{keyseq} to the function -@var{function}. This makes new keymaps as -necessary. The initial keymap in which to do bindings is @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_generic_bind (int type, const char *keyseq, char *data, Keymap map) -Bind the key sequence represented by the string @var{keyseq} to the arbitrary -pointer @var{data}. @var{type} says what kind of data is pointed to by -@var{data}; this can be a function (@code{ISFUNC}), a macro -(@code{ISMACR}), or a keymap (@code{ISKMAP}). This makes new keymaps as -necessary. The initial keymap in which to do bindings is @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_parse_and_bind (char *line) -Parse @var{line} as if it had been read from the @code{inputrc} file and -perform any key bindings and variable assignments found -(@pxref{Readline Init File}). -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_read_init_file (const char *filename) -Read keybindings and variable assignments from @var{filename} -(@pxref{Readline Init File}). -@end deftypefun - -@node Associating Function Names and Bindings -@subsection 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. - -@deftypefun {rl_command_func_t *} rl_named_function (const char *name) -Return the function with name @var{name}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {rl_command_func_t *} rl_function_of_keyseq (const char *keyseq, Keymap map, int *type) -Return the function invoked by @var{keyseq} in keymap @var{map}. -If @var{map} is @code{NULL}, the current keymap is used. If @var{type} is -not @code{NULL}, the type of the object is returned in the @code{int} variable -it points to (one of @code{ISFUNC}, @code{ISKMAP}, or @code{ISMACR}). -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char **} rl_invoking_keyseqs (rl_command_func_t *function) -Return an array of strings representing the key sequences used to -invoke @var{function} in the current keymap. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {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 @var{function} in the keymap @var{map}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_function_dumper (int readable) -Print the readline function names and the key sequences currently -bound to them to @code{rl_outstream}. If @var{readable} is non-zero, -the list is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an -@code{inputrc} file and re-read. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_list_funmap_names (void) -Print the names of all bindable Readline functions to @code{rl_outstream}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {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 @code{free()} the array when you are done, but not the pointers. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_add_funmap_entry (const char *name, rl_command_func_t *function) -Add @var{name} to the list of bindable Readline command names, and make -@var{function} the function to be called when @var{name} is invoked. -@end deftypefun - -@node Allowing Undoing -@subsection Allowing Undoing - -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. - -If your function simply inserts text once, or deletes text once, and -uses @code{rl_insert_text()} or @code{rl_delete_text()} to do it, then -undoing is already done for you automatically. - -If you do multiple insertions or multiple deletions, or any combination -of these operations, you should group them together into one operation. -This is done with @code{rl_begin_undo_group()} and -@code{rl_end_undo_group()}. - -The types of events that can be undone are: - -@smallexample -enum undo_code @{ UNDO_DELETE, UNDO_INSERT, UNDO_BEGIN, UNDO_END @}; -@end smallexample - -Notice that @code{UNDO_DELETE} means to insert some text, and -@code{UNDO_INSERT} means to delete some text. That is, the undo code -tells what to undo, not how to undo it. @code{UNDO_BEGIN} and -@code{UNDO_END} are tags added by @code{rl_begin_undo_group()} and -@code{rl_end_undo_group()}. - -@deftypefun int rl_begin_undo_group (void) -Begins saving undo information in a group construct. The undo -information usually comes from calls to @code{rl_insert_text()} and -@code{rl_delete_text()}, but could be the result of calls to -@code{rl_add_undo()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_end_undo_group (void) -Closes the current undo group started with @code{rl_begin_undo_group -()}. There should be one call to @code{rl_end_undo_group()} -for each call to @code{rl_begin_undo_group()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_add_undo (enum undo_code what, int start, int end, char *text) -Remember how to undo an event (according to @var{what}). The affected -text runs from @var{start} to @var{end}, and encompasses @var{text}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_free_undo_list (void) -Free the existing undo list. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_do_undo (void) -Undo the first thing on the undo list. Returns @code{0} if there was -nothing to undo, non-zero if something was undone. -@end deftypefun - -Finally, if you neither insert nor delete text, but directly modify the -existing text (e.g., change its case), call @code{rl_modifying()} -once, just before you modify the text. You must supply the indices of -the text range that you are going to modify. - -@deftypefun int rl_modifying (int start, int end) -Tell Readline to save the text between @var{start} and @var{end} as a -single undo unit. It is assumed that you will subsequently modify -that text. -@end deftypefun - -@node Redisplay -@subsection Redisplay - -@deftypefun void rl_redisplay (void) -Change what's displayed on the screen to reflect the current contents -of @code{rl_line_buffer}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_forced_update_display (void) -Force the line to be updated and redisplayed, whether or not -Readline thinks the screen display is correct. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_on_new_line (void) -Tell the update functions that we have moved onto a new (empty) line, -usually after ouputting a newline. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_on_new_line_with_prompt (void) -Tell the update functions that we have moved onto a new line, with -@var{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 @var{rl_already_prompted}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_reset_line_state (void) -Reset the display state to a clean state and redisplay the current line -starting on a new line. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_crlf (void) -Move the cursor to the start of the next screen line. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_show_char (int c) -Display character @var{c} on @code{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. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_message (const char *, @dots{}) -The arguments are a format string as would be supplied to @code{printf}, -possibly containing conversion specifications such as @samp{%d}, and -any additional arguments necessary to satisfy the conversion specifications. -The resulting string is displayed in the @dfn{echo area}. The echo area -is also used to display numeric arguments and search strings. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_clear_message (void) -Clear the message in the echo area. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_save_prompt (void) -Save the local Readline prompt display state in preparation for -displaying a new message in the message area with @code{rl_message()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_restore_prompt (void) -Restore the local Readline prompt display state saved by the most -recent call to @code{rl_save_prompt}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_expand_prompt (char *prompt) -Expand any special character sequences in @var{prompt} and set up the -local Readline prompt redisplay variables. -This function is called by @code{readline()}. It may also be called to -expand the primary prompt if the @code{rl_on_new_line_with_prompt()} -function or @code{rl_already_prompted} variable is used. -It returns the number of visible characters on the last line of the -(possibly multi-line) prompt. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_set_prompt (const char *prompt) -Make Readline use @var{prompt} for subsequent redisplay. This calls -@code{rl_expand_prompt()} to expand the prompt and sets @code{rl_prompt} -to the result. -@end deftypefun - -@node Modifying Text -@subsection Modifying Text - -@deftypefun int rl_insert_text (const char *text) -Insert @var{text} into the line at the current cursor position. -Returns the number of characters inserted. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_delete_text (int start, int end) -Delete the text between @var{start} and @var{end} in the current line. -Returns the number of characters deleted. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} rl_copy_text (int start, int end) -Return a copy of the text between @var{start} and @var{end} in -the current line. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_kill_text (int start, int end) -Copy the text between @var{start} and @var{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 @var{start} is less than @var{end}, -the text is appended, otherwise prepended. If the last command was -not a kill, a new kill ring slot is used. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_push_macro_input (char *macro) -Cause @var{macro} to be inserted into the line, as if it had been invoked -by a key bound to a macro. Not especially useful; use -@code{rl_insert_text()} instead. -@end deftypefun - -@node Character Input -@subsection Character Input - -@deftypefun 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 @var{rl_pending_input} (@pxref{Readline Variables}) -and @code{rl_stuff_char()}, macros, and characters read from the keyboard. -While waiting for input, this function will call any function assigned to -the @code{rl_event_hook} variable. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_getc (FILE *stream) -Return the next character available from @var{stream}, which is assumed to -be the keyboard. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_stuff_char (int c) -Insert @var{c} into the Readline input stream. It will be "read" -before Readline attempts to read characters from the terminal with -@code{rl_read_key()}. Up to 512 characters may be pushed back. -@code{rl_stuff_char} returns 1 if the character was successfully inserted; -0 otherwise. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_execute_next (int c) -Make @var{c} be the next command to be executed when @code{rl_read_key()} -is called. This sets @var{rl_pending_input}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_clear_pending_input (void) -Unset @var{rl_pending_input}, effectively negating the effect of any -previous call to @code{rl_execute_next()}. This works only if the -pending input has not already been read with @code{rl_read_key()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout (int u) -While waiting for keyboard input in @code{rl_read_key()}, Readline will -wait for @var{u} microseconds for input before calling any function -assigned to @code{rl_event_hook}. The default waiting period is -one-tenth of a second. Returns the old timeout value. -@end deftypefun - -@node Terminal Management -@subsection Terminal Management - -@deftypefun void rl_prep_terminal (int meta_flag) -Modify the terminal settings for Readline's use, so @code{readline()} -can read a single character at a time from the keyboard. -The @var{meta_flag} argument should be non-zero if Readline should -read eight-bit input. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_deprep_terminal (void) -Undo the effects of @code{rl_prep_terminal()}, leaving the terminal in -the state in which it was before the most recent call to -@code{rl_prep_terminal()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_tty_set_default_bindings (Keymap kmap) -Read the operating system's terminal editing characters (as would be displayed -by @code{stty}) to their Readline equivalents. The bindings are performed -in @var{kmap}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_reset_terminal (const char *terminal_name) -Reinitialize Readline's idea of the terminal settings using -@var{terminal_name} as the terminal type (e.g., @code{vt100}). -If @var{terminal_name} is @code{NULL}, the value of the @code{TERM} -environment variable is used. -@end deftypefun - -@node Utility Functions -@subsection Utility Functions - -@deftypefun void rl_replace_line (const char *text, int clear_undo) -Replace the contents of @code{rl_line_buffer} with @var{text}. -The point and mark are preserved, if possible. -If @var{clear_undo} is non-zero, the undo list associated with the -current line is cleared. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_extend_line_buffer (int len) -Ensure that @code{rl_line_buffer} has enough space to hold @var{len} -characters, possibly reallocating it if necessary. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_initialize (void) -Initialize or re-initialize Readline's internal state. -It's not strictly necessary to call this; @code{readline()} calls it before -reading any input. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_ding (void) -Ring the terminal bell, obeying the setting of @code{bell-style}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_alphabetic (int c) -Return 1 if @var{c} is an alphabetic character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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. @code{matches} is the list -of strings, in argv format, such as a list of completion matches. -@code{len} is the number of strings in @code{matches}, and @code{max} -is the length of the longest string in @code{matches}. This function uses -the setting of @code{print-completions-horizontally} to select how the -matches are displayed (@pxref{Readline Init File Syntax}). -@end deftypefun - -The following are implemented as macros, defined in @code{chardefs.h}. -Applications should refrain from using them. - -@deftypefun int _rl_uppercase_p (int c) -Return 1 if @var{c} is an uppercase alphabetic character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int _rl_lowercase_p (int c) -Return 1 if @var{c} is a lowercase alphabetic character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int _rl_digit_p (int c) -Return 1 if @var{c} is a numeric character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int _rl_to_upper (int c) -If @var{c} is a lowercase alphabetic character, return the corresponding -uppercase character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int _rl_to_lower (int c) -If @var{c} is an uppercase alphabetic character, return the corresponding -lowercase character. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int _rl_digit_value (int c) -If @var{c} is a number, return the value it represents. -@end deftypefun - -@node Miscellaneous Functions -@subsection Miscellaneous Functions - -@deftypefun int rl_macro_bind (const char *keyseq, const char *macro, Keymap map) -Bind the key sequence @var{keyseq} to invoke the macro @var{macro}. -The binding is performed in @var{map}. When @var{keyseq} is invoked, the -@var{macro} will be inserted into the line. This function is deprecated; -use @code{rl_generic_bind()} instead. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_macro_dumper (int readable) -Print the key sequences bound to macros and their values, using -the current keymap, to @code{rl_outstream}. -If @var{readable} is non-zero, the list is formatted in such a way -that it can be made part of an @code{inputrc} file and re-read. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_variable_bind (const char *variable, const char *value) -Make the Readline variable @var{variable} have @var{value}. -This behaves as if the readline command -@samp{set @var{variable} @var{value}} had been executed in an @code{inputrc} -file (@pxref{Readline Init File Syntax}). -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_variable_dumper (int readable) -Print the readline variable names and their current values -to @code{rl_outstream}. -If @var{readable} is non-zero, the list is formatted in such a way -that it can be made part of an @code{inputrc} file and re-read. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_set_paren_blink_timeout (int u) -Set the time interval (in microseconds) that Readline waits when showing -a balancing character when @code{blink-matching-paren} has been enabled. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} rl_get_termcap (const char *cap) -Retrieve the string value of the termcap capability @var{cap}. -Readline fetches the termcap entry for the current terminal name and -uses those capabilities to move around the screen line and perform other -terminal-specific operations, like erasing a line. Readline does not -use all of a terminal's capabilities, and this function will return -values for only those capabilities Readline uses. -@end deftypefun - -@node Alternate Interface -@subsection Alternate Interface - -An alternate interface is available to plain @code{readline()}. Some -applications need to interleave keyboard I/O with file, device, or -window system I/O, typically by using a main loop to @code{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. - -@deftypefun 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 @var{prompt}. Save the value of @var{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. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_callback_read_char (void) -Whenever an application determines that keyboard input is available, it -should call @code{rl_callback_read_char()}, which will read the next -character from the current input source. -If that character completes the line, @code{rl_callback_read_char} will -invoke the @var{lhandler} function saved by @code{rl_callback_handler_install} -to process the line. -Before calling the @var{lhandler} function, the terminal settings are -reset to the values they had before calling -@code{rl_callback_handler_install}. -If the @var{lhandler} function returns, -the terminal settings are modified for Readline's use again. -@code{EOF} is indicated by calling @var{lhandler} with a -@code{NULL} line. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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 @var{lhandler} installed by @code{rl_callback_handler_install} -does not exit the program, either this function or the function referred -to by the value of @code{rl_deprep_term_function} should be called before -the program exits to reset the terminal settings. -@end deftypefun - -@node A Readline Example -@subsection 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 @samp{M-c}, then typing @samp{M-c} would -change the case of the character under point. Typing @samp{M-1 0 M-c} -would change the case of the following 10 characters, leaving the cursor on -the last character changed. - -@example -/* Invert the case of the COUNT following characters. */ -int -invert_case_line (count, key) - int count, key; -@{ - register int start, end, i; - - start = rl_point; - - if (rl_point >= rl_end) - return (0); - - 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 = 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])) - rl_line_buffer[i] = _rl_to_lower (rl_line_buffer[i]); - else if (_rl_lowercase_p (rl_line_buffer[i])) - rl_line_buffer[i] = _rl_to_upper (rl_line_buffer[i]); - @} - /* Move point to on top of the last character changed. */ - rl_point = (direction == 1) ? end - 1 : start; - return (0); -@} -@end example - -@node Readline Signal Handling -@section Readline Signal Handling - -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 signals that can -be sent to the process currently reading input from the keyboard. Since -Readline changes the terminal attributes when it is called, it needs to -perform special processing when such a signal is received in order to -restore the terminal to a sane state, or provide application writers with -functions to do so manually. - -Readline contains an internal signal handler that is installed for a -number of signals (@code{SIGINT}, @code{SIGQUIT}, @code{SIGTERM}, -@code{SIGALRM}, @code{SIGTSTP}, @code{SIGTTIN}, and @code{SIGTTOU}). -When one of these signals is received, the signal handler -will reset the terminal attributes to those that were in effect before -@code{readline()} was called, reset the signal handling to what it was -before @code{readline()} was called, and resend the signal to the calling -application. -If and when the calling application's signal handler returns, Readline -will reinitialize the terminal and continue to accept input. -When a @code{SIGINT} is received, the Readline signal handler performs -some additional work, which will cause any partially-entered line to be -aborted (see the description of @code{rl_free_line_state()} below). - -There is an additional Readline signal handler, for @code{SIGWINCH}, which -the kernel sends to a process whenever the terminal's size changes (for -example, if a user resizes an @code{xterm}). The Readline @code{SIGWINCH} -handler updates Readline's internal screen size information, and then calls -any @code{SIGWINCH} signal handler the calling application has installed. -Readline calls the application's @code{SIGWINCH} signal handler without -resetting the terminal to its original state. If the application's signal -handler does more than update its idea of the terminal size and return (for -example, a @code{longjmp} back to a main processing loop), it @emph{must} -call @code{rl_cleanup_after_signal()} (described below), to restore the -terminal state. - -Readline provides two variables that allow application writers to -control whether or not it will catch certain signals and act on them -when they are received. It is important that applications change the -values of these variables only when calling @code{readline()}, not in -a signal handler, so Readline's internal signal state is not corrupted. - -@deftypevar int rl_catch_signals -If this variable is non-zero, Readline will install signal handlers for -@code{SIGINT}, @code{SIGQUIT}, @code{SIGTERM}, @code{SIGALRM}, -@code{SIGTSTP}, @code{SIGTTIN}, and @code{SIGTTOU}. - -The default value of @code{rl_catch_signals} is 1. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_catch_sigwinch -If this variable is non-zero, Readline will install a signal handler for -@code{SIGWINCH}. - -The default value of @code{rl_catch_sigwinch} is 1. -@end deftypevar - -If an application does not wish to have Readline catch any signals, or -to handle signals other than those Readline catches (@code{SIGHUP}, -for example), -Readline provides convenience functions to do the necessary terminal -and internal state cleanup upon receipt of a signal. - -@deftypefun void rl_cleanup_after_signal (void) -This function will reset the state of the terminal to what it was before -@code{readline()} was called, and remove the Readline signal handlers for -all signals, depending on the values of @code{rl_catch_signals} and -@code{rl_catch_sigwinch}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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 numeric argument). This -should be called before @code{rl_cleanup_after_signal()}. The -Readline signal handler for @code{SIGINT} calls this to abort the -current input line. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_reset_after_signal (void) -This will reinitialize the terminal and reinstall any Readline signal -handlers, depending on the values of @code{rl_catch_signals} and -@code{rl_catch_sigwinch}. -@end deftypefun - -If an application does not wish Readline to catch @code{SIGWINCH}, it may -call @code{rl_resize_terminal()} or @code{rl_set_screen_size()} to force -Readline to update its idea of the terminal size when a @code{SIGWINCH} -is received. - -@deftypefun void rl_resize_terminal (void) -Update Readline's internal screen size by reading values from the kernel. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun void rl_set_screen_size (int rows, int cols) -Set Readline's idea of the terminal size to @var{rows} rows and -@var{cols} columns. -@end deftypefun - -If an application does not want to install a @code{SIGWINCH} handler, but -is still interested in the screen dimensions, Readline's idea of the screen -size may be queried. - -@deftypefun 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. -@end deftypefun - -The following functions install and remove Readline's signal handlers. - -@deftypefun int rl_set_signals (void) -Install Readline's signal handler for @code{SIGINT}, @code{SIGQUIT}, -@code{SIGTERM}, @code{SIGALRM}, @code{SIGTSTP}, @code{SIGTTIN}, -@code{SIGTTOU}, and @code{SIGWINCH}, depending on the values of -@code{rl_catch_signals} and @code{rl_catch_sigwinch}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_clear_signals (void) -Remove all of the Readline signal handlers installed by -@code{rl_set_signals()}. -@end deftypefun - -@node Custom Completers -@section 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 commands, data, or both. -The following sections describe how your program and Readline -cooperate to provide this service. - -@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. -@end menu - -@node How Completing Works -@subsection How Completing Works - -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 completion, and 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 such functions must do, and provides an example. - -There are three major functions used to perform completion: - -@enumerate -@item -The user-interface function @code{rl_complete()}. This function is -called with the same arguments as other bindable Readline functions: -@var{count} and @var{invoking_key}. -It isolates the word to be completed and calls -@code{rl_completion_matches()} to generate a list of possible completions. -It then either lists the possible completions, inserts the possible -completions, or actually performs the -completion, depending on which behavior is desired. - -@item -The internal function @code{rl_completion_matches()} uses an -application-supplied @dfn{generator} function to generate the list of -possible matches, and then returns the array of these matches. -The caller should place the address of its generator function in -@code{rl_completion_entry_function}. - -@item -The generator function is called repeatedly from -@code{rl_completion_matches()}, returning a string each time. The -arguments to the generator function are @var{text} and @var{state}. -@var{text} is the partial word to be completed. @var{state} is zero the -first time the function is called, allowing the generator to perform -any necessary initialization, and a positive non-zero integer for -each subsequent call. The generator function returns -@code{(char *)NULL} to inform @code{rl_completion_matches()} that there are -no more possibilities left. Usually the generator function computes the -list of possible completions when @var{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 @code{malloc()}; Readline -frees the strings when it has finished with them. - -@end enumerate - -@deftypefun 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 -@code{rl_completion_matches()}). The default is to do filename completion. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypevar {rl_compentry_func_t *} rl_completion_entry_function -This is a pointer to the generator function for -@code{rl_completion_matches()}. -If the value of @code{rl_completion_entry_function} is -@code{NULL} then the default filename generator -function, @code{rl_filename_completion_function()}, is used. -@end deftypevar - -@node Completion Functions -@subsection Completion Functions - -Here is the complete list of callable completion functions present in -Readline. - -@deftypefun int rl_complete_internal (int what_to_do) -Complete the word at or before point. @var{what_to_do} says what to do -with the completion. A value of @samp{?} means list the possible -completions. @samp{TAB} means do standard completion. @samp{*} means -insert all of the possible completions. @samp{!} means to display -all of the possible completions, if there is more than one, as well as -performing partial completion. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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 -@code{rl_completion_matches()} and @code{rl_completion_entry_function}). -The default is to do filename -completion. This calls @code{rl_complete_internal()} with an -argument depending on @var{invoking_key}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_possible_completions (int count, int invoking_key) -List the possible completions. See description of @code{rl_complete -()}. This calls @code{rl_complete_internal()} with an argument of -@samp{?}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun 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 @code{rl_complete()}. -This calls @code{rl_complete_internal()} with an argument of @samp{*}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun int rl_completion_mode (rl_command_func_t *cfunc) -Returns the apppriate value to pass to @code{rl_complete_internal()} -depending on whether @var{cfunc} was called twice in succession and -the value of the @code{show-all-if-ambiguous} variable. -Application-specific completion functions may use this function to present -the same interface as @code{rl_complete()}. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {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 -@var{text}. If there are no completions, returns @code{NULL}. -The first entry in the returned array is the substitution for @var{text}. -The remaining entries are the possible completions. The array is -terminated with a @code{NULL} pointer. - -@var{entry_func} is a function of two args, and returns a -@code{char *}. The first argument is @var{text}. The second is a -state argument; it is zero on the first call, and non-zero on subsequent -calls. @var{entry_func} returns a @code{NULL} pointer to the caller -when there are no more matches. -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} rl_filename_completion_function (const char *text, int state) -A generator function for filename completion in the general case. -@var{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). -@end deftypefun - -@deftypefun {char *} rl_username_completion_function (const char *text, int state) -A completion generator for usernames. @var{text} contains a partial -username preceded by a random character (usually @samp{~}). As with all -completion generators, @var{state} is zero on the first call and non-zero -for subsequent calls. -@end deftypefun - -@node Completion Variables -@subsection Completion Variables - -@deftypevar {rl_compentry_func_t *} rl_completion_entry_function -A pointer to the generator function for @code{rl_completion_matches()}. -@code{NULL} means to use @code{rl_filename_completion_function()}, the default -filename completer. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {rl_completion_func_t *} rl_attempted_completion_function -A pointer to an alternative function to create matches. -The function is called with @var{text}, @var{start}, and @var{end}. -@var{start} and @var{end} are indices in @code{rl_line_buffer} defining -the boundaries of @var{text}, which is a character string. -If this function exists and returns @code{NULL}, or if this variable is -set to @code{NULL}, then @code{rl_complete()} will call the value of -@code{rl_completion_entry_function} to generate matches, otherwise the -array of strings returned will be used. -If this function sets the @code{rl_attempted_completion_over} -variable to a non-zero value, Readline will not perform its default -completion even if this function returns no matches. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 @code{rl_filename_quote_characters} -appears in a completed filename. The function is called with -@var{text}, @var{match_type}, and @var{quote_pointer}. The @var{text} -is the filename to be quoted. The @var{match_type} is either -@code{SINGLE_MATCH}, if there is only one completion match, or -@code{MULT_MATCH}. Some functions use this to decide whether or not to -insert a closing quote character. The @var{quote_pointer} is a pointer -to any opening quote character the user typed. Some functions choose -to reset this character. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 against names in -the filesystem. It is called with @var{text}, the text of the word -to be dequoted, and @var{quote_char}, which is the quoting character -that delimits the filename (usually @samp{'} or @samp{"}). If -@var{quote_char} is zero, the filename was not in an embedded string. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 function is called with -two arguments: @var{text}, the text of the line, and @var{index}, the -index of the character in the line. It is used to decide whether a -character found in @code{rl_completer_word_break_characters} should be -used to break words for the completer. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 @code{NULL} terminated array of matches. -The first element (@code{matches[0]}) is the -maximal substring common to all matches. This function can -re-arrange the list of matches as required, but each element deleted -from the array must be freed. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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, and may modify that string. -If the string is replaced with a new string, the old value should be freed. -Any modified directory name should have a trailing slash. -The modified value will be displayed as part of the completion, replacing -the directory portion of the pathname the user typed. -It returns an integer that should be non-zero if the function modifies -its directory argument. -It could be used to expand symbolic links or shell variables in pathnames. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 the list. -It takes three arguments: -(@code{char **}@var{matches}, @code{int} @var{num_matches}, @code{int} @var{max_length}) -where @var{matches} is the array of matching strings, -@var{num_matches} is the number of strings in that array, and -@var{max_length} is the length of the longest string in that array. -Readline provides a convenience function, @code{rl_display_match_list}, -that takes care of doing the display to Readline's output stream. That -function may be called from this hook. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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: -@code{" \t\n\"\\'`@@$><=;|&@{("}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {const char *} rl_basic_quote_characters -A list of quote characters which can cause a word break. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {const char *} rl_completer_word_break_characters -The list of characters that signal a break between words for -@code{rl_complete_internal()}. The default list is the value of -@code{rl_basic_word_break_characters}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 -@code{rl_completer_word_break_characters} are treated as any other character, -unless they also appear within this list. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {const char *} rl_special_prefixes -The list of characters that are word break characters, but should be -left in @var{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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar {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 (@samp{ }). Setting this to the null -character (@samp{\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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_completion_suppress_append -If non-zero, @var{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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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 @var{mark-directories} variable. -This variable exists so that application completion functions can -override the user's global preference (set via the -@var{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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_ignore_completion_duplicates -If non-zero, then duplicates in the matches are removed. -The default is 1. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_filename_completion_desired -Non-zero means that the results of the matches are to be treated as -filenames. This is @emph{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 -@code{rl_filename_quote_characters} and @code{rl_filename_quoting_desired} -is set to a non-zero value. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar 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 -@code{rl_filename_quote_chars}. This is @emph{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 @code{rl_filename_quoting_function}. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_attempted_completion_over -If an application-specific completion function assigned to -@code{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. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_completion_type -Set to a character describing the type of completion Readline is currently -attempting; see the description of @code{rl_complete_internal()} -(@pxref{Completion Functions}) for the list of characters. -@end deftypevar - -@deftypevar int rl_inhibit_completion -If this variable is non-zero, completion is inhibited. The completion -character will be inserted as any other bound to @code{self-insert}. -@end deftypevar - -@node A Short Completion Example -@subsection A Short Completion Example - -Here is a small application demonstrating the use of the GNU Readline -library. It is called @code{fileman}, and the source code resides in -@file{examples/fileman.c}. This sample application provides -completion of command names, line editing features, and access to the -history list. - -@page -@smallexample -/* 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 -#include -#include -#include -#include - -#include -#include - -extern char *xmalloc (); - -/* The names of functions that actually do the manipulation. */ -int com_list __P((char *)); -int com_view __P((char *)); -int com_rename __P((char *)); -int com_stat __P((char *)); -int com_pwd __P((char *)); -int com_delete __P((char *)); -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" @}, - @{ "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, (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) - char *line; -@{ - 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 * -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. Return a pointer - into STRING. */ -char * -stripwhite (string) - 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. */ -initialize_readline () -@{ - /* 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 - contents of rl_line_buffer in case we want to do some simple - parsing. Returnthe array of matches, or NULL if there aren't any. */ -char ** -fileman_completion (text, start, end) - const char *text; - 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. */ -char * -command_generator (text, state) - const 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 (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", - finfo.st_size, - (finfo.st_size == 1) ? "" : "s"); - printf ("Inode Last Change at: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_ctime)); - printf (" Last access at: %s", ctime (&finfo.st_atime)); - 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) - 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"); - @} - return (0); -@} - -/* Change to the directory ARG. */ -com_cd (arg) - char *arg; -@{ - if (chdir (arg) == -1) - @{ - 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) - char *arg; -@{ - 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" - 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 -valid_argument (caller, arg) - char *caller, *arg; -@{ - if (!arg || !*arg) - @{ - fprintf (stderr, "%s: Argument required.\n", caller); - return (0); - @} - - return (1); -@} -@end smallexample diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluser.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluser.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 94f851e67f29..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluser.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1796 +0,0 @@ -@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setfilename rluser.info -@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setchapternewpage odd - -@ignore -This file documents the end user interface to the GNU command line -editing features. It is to be an appendix to manuals for programs which -use these features. There is a document entitled "readline.texinfo" -which contains both end-user and programmer documentation for the -GNU Readline Library. - -Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. - -Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice -identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this -paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual -provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on -all copies. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -GNU Copyright statement is available to the distributee, and provided that -the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. -@end ignore - -@comment If you are including this manual as an appendix, then set the -@comment variable readline-appendix. - -@ifclear BashFeatures -@defcodeindex bt -@end ifclear - -@node Command Line Editing -@chapter Command Line Editing - -This chapter describes the basic features of the @sc{gnu} -command line editing interface. -@ifset BashFeatures -Command line editing is provided by the Readline library, which is -used by several different programs, including Bash. -@end ifset - -@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. -* Bindable Readline Commands:: A description of most of the Readline commands - available for binding -* Readline vi Mode:: A short description of how to make Readline - behave like the vi editor. -@ifset BashFeatures -* Programmable Completion:: How to specify the possible completions for - a specific command. -* Programmable Completion Builtins:: Builtin commands to specify how to - complete arguments for a particular command. -@end ifset -@end menu - -@node Introduction and Notation -@section Introduction to Line Editing - -The following paragraphs describe the notation used to represent -keystrokes. - -The text @kbd{C-k} is read as `Control-K' and describes the character -produced when the @key{k} key is pressed while the Control key -is depressed. - -The text @kbd{M-k} is read as `Meta-K' and describes the character -produced when the Meta key (if you have one) is depressed, and the @key{k} -key is pressed. -The Meta key is labeled @key{ALT} on many keyboards. -On keyboards with two keys labeled @key{ALT} (usually to either side of -the space bar), the @key{ALT} on the left side is generally set to -work as a Meta key. -The @key{ALT} key on the right may also be configured to work as a -Meta key or may be configured as some other modifier, such as a -Compose key for typing accented characters. - -If you do not have a Meta or @key{ALT} key, or another key working as -a Meta key, the identical keystroke can be generated by typing @key{ESC} -@emph{first}, and then typing @key{k}. -Either process is known as @dfn{metafying} the @key{k} key. - -The text @kbd{M-C-k} is read as `Meta-Control-k' and describes the -character produced by @dfn{metafying} @kbd{C-k}. - -In addition, several keys have their own names. Specifically, -@key{DEL}, @key{ESC}, @key{LFD}, @key{SPC}, @key{RET}, and @key{TAB} all -stand for themselves when seen in this text, or in an init file -(@pxref{Readline Init File}). -If your keyboard lacks a @key{LFD} key, typing @key{C-j} will -produce the desired character. -The @key{RET} key may be labeled @key{Return} or @key{Enter} on -some keyboards. - -@node Readline Interaction -@section Readline Interaction -@cindex interaction, readline - -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 @key{RET}. You do not have to be at the -end of the line to press @key{RET}; 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. -* Searching:: Searching through previous lines. -@end menu - -@node Readline Bare Essentials -@subsection Readline Bare Essentials -@cindex notation, readline -@cindex command editing -@cindex editing command lines - -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 type @kbd{C-b} to move the cursor to the left, and then -correct your mistake. Afterwards, you can move the cursor to the right -with @kbd{C-f}. - -When you add text in the middle of a line, you will notice that characters -to the right of the cursor are `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 are `pulled back' to fill in the -blank space created by the removal of the text. A list of the bare -essentials for editing the text of an input line follows. - -@table @asis -@item @kbd{C-b} -Move back one character. -@item @kbd{C-f} -Move forward one character. -@item @key{DEL} or @key{Backspace} -Delete the character to the left of the cursor. -@item @kbd{C-d} -Delete the character underneath the cursor. -@item @w{Printing characters} -Insert the character into the line at the cursor. -@item @kbd{C-_} or @kbd{C-x C-u} -Undo the last editing command. You can undo all the way back to an -empty line. -@end table - -@noindent -(Depending on your configuration, the @key{Backspace} key be set to -delete the character to the left of the cursor and the @key{DEL} key set -to delete the character underneath the cursor, like @kbd{C-d}, rather -than the character to the left of the cursor.) - -@node Readline Movement Commands -@subsection Readline Movement Commands - - -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 @kbd{C-b}, @kbd{C-f}, -@kbd{C-d}, and @key{DEL}. Here are some commands for moving more rapidly -about the line. - -@table @kbd -@item C-a -Move to the start of the line. -@item C-e -Move to the end of the line. -@item M-f -Move forward a word, where a word is composed of letters and digits. -@item M-b -Move backward a word. -@item C-l -Clear the screen, reprinting the current line at the top. -@end table - -Notice how @kbd{C-f} moves forward a character, while @kbd{M-f} moves -forward a word. It is a loose convention that control keystrokes -operate on characters while meta keystrokes operate on words. - -@node Readline Killing Commands -@subsection Readline Killing Commands - -@cindex killing text -@cindex yanking text - -@dfn{Killing} text means to delete the text from the line, but to save -it away for later use, usually by @dfn{yanking} (re-inserting) -it back into the line. -(`Cut' and `paste' are more recent jargon for `kill' and `yank'.) - -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. - -When you use a kill command, the text is saved in a @dfn{kill-ring}. -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. -@cindex kill ring - -Here is the list of commands for killing text. - -@table @kbd -@item C-k -Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line. - -@item M-d -Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or, if between -words, to the end of the next word. -Word boundaries are the same as those used by @kbd{M-f}. - -@item M-@key{DEL} -Kill from the cursor the start of the current word, or, if between -words, to the start of the previous word. -Word boundaries are the same as those used by @kbd{M-b}. - -@item C-w -Kill from the cursor to the previous whitespace. This is different than -@kbd{M-@key{DEL}} because the word boundaries differ. - -@end table - -Here is how to @dfn{yank} the text back into the line. Yanking -means to copy the most-recently-killed text from the kill buffer. - -@table @kbd -@item C-y -Yank the most recently killed text back into the buffer at the cursor. - -@item M-y -Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. You can only do this if -the prior command is @kbd{C-y} or @kbd{M-y}. -@end table - -@node Readline Arguments -@subsection Readline Arguments - -You can pass numeric arguments to Readline commands. Sometimes the -argument acts as a repeat count, other times it is the @i{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 @samp{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' typed is a minus -sign (@samp{-}), 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 @kbd{C-d} command an argument of 10, you could type @samp{M-1 0 C-d}, -which will delete the next ten characters on the input line. - -@node Searching -@subsection Searching for Commands in the History - -Readline provides commands for searching through the command history -@ifset BashFeatures -(@pxref{Bash History Facilities}) -@end ifset -for lines containing a specified string. -There are two search modes: @dfn{incremental} and @dfn{non-incremental}. - -Incremental searches begin before the user has finished typing the -search string. -As each character of the search string is typed, Readline displays -the next entry from the history matching the string typed so far. -An incremental search requires only as many characters as needed to -find the desired history entry. -To search backward in the history for a particular string, type -@kbd{C-r}. Typing @kbd{C-s} searches forward through the history. -The characters present in the value of the @code{isearch-terminators} variable -are used to terminate an incremental search. -If that variable has not been assigned a value, the @key{ESC} and -@kbd{C-J} characters will terminate an incremental search. -@kbd{C-g} will abort an incremental search and restore the original line. -When the search is terminated, the history entry containing the -search string becomes the current line. - -To find other matching entries in the history list, type @kbd{C-r} or -@kbd{C-s} as appropriate. -This will search backward or forward in the history for the next -entry matching the search string typed so far. -Any other key sequence bound to a Readline command will terminate -the search and execute that command. -For instance, a @key{RET} will terminate the search and accept -the line, thereby executing the command from the history list. -A movement command will terminate the search, make the last line found -the current line, and begin editing. - -Readline remembers the last incremental search string. If two -@kbd{C-r}s are typed without any intervening characters defining a new -search string, any remembered search string is used. - -Non-incremental searches read the entire search string before starting -to search for matching history lines. The search string may be -typed by the user or be part of the contents of the current line. - -@node Readline Init File -@section Readline Init File -@cindex initialization file, readline - -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 @dfn{inputrc} file, conventionally in his home directory. -The name of this -@ifset BashFeatures -file is taken from the value of the shell variable @env{INPUTRC}. If -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -file is taken from the value of the environment variable @env{INPUTRC}. If -@end ifclear -that variable is unset, the default is @file{~/.inputrc}. - -When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the -init file is read, and the key bindings are set. - -In addition, the @code{C-x C-r} command re-reads this init file, thus -incorporating any changes that you might have made to it. - -@menu -* Readline Init File Syntax:: Syntax for the commands in the inputrc file. - -* Conditional Init Constructs:: Conditional key bindings in the inputrc file. - -* Sample Init File:: An example inputrc file. -@end menu - -@node Readline Init File Syntax -@subsection Readline Init File Syntax - -There are only a few basic constructs allowed in the -Readline init file. Blank lines are ignored. -Lines beginning with a @samp{#} are comments. -Lines beginning with a @samp{$} indicate conditional -constructs (@pxref{Conditional Init Constructs}). Other lines -denote variable settings and key bindings. - -@table @asis -@item Variable Settings -You can modify the run-time behavior of Readline by -altering the values of variables in Readline -using the @code{set} command within the init file. -The syntax is simple: - -@example -set @var{variable} @var{value} -@end example - -@noindent -Here, for example, is how to -change from the default Emacs-like key binding to use -@code{vi} line editing commands: - -@example -set editing-mode vi -@end example - -Variable names and values, where appropriate, are recognized without regard -to case. - -@ifset BashFeatures -The @w{@code{bind -V}} command lists the current Readline variable names -and values. @xref{Bash Builtins}. -@end ifset - -A great deal of run-time behavior is changeable with the following -variables. - -@cindex variables, readline -@table @code - -@item bell-style -@vindex bell-style -Controls what happens when Readline wants to ring the terminal bell. -If set to @samp{none}, Readline never rings the bell. If set to -@samp{visible}, Readline uses a visible bell if one is available. -If set to @samp{audible} (the default), Readline attempts to ring -the terminal's bell. - -@item comment-begin -@vindex comment-begin -The string to insert at the beginning of the line when the -@code{insert-comment} command is executed. The default value -is @code{"#"}. - -@item completion-ignore-case -If set to @samp{on}, Readline performs filename matching and completion -in a case-insensitive fashion. -The default value is @samp{off}. - -@item completion-query-items -@vindex 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 @code{100}. - -@item convert-meta -@vindex convert-meta -If set to @samp{on}, Readline will convert characters with the -eighth bit set to an @sc{ascii} key sequence by stripping the eighth -bit and prefixing an @key{ESC} character, converting them to a -meta-prefixed key sequence. The default value is @samp{on}. - -@item disable-completion -@vindex disable-completion -If set to @samp{On}, Readline will inhibit word completion. -Completion characters will be inserted into the line as if they had -been mapped to @code{self-insert}. The default is @samp{off}. - -@item editing-mode -@vindex editing-mode -The @code{editing-mode} variable controls which default set of -key bindings is used. By default, Readline starts up in Emacs editing -mode, where the keystrokes are most similar to Emacs. This variable can be -set to either @samp{emacs} or @samp{vi}. - -@item enable-keypad -@vindex enable-keypad -When set to @samp{on}, Readline will try to enable the application -keypad when it is called. Some systems need this to enable the -arrow keys. The default is @samp{off}. - -@item expand-tilde -@vindex expand-tilde -If set to @samp{on}, tilde expansion is performed when Readline -attempts word completion. The default is @samp{off}. - -@vindex history-preserve-point -If set to @samp{on}, the history code attempts to place point at the -same location on each history line retrived with @code{previous-history} -or @code{next-history}. - -@item horizontal-scroll-mode -@vindex horizontal-scroll-mode -This variable can be set to either @samp{on} or @samp{off}. Setting it -to @samp{on} means that the text of the lines being edited will scroll -horizontally on a single screen line when they are longer than the width -of the screen, instead of wrapping onto a new screen line. By default, -this variable is set to @samp{off}. - -@item input-meta -@vindex input-meta -@vindex meta-flag -If set to @samp{on}, Readline will enable eight-bit input (it -will not clear the eighth bit in the characters it reads), -regardless of what the terminal claims it can support. The -default value is @samp{off}. The name @code{meta-flag} is a -synonym for this variable. - -@item isearch-terminators -@vindex isearch-terminators -The string of characters that should terminate an incremental search without -subsequently executing the character as a command (@pxref{Searching}). -If this variable has not been given a value, the characters @key{ESC} and -@kbd{C-J} will terminate an incremental search. - -@item keymap -@vindex keymap -Sets Readline's idea of the current keymap for key binding commands. -Acceptable @code{keymap} names are -@code{emacs}, -@code{emacs-standard}, -@code{emacs-meta}, -@code{emacs-ctlx}, -@code{vi}, -@code{vi-move}, -@code{vi-command}, and -@code{vi-insert}. -@code{vi} is equivalent to @code{vi-command}; @code{emacs} is -equivalent to @code{emacs-standard}. The default value is @code{emacs}. -The value of the @code{editing-mode} variable also affects the -default keymap. - -@item mark-directories -If set to @samp{on}, completed directory names have a slash -appended. The default is @samp{on}. - -@item mark-modified-lines -@vindex mark-modified-lines -This variable, when set to @samp{on}, causes Readline to display an -asterisk (@samp{*}) at the start of history lines which have been modified. -This variable is @samp{off} by default. - -@item mark-symlinked-directories -@vindex mark-symlinked-directories -If set to @samp{on}, completed names which are symbolic links -to directories have a slash appended (subject to the value of -@code{mark-directories}). -The default is @samp{off}. - -@item match-hidden-files -@vindex match-hidden-files -This variable, when set to @samp{on}, causes Readline to match files whose -names begin with a @samp{.} (hidden files) when performing filename -completion, unless the leading @samp{.} is -supplied by the user in the filename to be completed. -This variable is @samp{on} by default. - -@item output-meta -@vindex output-meta -If set to @samp{on}, Readline will display characters with the -eighth bit set directly rather than as a meta-prefixed escape -sequence. The default is @samp{off}. - -@item page-completions -@vindex page-completions -If set to @samp{on}, Readline uses an internal @code{more}-like pager -to display a screenful of possible completions at a time. -This variable is @samp{on} by default. - -@item print-completions-horizontally -If set to @samp{on}, Readline will display completions with matches -sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen. -The default is @samp{off}. - -@item show-all-if-ambiguous -@vindex show-all-if-ambiguous -This alters the default behavior of the completion functions. If -set to @samp{on}, -words which have more than one possible completion cause the -matches to be listed immediately instead of ringing the bell. -The default value is @samp{off}. - -@item visible-stats -@vindex visible-stats -If set to @samp{on}, a character denoting a file's type -is appended to the filename when listing possible -completions. The default is @samp{off}. - -@end table - -@item 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 -want to change. The following sections contain tables of the command -name, the default keybinding, if any, and a short description of what -the command does. - -Once you know the name of the command, simply place on a line -in the init file the name of the key -you wish to bind the command to, a colon, and then the name of the -command. The name of the key -can be expressed in different ways, depending on what you find most -comfortable. - -In addition to command names, readline allows keys to be bound -to a string that is inserted when the key is pressed (a @var{macro}). - -@ifset BashFeatures -The @w{@code{bind -p}} command displays Readline function names and -bindings in a format that can put directly into an initialization file. -@xref{Bash Builtins}. -@end ifset - -@table @asis -@item @w{@var{keyname}: @var{function-name} or @var{macro}} -@var{keyname} is the name of a key spelled out in English. For example: -@example -Control-u: universal-argument -Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word -Control-o: "> output" -@end example - -In the above example, @kbd{C-u} is bound to the function -@code{universal-argument}, -@kbd{M-DEL} is bound to the function @code{backward-kill-word}, and -@kbd{C-o} is bound to run the macro -expressed on the right hand side (that is, to insert the text -@samp{> output} into the line). - -A number of symbolic character names are recognized while -processing this key binding syntax: -@var{DEL}, -@var{ESC}, -@var{ESCAPE}, -@var{LFD}, -@var{NEWLINE}, -@var{RET}, -@var{RETURN}, -@var{RUBOUT}, -@var{SPACE}, -@var{SPC}, -and -@var{TAB}. - -@item @w{"@var{keyseq}": @var{function-name} or @var{macro}} -@var{keyseq} differs from @var{keyname} above in that strings -denoting an entire key sequence can be specified, by placing -the key sequence in double quotes. Some @sc{gnu} Emacs style key -escapes can be used, as in the following example, but the -special character names are not recognized. - -@example -"\C-u": universal-argument -"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file -"\e[11~": "Function Key 1" -@end example - -In the above example, @kbd{C-u} is again bound to the function -@code{universal-argument} (just as it was in the first example), -@samp{@kbd{C-x} @kbd{C-r}} is bound to the function @code{re-read-init-file}, -and @samp{@key{ESC} @key{[} @key{1} @key{1} @key{~}} is bound to insert -the text @samp{Function Key 1}. - -@end table - -The following @sc{gnu} Emacs style escape sequences are available when -specifying key sequences: - -@table @code -@item @kbd{\C-} -control prefix -@item @kbd{\M-} -meta prefix -@item @kbd{\e} -an escape character -@item @kbd{\\} -backslash -@item @kbd{\"} -@key{"}, a double quotation mark -@item @kbd{\'} -@key{'}, a single quote or apostrophe -@end table - -In addition to the @sc{gnu} Emacs style escape sequences, a second -set of backslash escapes is available: - -@table @code -@item \a -alert (bell) -@item \b -backspace -@item \d -delete -@item \f -form feed -@item \n -newline -@item \r -carriage return -@item \t -horizontal tab -@item \v -vertical tab -@item \@var{nnn} -the eight-bit character whose value is the octal value @var{nnn} -(one to three digits) -@item \x@var{HH} -the eight-bit character whose value is the hexadecimal value @var{HH} -(one or two hex digits) -@end table - -When entering the text of a macro, single or double quotes must -be used to indicate a macro definition. -Unquoted text is assumed to be a function name. -In the macro body, the backslash escapes described above are expanded. -Backslash will quote any other character in the macro text, -including @samp{"} and @samp{'}. -For example, the following binding will make @samp{@kbd{C-x} \} -insert a single @samp{\} into the line: -@example -"\C-x\\": "\\" -@end example - -@end table - -@node Conditional Init Constructs -@subsection Conditional Init Constructs - -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. - -@table @code -@item $if -The @code{$if} construct allows bindings to be made based on the -editing mode, the terminal being used, or the application using -Readline. The text of the test extends to the end of the line; -no characters are required to isolate it. - -@table @code -@item mode -The @code{mode=} form of the @code{$if} directive is used to test -whether Readline is in @code{emacs} or @code{vi} mode. -This may be used in conjunction -with the @samp{set keymap} command, for instance, to set bindings in -the @code{emacs-standard} and @code{emacs-ctlx} keymaps only if -Readline is starting out in @code{emacs} mode. - -@item term -The @code{term=} form may be used to include terminal-specific -key bindings, perhaps to bind the key sequences output by the -terminal's function keys. The word on the right side of the -@samp{=} is tested against both the full name of the terminal and -the portion of the terminal name before the first @samp{-}. This -allows @code{sun} to match both @code{sun} and @code{sun-cmd}, -for instance. - -@item application -The @var{application} construct is used to include -application-specific settings. Each program using the Readline -library sets the @var{application name}, and you can test for -a particular value. -This could be used to bind key sequences to functions useful for -a specific program. For instance, the following command adds a -key sequence that quotes the current or previous word in Bash: -@example -$if Bash -# Quote the current or previous word -"\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\"" -$endif -@end example -@end table - -@item $endif -This command, as seen in the previous example, terminates an -@code{$if} command. - -@item $else -Commands in this branch of the @code{$if} directive are executed if -the test fails. - -@item $include -This directive takes a single filename as an argument and reads commands -and bindings from that file. -For example, the following directive reads from @file{/etc/inputrc}: -@example -$include /etc/inputrc -@end example -@end table - -@node Sample Init File -@subsection Sample Init File - -Here is an example of an @var{inputrc} file. This illustrates key -binding, variable assignment, and conditional syntax. - -@example -@page -# This file controls the behaviour of line input editing for -# programs that use the GNU Readline library. Existing -# programs include FTP, Bash, and GDB. -# -# You can re-read the inputrc file with C-x C-r. -# Lines beginning with '#' are comments. -# -# 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 -# -#"\M-OD": backward-char -#"\M-OC": forward-char -#"\M-OA": previous-history -#"\M-OB": next-history -# -# Arrow keys in ANSI mode -# -"\M-[D": backward-char -"\M-[C": forward-char -"\M-[A": previous-history -"\M-[B": next-history -# -# Arrow keys in 8 bit keypad mode -# -#"\M-\C-OD": backward-char -#"\M-\C-OC": forward-char -#"\M-\C-OA": previous-history -#"\M-\C-OB": next-history -# -# Arrow keys in 8 bit ANSI mode -# -#"\M-\C-[D": backward-char -#"\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 -"\C-xp": "PATH=$@{PATH@}\e\C-e\C-a\ef\C-f" -# prepare to type a quoted word -- -# insert open and close double quotes -# and move to just after the open quote -"\C-x\"": "\"\"\C-b" -# insert a backslash (testing backslash escapes -# in sequences and macros) -"\C-x\\": "\\" -# Quote the current or previous word -"\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\"" -# Add a binding to refresh the line, which is unbound -"\C-xr": redraw-current-line -# Edit variable on current line. -"\M-\C-v": "\C-a\C-k$\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-?" -"\C-xt": "put \M-?" -"\M-.": yank-last-arg -$endif -@end example - -@node Bindable Readline Commands -@section Bindable Readline Commands - -@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. -* Keyboard Macros:: Saving and re-executing typed characters -* Miscellaneous Commands:: Other miscellaneous commands. -@end menu - -This section describes Readline commands that may be bound to key -sequences. -@ifset BashFeatures -You can list your key bindings by executing -@w{@code{bind -P}} or, for a more terse format, suitable for an -@var{inputrc} file, @w{@code{bind -p}}. (@xref{Bash Builtins}.) -@end ifset -Command names without an accompanying key sequence are unbound by default. - -In the following descriptions, @dfn{point} refers to the current cursor -position, and @dfn{mark} refers to a cursor position saved by the -@code{set-mark} command. -The text between the point and mark is referred to as the @dfn{region}. - -@node Commands For Moving -@subsection Commands For Moving -@ftable @code -@item beginning-of-line (C-a) -Move to the start of the current line. - -@item end-of-line (C-e) -Move to the end of the line. - -@item forward-char (C-f) -Move forward a character. - -@item backward-char (C-b) -Move back a character. - -@item forward-word (M-f) -Move forward to the end of the next word. Words are composed of -letters and digits. - -@item backward-word (M-b) -Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are -composed of letters and digits. - -@item clear-screen (C-l) -Clear the screen and redraw the current line, -leaving the current line at the top of the screen. - -@item redraw-current-line () -Refresh the current line. By default, this is unbound. - -@end ftable - -@node Commands For History -@subsection Commands For Manipulating The History - -@ftable @code -@item accept-line (Newline or Return) -@ifset BashFeatures -Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. -If this line is -non-empty, add it to the history list according to the setting of -the @env{HISTCONTROL} and @env{HISTIGNORE} variables. -If this line is a modified history line, then restore the history line -to its original state. -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. -If this line is -non-empty, it may be added to the history list for future recall with -@code{add_history()}. -If this line is a modified history line, the history line is restored -to its original state. -@end ifclear - -@item previous-history (C-p) -Move `back' through the history list, fetching the previous command. - -@item next-history (C-n) -Move `forward' through the history list, fetching the next command. - -@item beginning-of-history (M-<) -Move to the first line in the history. - -@item end-of-history (M->) -Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently -being entered. - -@item 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. - -@item forward-search-history (C-s) -Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' through -the the history as necessary. This is an incremental search. - -@item non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p) -Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up' -through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search -for a string supplied by the user. - -@item non-incremental-forward-search-history (M-n) -Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' -through the the history as necessary using a non-incremental search -for a string supplied by the user. - -@item history-search-forward () -Search forward through the history for the string of characters -between the start of the current line and the point. -This is a non-incremental search. -By default, this command is unbound. - -@item history-search-backward () -Search backward through the history for the string of characters -between the start of the current line and the point. This -is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound. - -@item yank-nth-arg (M-C-y) -Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually -the second word on the previous line) at point. -With an argument @var{n}, -insert the @var{n}th word from the previous command (the words -in the previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument -inserts the @var{n}th word from the end of the previous command. - -@item 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 @code{yank-nth-arg}. -Successive calls to @code{yank-last-arg} move back through the history -list, inserting the last argument of each line in turn. - -@end ftable - -@node Commands For Text -@subsection Commands For Changing Text - -@ftable @code -@item delete-char (C-d) -Delete the character at point. If point is at the -beginning of the line, there are no characters in the line, and -the last character typed was not bound to @code{delete-char}, then -return @sc{eof}. - -@item backward-delete-char (Rubout) -Delete the character behind the cursor. A numeric argument means -to kill the characters instead of deleting them. - -@item forward-backward-delete-char () -Delete the character under the cursor, unless the cursor is at the -end of the line, in which case the character behind the cursor is -deleted. By default, this is not bound to a key. - -@item quoted-insert (C-q or C-v) -Add the next character typed to the line verbatim. This is -how to insert key sequences like @kbd{C-q}, for example. - -@ifclear BashFeatures -@item tab-insert (M-@key{TAB}) -Insert a tab character. -@end ifclear - -@item self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, @dots{}) -Insert yourself. - -@item transpose-chars (C-t) -Drag the character before the cursor forward over -the character at the cursor, moving the -cursor forward as well. If the insertion point -is at the end of the line, then this -transposes the last two characters of the line. -Negative arguments have no effect. - -@item transpose-words (M-t) -Drag the word before point past the word after point, -moving point past that word as well. -If the insertion point is at the end of the line, this transposes -the last two words on the line. - -@item upcase-word (M-u) -Uppercase the current (or following) word. With a negative argument, -uppercase the previous word, but do not move the cursor. - -@item downcase-word (M-l) -Lowercase the current (or following) word. With a negative argument, -lowercase the previous word, but do not move the cursor. - -@item capitalize-word (M-c) -Capitalize the current (or following) word. With a negative argument, -capitalize the previous word, but do not move the cursor. - -@item overwrite-mode () -Toggle overwrite mode. With an explicit positive numeric argument, -switches to overwrite mode. With an explicit non-positive numeric -argument, switches to insert mode. This command affects only -@code{emacs} mode; @code{vi} mode does overwrite differently. -Each call to @code{readline()} starts in insert mode. - -In overwrite mode, characters bound to @code{self-insert} replace -the text at point rather than pushing the text to the right. -Characters bound to @code{backward-delete-char} replace the character -before point with a space. - -By default, this command is unbound. - -@end ftable - -@node Commands For Killing -@subsection Killing And Yanking - -@ftable @code - -@item kill-line (C-k) -Kill the text from point to the end of the line. - -@item backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout) -Kill backward to the beginning of the line. - -@item unix-line-discard (C-u) -Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line. - -@item kill-whole-line () -Kill all characters on the current line, no matter where point is. -By default, this is unbound. - -@item kill-word (M-d) -Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if between -words, to the end of the next word. -Word boundaries are the same as @code{forward-word}. - -@item backward-kill-word (M-@key{DEL}) -Kill the word behind point. -Word boundaries are the same as @code{backward-word}. - -@item unix-word-rubout (C-w) -Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary. -The killed text is saved on the kill-ring. - -@item delete-horizontal-space () -Delete all spaces and tabs around point. By default, this is unbound. - -@item kill-region () -Kill the text in the current region. -By default, this command is unbound. - -@item copy-region-as-kill () -Copy the text in the region to the kill buffer, so it can be yanked -right away. By default, this command is unbound. - -@item copy-backward-word () -Copy the word before point to the kill buffer. -The word boundaries are the same as @code{backward-word}. -By default, this command is unbound. - -@item copy-forward-word () -Copy the word following point to the kill buffer. -The word boundaries are the same as @code{forward-word}. -By default, this command is unbound. - -@item yank (C-y) -Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point. - -@item yank-pop (M-y) -Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. You can only do this if -the prior command is @code{yank} or @code{yank-pop}. -@end ftable - -@node Numeric Arguments -@subsection Specifying Numeric Arguments -@ftable @code - -@item digit-argument (@kbd{M-0}, @kbd{M-1}, @dots{} @kbd{M--}) -Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new -argument. @kbd{M--} starts a negative argument. - -@item universal-argument () -This is another way to specify an argument. -If this command is followed by one or more digits, optionally with a -leading minus sign, those digits define the argument. -If the command is followed by digits, executing @code{universal-argument} -again ends the numeric argument, but is otherwise ignored. -As a special case, if this command is immediately followed by a -character that is neither a digit or minus sign, the argument count -for the next command is multiplied by four. -The argument count is initially one, so executing this function the -first time makes the argument count four, a second time makes the -argument count sixteen, and so on. -By default, this is not bound to a key. -@end ftable - -@node Commands For Completion -@subsection Letting Readline Type For You - -@ftable @code -@item complete (@key{TAB}) -Attempt to perform completion on the text before point. -The actual completion performed is application-specific. -@ifset BashFeatures -Bash attempts completion treating the text as a variable (if the -text begins with @samp{$}), username (if the text begins with -@samp{~}), hostname (if the text begins with @samp{@@}), or -command (including aliases and functions) in turn. If none -of these produces a match, filename completion is attempted. -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -The default is filename completion. -@end ifclear - -@item possible-completions (M-?) -List the possible completions of the text before point. - -@item insert-completions (M-*) -Insert all completions of the text before point that would have -been generated by @code{possible-completions}. - -@item menu-complete () -Similar to @code{complete}, but replaces the word to be completed -with a single match from the list of possible completions. -Repeated execution of @code{menu-complete} steps through the list -of possible completions, inserting each match in turn. -At the end of the list of completions, the bell is rung -(subject to the setting of @code{bell-style}) -and the original text is restored. -An argument of @var{n} moves @var{n} positions forward in the list -of matches; a negative argument may be used to move backward -through the list. -This command is intended to be bound to @key{TAB}, but is unbound -by default. - -@item delete-char-or-list () -Deletes the character under the cursor if not at the beginning or -end of the line (like @code{delete-char}). -If at the end of the line, behaves identically to -@code{possible-completions}. -This command is unbound by default. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@item complete-filename (M-/) -Attempt filename completion on the text before point. - -@item possible-filename-completions (C-x /) -List the possible completions of the text before point, -treating it as a filename. - -@item complete-username (M-~) -Attempt completion on the text before point, treating -it as a username. - -@item possible-username-completions (C-x ~) -List the possible completions of the text before point, -treating it as a username. - -@item complete-variable (M-$) -Attempt completion on the text before point, treating -it as a shell variable. - -@item possible-variable-completions (C-x $) -List the possible completions of the text before point, -treating it as a shell variable. - -@item complete-hostname (M-@@) -Attempt completion on the text before point, treating -it as a hostname. - -@item possible-hostname-completions (C-x @@) -List the possible completions of the text before point, -treating it as a hostname. - -@item complete-command (M-!) -Attempt completion on the text before point, treating -it as a command name. Command completion attempts to -match the text against aliases, reserved words, shell -functions, shell builtins, and finally executable filenames, -in that order. - -@item possible-command-completions (C-x !) -List the possible completions of the text before point, -treating it as a command name. - -@item dynamic-complete-history (M-@key{TAB}) -Attempt completion on the text before point, comparing -the text against lines from the history list for possible -completion matches. - -@item complete-into-braces (M-@{) -Perform filename completion and insert the list of possible completions -enclosed within braces so the list is available to the shell -(@pxref{Brace Expansion}). - -@end ifset -@end ftable - -@node Keyboard Macros -@subsection Keyboard Macros -@ftable @code - -@item start-kbd-macro (C-x () -Begin saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro. - -@item end-kbd-macro (C-x )) -Stop saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro -and save the definition. - -@item call-last-kbd-macro (C-x e) -Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by making the characters -in the macro appear as if typed at the keyboard. - -@end ftable - -@node Miscellaneous Commands -@subsection Some Miscellaneous Commands -@ftable @code - -@item re-read-init-file (C-x C-r) -Read in the contents of the @var{inputrc} file, and incorporate -any bindings or variable assignments found there. - -@item abort (C-g) -Abort the current editing command and -ring the terminal's bell (subject to the setting of -@code{bell-style}). - -@item do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, M-@var{x}, @dots{}) -If the metafied character @var{x} is lowercase, run the command -that is bound to the corresponding uppercase character. - -@item prefix-meta (@key{ESC}) -Metafy the next character typed. This is for keyboards -without a meta key. Typing @samp{@key{ESC} f} is equivalent to typing -@kbd{M-f}. - -@item undo (C-_ or C-x C-u) -Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line. - -@item revert-line (M-r) -Undo all changes made to this line. This is like executing the @code{undo} -command enough times to get back to the beginning. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@item tilde-expand (M-&) -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -@item tilde-expand (M-~) -@end ifclear -Perform tilde expansion on the current word. - -@item set-mark (C-@@) -Set the mark to the point. If a -numeric argument is supplied, the mark is set to that position. - -@item exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x) -Swap the point with the mark. The current cursor position is set to -the saved position, and the old cursor position is saved as the mark. - -@item character-search (C-]) -A character is read and point is moved to the next occurrence of that -character. A negative count searches for previous occurrences. - -@item character-search-backward (M-C-]) -A character is read and point is moved to the previous occurrence -of that character. A negative count searches for subsequent -occurrences. - -@item insert-comment (M-#) -Without a numeric argument, the value of the @code{comment-begin} -variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line. -If a numeric argument is supplied, this command acts as a toggle: if -the characters at the beginning of the line do not match the value -of @code{comment-begin}, the value is inserted, otherwise -the characters in @code{comment-begin} are deleted from the beginning of -the line. -In either case, the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed. -@ifset BashFeatures -The default value of @code{comment-begin} causes this command -to make the current line a shell comment. -If a numeric argument causes the comment character to be removed, the line -will be executed by the shell. -@end ifset - -@item dump-functions () -Print all of the functions and their key bindings to the -Readline output stream. If a numeric argument is supplied, -the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part -of an @var{inputrc} file. This command is unbound by default. - -@item dump-variables () -Print all of the settable variables and their values to the -Readline output stream. If a numeric argument is supplied, -the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part -of an @var{inputrc} file. This command is unbound by default. - -@item dump-macros () -Print all of the Readline key sequences bound to macros and the -strings they output. If a numeric argument is supplied, -the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part -of an @var{inputrc} file. This command is unbound by default. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@item glob-complete-word (M-g) -The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname expansion, -with an asterisk implicitly appended. This pattern is used to -generate a list of matching file names for possible completions. - -@item glob-expand-word (C-x *) -The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname expansion, -and the list of matching file names is inserted, replacing the word. -If a numeric argument is supplied, a @samp{*} is appended before -pathname expansion. - -@item glob-list-expansions (C-x g) -The list of expansions that would have been generated by -@code{glob-expand-word} is displayed, and the line is redrawn. -If a numeric argument is supplied, a @samp{*} is appended before -pathname expansion. - -@item display-shell-version (C-x C-v) -Display version information about the current instance of Bash. - -@item shell-expand-line (M-C-e) -Expand the line as the shell does. -This performs alias and history expansion as well as all of the shell -word expansions (@pxref{Shell Expansions}). - -@item history-expand-line (M-^) -Perform history expansion on the current line. - -@item magic-space () -Perform history expansion on the current line and insert a space -(@pxref{History Interaction}). - -@item alias-expand-line () -Perform alias expansion on the current line (@pxref{Aliases}). - -@item history-and-alias-expand-line () -Perform history and alias expansion on the current line. - -@item insert-last-argument (M-. or M-_) -A synonym for @code{yank-last-arg}. - -@item operate-and-get-next (C-o) -Accept the current line for execution and fetch the next line -relative to the current line from the history for editing. Any -argument is ignored. - -@item edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e) -Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the result as shell -commands. -Bash attempts to invoke -@code{$FCEDIT}, @code{$EDITOR}, and @code{emacs} -as the editor, in that order. - -@end ifset - -@ifclear BashFeatures -@item emacs-editing-mode (C-e) -When in @code{vi} command mode, this causes a switch to @code{emacs} -editing mode. - -@item vi-editing-mode (M-C-j) -When in @code{emacs} editing mode, this causes a switch to @code{vi} -editing mode. - -@end ifclear - -@end ftable - -@node Readline vi Mode -@section Readline vi Mode - -While the Readline library does not have a full set of @code{vi} -editing functions, it does contain enough to allow simple editing -of the line. The Readline @code{vi} mode behaves as specified in -the @sc{posix} 1003.2 standard. - -@ifset BashFeatures -In order to switch interactively between @code{emacs} and @code{vi} -editing modes, use the @samp{set -o emacs} and @samp{set -o vi} -commands (@pxref{The Set Builtin}). -@end ifset -@ifclear BashFeatures -In order to switch interactively between @code{emacs} and @code{vi} -editing modes, use the command @kbd{M-C-j} (bound to emacs-editing-mode -when in @code{vi} mode and to vi-editing-mode in @code{emacs} mode). -@end ifclear -The Readline default is @code{emacs} mode. - -When you enter a line in @code{vi} mode, you are already placed in -`insertion' mode, as if you had typed an @samp{i}. Pressing @key{ESC} -switches you into `command' mode, where you can edit the text of the -line with the standard @code{vi} movement keys, move to previous -history lines with @samp{k} and subsequent lines with @samp{j}, and -so forth. - -@ifset BashFeatures -@node Programmable Completion -@section Programmable Completion -@cindex programmable completion - -When word completion is attempted for an argument to a command for -which a completion specification (a @var{compspec}) has been defined -using the @code{complete} builtin (@pxref{Programmable Completion Builtins}), -the programmable completion facilities are invoked. - -First, the command name is identified. -If a compspec has been defined for that command, the -compspec is used to generate the list of possible completions for the word. -If the command word is a full pathname, a compspec for the full -pathname is searched for first. -If no compspec is found for the full pathname, an attempt is made to -find a compspec for the portion following the final slash. - -Once a compspec has been found, it is used to generate the list of -matching words. -If a compspec is not found, the default Bash completion -described above (@pxref{Commands For Completion}) is performed. - -First, the actions specified by the compspec are used. -Only matches which are prefixed by the word being completed are -returned. -When the @option{-f} or @option{-d} option is used for filename or -directory name completion, the shell variable @env{FIGNORE} is -used to filter the matches. -@xref{Bash Variables}, for a description of @env{FIGNORE}. - -Any completions specified by a filename expansion pattern to the -@option{-G} option are generated next. -The words generated by the pattern need not match the word being completed. -The @env{GLOBIGNORE} shell variable is not used to filter the matches, -but the @env{FIGNORE} shell variable is used. - -Next, the string specified as the argument to the @option{-W} option -is considered. -The string is first split using the characters in the @env{IFS} -special variable as delimiters. -Shell quoting is honored. -Each word is then expanded using -brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion, -command substitution, arithmetic expansion, and pathname expansion, -as described above (@pxref{Shell Expansions}). -The results are split using the rules described above -(@pxref{Word Splitting}). -The results of the expansion are prefix-matched against the word being -completed, and the matching words become the possible completions. - -After these matches have been generated, any shell function or command -specified with the @option{-F} and @option{-C} options is invoked. -When the command or function is invoked, the @env{COMP_LINE} and -@env{COMP_POINT} variables are assigned values as described above -(@pxref{Bash Variables}). -If a shell function is being invoked, the @env{COMP_WORDS} and -@env{COMP_CWORD} variables are also set. -When the function or command is invoked, the first argument is the -name of the command whose arguments are being completed, the -second argument is the word being completed, and the third argument -is the word preceding the word being completed on the current command line. -No filtering of the generated completions against the word being completed -is performed; the function or command has complete freedom in generating -the matches. - -Any function specified with @option{-F} is invoked first. -The function may use any of the shell facilities, including the -@code{compgen} builtin described below -(@pxref{Programmable Completion Builtins}), to generate the matches. -It must put the possible completions in the @env{COMPREPLY} array -variable. - -Next, any command specified with the @option{-C} option is invoked -in an environment equivalent to command substitution. -It should print a list of completions, one per line, to -the standard output. -Backslash may be used to escape a newline, if necessary. - -After all of the possible completions are generated, any filter -specified with the @option{-X} option is applied to the list. -The filter is a pattern as used for pathname expansion; a @samp{&} -in the pattern is replaced with the text of the word being completed. -A literal @samp{&} may be escaped with a backslash; the backslash -is removed before attempting a match. -Any completion that matches the pattern will be removed from the list. -A leading @samp{!} negates the pattern; in this case any completion -not matching the pattern will be removed. - -Finally, any prefix and suffix specified with the @option{-P} and @option{-S} -options are added to each member of the completion list, and the result is -returned to the Readline completion code as the list of possible -completions. - -If the previously-applied actions do not generate any matches, and the -@option{-o dirnames} option was supplied to @code{complete} when the -compspec was defined, directory name completion is attempted. - -By default, if a compspec is found, whatever it generates is returned to -the completion code as the full set of possible completions. -The default Bash completions are not attempted, and the Readline default -of filename completion is disabled. -If the @option{-o default} option was supplied to @code{complete} when the -compspec was defined, Readline's default completion will be performed -if the compspec generates no matches. - -When a compspec indicates that directory name completion is desired, -the programmable completion functions force Readline to append a slash -to completed names which are symbolic links to directories, subject to -the value of the @var{mark-directories} Readline variable, regardless -of the setting of the @var{mark-symlinked-directories} Readline variable. - -@node Programmable Completion Builtins -@section Programmable Completion Builtins -@cindex completion builtins - -Two builtin commands are available to manipulate the programmable completion -facilities. - -@table @code -@item compgen -@btindex compgen -@example -@code{compgen [@var{option}] [@var{word}]} -@end example - -Generate possible completion matches for @var{word} according to -the @var{option}s, which may be any option accepted by the -@code{complete} -builtin with the exception of @option{-p} and @option{-r}, and write -the matches to the standard output. -When using the @option{-F} or @option{-C} options, the various shell variables -set by the programmable completion facilities, while available, will not -have useful values. - -The matches will be generated in the same way as if the programmable -completion code had generated them directly from a completion specification -with the same flags. -If @var{word} is specified, only those completions matching @var{word} -will be displayed. - -The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, or no -matches were generated. - -@item complete -@btindex complete -@example -@code{complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-o @var{comp-option}] [-A @var{action}] [-G @var{globpat}] [-W @var{wordlist}] -[-P @var{prefix}] [-S @var{suffix}] [-X @var{filterpat}] [-F @var{function}] -[-C @var{command}] @var{name} [@var{name} @dots{}]} -@code{complete -pr [@var{name} @dots{}]} -@end example - -Specify how arguments to each @var{name} should be completed. -If the @option{-p} option is supplied, or if no options are supplied, existing -completion specifications are printed in a way that allows them to be -reused as input. -The @option{-r} option removes a completion specification for -each @var{name}, or, if no @var{name}s are supplied, all -completion specifications. - -The process of applying these completion specifications when word completion -is attempted is described above (@pxref{Programmable Completion}). - -Other options, if specified, have the following meanings. -The arguments to the @option{-G}, @option{-W}, and @option{-X} options -(and, if necessary, the @option{-P} and @option{-S} options) -should be quoted to protect them from expansion before the -@code{complete} builtin is invoked. - - -@table @code -@item -o @var{comp-option} -The @var{comp-option} controls several aspects of the compspec's behavior -beyond the simple generation of completions. -@var{comp-option} may be one of: - -@table @code - -@item default -Use Readline's default filename completion if the compspec generates -no matches. - -@item dirnames -Perform directory name completion if the compspec generates no matches. - -@item filenames -Tell Readline that the compspec generates filenames, so it can perform any -filename\-specific processing (like adding a slash to directory names or -suppressing trailing spaces). This option is intended to be used with -shell functions specified with @option{-F}. - -@item nospace -Tell Readline not to append a space (the default) to words completed at -the end of the line. -@end table - -@item -A @var{action} -The @var{action} may be one of the following to generate a list of possible -completions: - -@table @code -@item alias -Alias names. May also be specified as @option{-a}. - -@item arrayvar -Array variable names. - -@item binding -Readline key binding names (@pxref{Bindable Readline Commands}). - -@item builtin -Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as @option{-b}. - -@item command -Command names. May also be specified as @option{-c}. - -@item directory -Directory names. May also be specified as @option{-d}. - -@item disabled -Names of disabled shell builtins. - -@item enabled -Names of enabled shell builtins. - -@item export -Names of exported shell variables. May also be specified as @option{-e}. - -@item file -File names. May also be specified as @option{-f}. - -@item function -Names of shell functions. - -@item group -Group names. May also be specified as @option{-g}. - -@item helptopic -Help topics as accepted by the @code{help} builtin (@pxref{Bash Builtins}). - -@item hostname -Hostnames, as taken from the file specified by the -@env{HOSTFILE} shell variable (@pxref{Bash Variables}). - -@item job -Job names, if job control is active. May also be specified as @option{-j}. - -@item keyword -Shell reserved words. May also be specified as @option{-k}. - -@item running -Names of running jobs, if job control is active. - -@item service -Service names. May also be specified as @option{-s}. - -@item setopt -Valid arguments for the @option{-o} option to the @code{set} builtin -(@pxref{The Set Builtin}). - -@item shopt -Shell option names as accepted by the @code{shopt} builtin -(@pxref{Bash Builtins}). - -@item signal -Signal names. - -@item stopped -Names of stopped jobs, if job control is active. - -@item user -User names. May also be specified as @option{-u}. - -@item variable -Names of all shell variables. May also be specified as @option{-v}. -@end table - -@item -G @var{globpat} -The filename expansion pattern @var{globpat} is expanded to generate -the possible completions. - -@item -W @var{wordlist} -The @var{wordlist} is split using the characters in the -@env{IFS} special variable as delimiters, and each resultant word -is expanded. -The possible completions are the members of the resultant list which -match the word being completed. - -@item -C @var{command} -@var{command} is executed in a subshell environment, and its output is -used as the possible completions. - -@item -F @var{function} -The shell function @var{function} is executed in the current shell -environment. -When it finishes, the possible completions are retrieved from the value -of the @env{COMPREPLY} array variable. - -@item -X @var{filterpat} -@var{filterpat} is a pattern as used for filename expansion. -It is applied to the list of possible completions generated by the -preceding options and arguments, and each completion matching -@var{filterpat} is removed from the list. -A leading @samp{!} in @var{filterpat} negates the pattern; in this -case, any completion not matching @var{filterpat} is removed. - -@item -P @var{prefix} -@var{prefix} is added at the beginning of each possible completion -after all other options have been applied. - -@item -S @var{suffix} -@var{suffix} is appended to each possible completion -after all other options have been applied. -@end table - -The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, an option -other than @option{-p} or @option{-r} is supplied without a @var{name} -argument, an attempt is made to remove a completion specification for -a @var{name} for which no specification exists, or -an error occurs adding a completion specification. - -@end table -@end ifset diff --git a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluserman.texinfo b/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluserman.texinfo deleted file mode 100644 index 89abe31aeb5a..000000000000 --- a/contrib/libreadline/doc/rluserman.texinfo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setfilename rluserman.info -@settitle GNU Readline Library -@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) -@setchapternewpage odd - -@include manvers.texinfo - -@ifinfo -@dircategory Libraries -@direntry -* RLuserman: (rluserman). 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