old-cross-binutils/readline/doc/inc-hist.texi
David Taylor 59bfc16ae3 The following changes were made by Jim Blandy
<jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com> and David Taylor
 	<taylor@texas.cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
 	made by HP; HP did not create ChangeLog entries.

	* config/mp-enable-tui: New file.
	(TUI_CFLAGS): Search devo's include directory, as long as we're
 	totally ruining modularity.
	(INCLUDE_SRCDIR): New var.
	(GDB_TUI_SRCDIR): Fix syntax error.

	* configure.in: Check the --enable-tui flag; if it's set, include
 	a makefile fragment that #defines TUI and adds the needed #include
 	directories.
	(*-*-hpux*): New host; use sysdep-hpux.h.

	* Makefile.in (.c.o): Check the variable set in the makefile
	fragment above.

	* display.c (term_goto): declare it.
	(insert_some_chars): set it.
	(delete_chars): set it.

	* readline.c: add tui include files surrounded by TUI.
	(rl_reset): new function, move some of rl_abort functionality to
 	here.
	(rl_abort): call rl_reset.
	(rl_getc): tui changes.
	(init_terminal_io): tui changes.

	* readline.h (tui_version, fputc_unfiltered, fputs_unfiltered,
	tui_tputs): declare if TUI is defined.

	* rltty.c (prepare_terminal_settings): additional comment.

	* signals.c: add tui include files surrounded by TUI.  move #if
 	and #endif to column 1 so HP's compiler will accept them.  Remove
 	declaration of tuiDoAndReturnToTop since it's declared in tui.h.
	(rl_handle_sigwinch): call tuiDoAndReturnToTop if TUI defined.
  	(rl_handle_sigwinch_on_clear): define if TUI defined.
	(rl_set_signals): if TUI, avoid infinite recursion.
	(rl_clear_signals): install rl_handle_sigwinch_on_clear.

	* sysdep-hpux.h: New file.
1998-12-08 16:33:13 +00:00

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@ignore
This file is completely identical to hsuser.texinfo, except that it has the
reference to the programming manual removed. There are definately better ways
to do this!
This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library.
Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Authored by Brian Fox.
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, Installing GDB, Command Line Editing, Top
@appendix Using History Interactively
This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library interactively,
from a user's standpoint.
@menu
* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user.
@end menu
@node History Interaction
@section History Interaction
@cindex expansion
The History library provides a history expansion feature similar
to the history expansion in @code{csh}. The following text describes the
syntax you use to manipulate history information.
History expansion takes two parts. In the first part, determine
which line from the previous history will be used for substitution.
This line is called the @dfn{event}.
In the second part, select portions of that line for inclusion into the
current line. These portions are called @dfn{words}.
@value{GDBN} breaks the line into words in the same
way that the Bash shell does, so that several English (or Unix) words
surrounded by quotes are considered one word.
@menu
* Event Designators:: How to specify which history line to use.
* Word Designators:: Specifying which words are of interest.
* Modifiers:: Modifying the results of susbstitution.
@end menu
@node Event Designators
@subsection Event Designators
@cindex event designators
An @dfn{event designator} is a reference to a command line entry in the
history list.
@table @asis
@item @code{!}
Start a history subsititution, except when followed by a space, tab, or
the end of the line... @key{=} or @key{(}.
@item @code{!!}
Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for @code{!-1}.
@item @code{!n}
Refer to command line @var{n}.
@item @code{!-n}
Refer to the command line @var{n} lines back.
@item @code{!string}
Refer to the most recent command starting with @var{string}.
@item @code{!?string}[@code{?}]
Refer to the most recent command containing @var{string}.
@end table
@node Word Designators
@subsection Word Designators
A @key{:} separates the event designator from the @dfn{word designator}.
It can be omitted if the word designator begins with a @key{^}, @key{$},
@key{*} or @key{%}. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line,
with the first word being denoted by a 0 (zero).
@table @code
@item 0 (zero)
The zero'th word. For many applications, this is the command word.
@item 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 @code{?string?} search.
@item x-y
A range of words; @code{-@var{y}} Abbreviates @code{0-@var{y}}.
@item *
All of the words, excepting the zero'th. This is a synonym for @code{1-$}.
It is not an error to use @key{*} if there is just one word in the event.
The empty string is returned in that case.
@end table
@node Modifiers
@subsection Modifiers
After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more
of the following @dfn{modifiers}, each preceded by a @key{:}.
@table @code
@item #
The entire command line typed so far. This means the current command,
not the previous command.
@c
@c FIXME: If it doesn't belong here, let's put it where it does.
@c
@c so it technically isn't a word designator and doesn't belong in
@c this section.
@item h
Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.
@item r
Remove a trailing suffix of the form @samp{.}@var{suffix}, leaving the basename.
@item e
Remove all but the suffix.
@item t
Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail.
@item p
Print the new command but do not execute it.
@end table