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+This is history.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from
+/usr/src/local/chet/src/bash/readline-src/doc/history.texi.
+
+This document describes the GNU History library (version 6.2, September
+6 2010), a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface
+for recalling lines of previously typed input.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1988-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ 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, distribute and/or modify this
+ document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+ Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
+ Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts
+ being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
+ below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
+ "GNU Free Documentation License".
+
+ (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You are free to copy and modify
+ this GNU manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in
+ developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
+
+
+INFO-DIR-SECTION Libraries
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* History: (history). The GNU history library API.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Top, Next: Using History Interactively, Up: (dir)
+
+GNU History Library
+*******************
+
+This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that
+provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously
+typed input.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Using History Interactively:: GNU History User's Manual.
+* Programming with GNU History:: GNU History Programmer's Manual.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual.
+* Concept Index:: Index of concepts described in this manual.
+* Function and Variable Index:: Index of externally visible functions
+ and variables.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Using History Interactively, Next: Programming with GNU History, Prev: Top, Up: Top
+
+1 Using History Interactively
+*****************************
+
+This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library interactively,
+from a user's standpoint. It should be considered a user's guide. For
+information on using the GNU History Library in your own programs,
+*note Programming with GNU History::.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* History Interaction:: What it feels like using History as a user.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Interaction, Up: Using History Interactively
+
+1.1 History Expansion
+=====================
+
+The History library provides a history expansion feature that is similar
+to the history expansion provided by `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 "event", and the portions of that line that are acted upon
+are called "words". Various "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 `!' by default.
+
+* 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.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Event Designators, Next: Word Designators, Up: History Interaction
+
+1.1.1 Event Designators
+-----------------------
+
+An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
+history list. Unless the reference is absolute, events are relative to
+the current position in the history list.
+
+`!'
+ Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab,
+ the end of the line, or `='.
+
+`!N'
+ Refer to command line N.
+
+`!-N'
+ Refer to the command N lines back.
+
+`!!'
+ Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for `!-1'.
+
+`!STRING'
+ Refer to the most recent command preceding the current position in
+ the history list starting with STRING.
+
+`!?STRING[?]'
+ Refer to the most recent command preceding the current position in
+ the history list containing STRING. The trailing `?' may be
+ omitted if the STRING is followed immediately by a newline.
+
+`^STRING1^STRING2^'
+ Quick Substitution. Repeat the last command, replacing STRING1
+ with STRING2. Equivalent to `!!:s/STRING1/STRING2/'.
+
+`!#'
+ The entire command line typed so far.
+
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Word Designators, Next: Modifiers, Prev: Event Designators, Up: History Interaction
+
+1.1.2 Word Designators
+----------------------
+
+Word designators are used to select desired words from the event. A
+`:' separates the event specification from the word designator. It may
+be omitted if the word designator begins with a `^', `$', `*', `-', or
+`%'. Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first
+word being denoted by 0 (zero). Words are inserted into the current
+line separated by single spaces.
+
+ For example,
+
+`!!'
+ designates the preceding command. When you type this, the
+ preceding command is repeated in toto.
+
+`!!:$'
+ designates the last argument of the preceding command. This may be
+ shortened to `!$'.
+
+`!fi:2'
+ designates the second argument of the most recent command starting
+ with the letters `fi'.
+
+ Here are the word designators:
+
+`0 (zero)'
+ The `0'th word. For many applications, this is the command word.
+
+`N'
+ The Nth word.
+
+`^'
+ The first argument; that is, word 1.
+
+`$'
+ The last argument.
+
+`%'
+ The word matched by the most recent `?STRING?' search.
+
+`X-Y'
+ A range of words; `-Y' abbreviates `0-Y'.
+
+`*'
+ All of the words, except the `0'th. This is a synonym for `1-$'.
+ It is not an error to use `*' if there is just one word in the
+ event; the empty string is returned in that case.
+
+`X*'
+ Abbreviates `X-$'
+
+`X-'
+ Abbreviates `X-$' like `X*', but omits the last word.
+
+
+ If a word designator is supplied without an event specification, the
+previous command is used as the event.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Modifiers, Prev: Word Designators, Up: History Interaction
+
+1.1.3 Modifiers
+---------------
+
+After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or
+more of the following modifiers, each preceded by a `:'.
+
+`h'
+ Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.
+
+`t'
+ Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail.
+
+`r'
+ Remove a trailing suffix of the form `.SUFFIX', leaving the
+ basename.
+
+`e'
+ Remove all but the trailing suffix.
+
+`p'
+ Print the new command but do not execute it.
+
+`s/OLD/NEW/'
+ Substitute NEW for the first occurrence of OLD in the event line.
+ Any delimiter may be used in place of `/'. The delimiter may be
+ quoted in OLD and NEW with a single backslash. If `&' appears in
+ NEW, it is replaced by OLD. A single backslash will quote the
+ `&'. The final delimiter is optional if it is the last character
+ on the input line.
+
+`&'
+ Repeat the previous substitution.
+
+`g'
+`a'
+ Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line. Used in
+ conjunction with `s', as in `gs/OLD/NEW/', or with `&'.
+
+`G'
+ Apply the following `s' modifier once to each word in the event.
+
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Programming with GNU History, Next: GNU Free Documentation License, Prev: Using History Interactively, Up: Top
+
+2 Programming with GNU History
+******************************
+
+This chapter describes how to interface programs that you write with
+the GNU History Library. It should be considered a technical guide.
+For information on the interactive use of GNU History, *note Using
+History Interactively::.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Introduction to History:: What is the GNU History library for?
+* History Storage:: How information is stored.
+* History Functions:: Functions that you can use.
+* History Variables:: Variables that control behaviour.
+* History Programming Example:: Example of using the GNU History Library.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Introduction to History, Next: History Storage, Up: Programming with GNU History
+
+2.1 Introduction to History
+===========================
+
+Many programs read input from the user a line at a time. The GNU
+History library is able to keep track of those lines, associate
+arbitrary data with each line, and utilize information from previous
+lines in 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 "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 `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 `<readline/history.h>' 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.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Storage, Next: History Functions, Prev: Introduction to History, Up: Programming with GNU History
+
+2.2 History Storage
+===================
+
+The history list is an array of history entries. A history entry is
+declared as follows:
+
+ typedef void *histdata_t;
+
+ typedef struct _hist_entry {
+ char *line;
+ char *timestamp;
+ histdata_t data;
+ } HIST_ENTRY;
+
+ The history list itself might therefore be declared as
+
+ HIST_ENTRY **the_history_list;
+
+ The state of the History library is encapsulated into a single
+structure:
+
+ /*
+ * 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;
+
+ If the flags member includes `HS_STIFLED', the history has been
+stifled.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Functions, Next: History Variables, Prev: History Storage, Up: Programming with GNU History
+
+2.3 History Functions
+=====================
+
+This section describes the calling sequence for the various functions
+exported by the 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.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Initializing History and State Management, Next: History List Management, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.1 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.
+
+ -- Function: void using_history (void)
+ Begin a session in which the history functions might be used. This
+ initializes the interactive variables.
+
+ -- Function: HISTORY_STATE * history_get_history_state (void)
+ Return a structure describing the current state of the input
+ history.
+
+ -- Function: void history_set_history_state (HISTORY_STATE *state)
+ Set the state of the history list according to STATE.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History List Management, Next: Information About the History List, Prev: Initializing History and State Management, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.2 History List Management
+-----------------------------
+
+These functions manage individual entries on the history list, or set
+parameters managing the list itself.
+
+ -- Function: void add_history (const char *string)
+ Place STRING at the end of the history list. The associated data
+ field (if any) is set to `NULL'.
+
+ -- Function: void add_history_time (const char *string)
+ Change the time stamp associated with the most recent history
+ entry to STRING.
+
+ -- Function: HIST_ENTRY * remove_history (int which)
+ Remove history entry at offset WHICH from the history. The
+ removed element is returned so you can free the line, data, and
+ containing structure.
+
+ -- Function: histdata_t free_history_entry (HIST_ENTRY *histent)
+ Free the history entry HISTENT and any history library private
+ data associated with it. Returns the application-specific data so
+ the caller can dispose of it.
+
+ -- Function: HIST_ENTRY * replace_history_entry (int which, const char
+ *line, histdata_t data)
+ Make the history entry at offset WHICH have LINE and DATA. This
+ returns the old entry so the caller can dispose of any
+ application-specific data. In the case of an invalid WHICH, a
+ `NULL' pointer is returned.
+
+ -- Function: void clear_history (void)
+ Clear the history list by deleting all the entries.
+
+ -- Function: void stifle_history (int max)
+ Stifle the history list, remembering only the last MAX entries.
+
+ -- Function: int unstifle_history (void)
+ Stop stifling the history. This returns the previously-set
+ maximum number of history entries (as set by `stifle_history()').
+ The value is positive if the history was stifled, negative if it
+ wasn't.
+
+ -- Function: int history_is_stifled (void)
+ Returns non-zero if the history is stifled, zero if it is not.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Information About the History List, Next: Moving Around the History List, Prev: History List Management, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.3 Information About the History List
+----------------------------------------
+
+These functions return information about the entire history list or
+individual list entries.
+
+ -- Function: HIST_ENTRY ** history_list (void)
+ Return a `NULL' terminated array of `HIST_ENTRY *' which is the
+ current input history. Element 0 of this list is the beginning of
+ time. If there is no history, return `NULL'.
+
+ -- Function: int where_history (void)
+ Returns the offset of the current history element.
+
+ -- Function: HIST_ENTRY * current_history (void)
+ Return the history entry at the current position, as determined by
+ `where_history()'. If there is no entry there, return a `NULL'
+ pointer.
+
+ -- Function: HIST_ENTRY * history_get (int offset)
+ Return the history entry at position OFFSET, starting from
+ `history_base' (*note History Variables::). If there is no entry
+ there, or if OFFSET is greater than the history length, return a
+ `NULL' pointer.
+
+ -- Function: time_t history_get_time (HIST_ENTRY *entry)
+ Return the time stamp associated with the history entry ENTRY.
+
+ -- Function: 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.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Moving Around the History List, Next: Searching the History List, Prev: Information About the History List, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.4 Moving Around the History List
+------------------------------------
+
+These functions allow the current index into the history list to be set
+or changed.
+
+ -- Function: int history_set_pos (int pos)
+ Set the current history offset to POS, an absolute index into the
+ list. Returns 1 on success, 0 if POS is less than zero or greater
+ than the number of history entries.
+
+ -- Function: 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 `NULL' pointer.
+
+ -- Function: 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 `NULL' pointer.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Searching the History List, Next: Managing the History File, Prev: Moving Around the History List, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.5 Searching the History List
+--------------------------------
+
+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
+"anchored", meaning that the string must match at the beginning of the
+history entry.
+
+ -- Function: int history_search (const char *string, int direction)
+ Search the history for STRING, starting at the current history
+ offset. If DIRECTION is less than 0, then the search is through
+ previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries. If 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 STRING was found. Otherwise, nothing is changed, and
+ a -1 is returned.
+
+ -- Function: int history_search_prefix (const char *string, int
+ direction)
+ Search the history for STRING, starting at the current history
+ offset. The search is anchored: matching lines must begin with
+ STRING. If DIRECTION is less than 0, then the search is through
+ previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries. If 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.
+
+ -- Function: int history_search_pos (const char *string, int
+ direction, int pos)
+ Search for STRING in the history list, starting at POS, an
+ absolute index into the list. If DIRECTION is negative, the search
+ proceeds backward from POS, otherwise forward. Returns the
+ absolute index of the history element where STRING was found, or
+ -1 otherwise.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Managing the History File, Next: History Expansion, Prev: Searching the History List, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.6 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.
+
+ -- Function: int read_history (const char *filename)
+ Add the contents of FILENAME to the history list, a line at a time.
+ If FILENAME is `NULL', then read from `~/.history'. Returns 0 if
+ successful, or `errno' if not.
+
+ -- Function: int read_history_range (const char *filename, int from,
+ int to)
+ Read a range of lines from FILENAME, adding them to the history
+ list. Start reading at line FROM and end at TO. If FROM is zero,
+ start at the beginning. If TO is less than FROM, then read until
+ the end of the file. If FILENAME is `NULL', then read from
+ `~/.history'. Returns 0 if successful, or `errno' if not.
+
+ -- Function: int write_history (const char *filename)
+ Write the current history to FILENAME, overwriting FILENAME if
+ necessary. If FILENAME is `NULL', then write the history list to
+ `~/.history'. Returns 0 on success, or `errno' on a read or write
+ error.
+
+ -- Function: int append_history (int nelements, const char *filename)
+ Append the last NELEMENTS of the history list to FILENAME. If
+ FILENAME is `NULL', then append to `~/.history'. Returns 0 on
+ success, or `errno' on a read or write error.
+
+ -- Function: int history_truncate_file (const char *filename, int
+ nlines)
+ Truncate the history file FILENAME, leaving only the last NLINES
+ lines. If FILENAME is `NULL', then `~/.history' is truncated.
+ Returns 0 on success, or `errno' on failure.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Expansion, Prev: Managing the History File, Up: History Functions
+
+2.3.7 History Expansion
+-----------------------
+
+These functions implement history expansion.
+
+ -- Function: int history_expand (char *string, char **output)
+ Expand STRING, placing the result into OUTPUT, a pointer to a
+ string (*note History Interaction::). Returns:
+ `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);
+
+ `1'
+ if expansions did take place;
+
+ `-1'
+ if there was an error in expansion;
+
+ `2'
+ if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed,
+ as with the `:p' modifier (*note Modifiers::).
+
+ If an error ocurred in expansion, then OUTPUT contains a
+ descriptive error message.
+
+ -- Function: char * get_history_event (const char *string, int
+ *cindex, int qchar)
+ Returns the text of the history event beginning at STRING +
+ *CINDEX. *CINDEX is modified to point to after the event
+ specifier. At function entry, CINDEX points to the index into
+ STRING where the history event specification begins. QCHAR is a
+ character that is allowed to end the event specification in
+ addition to the "normal" terminating characters.
+
+ -- Function: char ** history_tokenize (const char *string)
+ Return an array of tokens parsed out of STRING, much as the shell
+ might. The tokens are split on the characters in the
+ HISTORY_WORD_DELIMITERS variable, and shell quoting conventions
+ are obeyed.
+
+ -- Function: char * history_arg_extract (int first, int last, const
+ char *string)
+ Extract a string segment consisting of the FIRST through LAST
+ arguments present in STRING. Arguments are split using
+ `history_tokenize'.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Variables, Next: History Programming Example, Prev: History Functions, Up: Programming with GNU History
+
+2.4 History Variables
+=====================
+
+This section describes the externally-visible variables exported by the
+GNU History Library.
+
+ -- Variable: int history_base
+ The logical offset of the first entry in the history list.
+
+ -- Variable: int history_length
+ The number of entries currently stored in the history list.
+
+ -- Variable: int history_max_entries
+ The maximum number of history entries. This must be changed using
+ `stifle_history()'.
+
+ -- Variable: int history_write_timestamps
+ If non-zero, timestamps are written to the history file, so they
+ can be preserved between sessions. The default value is 0,
+ meaning that timestamps are not saved.
+
+ The current timestamp format uses the value of HISTORY_COMMENT_CHAR
+ to delimit timestamp entries in the history file. If that
+ variable does not have a value (the default), timestamps will not
+ be written.
+
+ -- Variable: char history_expansion_char
+ The character that introduces a history event. The default is `!'.
+ Setting this to 0 inhibits history expansion.
+
+ -- Variable: char history_subst_char
+ The character that invokes word substitution if found at the start
+ of a line. The default is `^'.
+
+ -- Variable: 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.
+
+ -- Variable: char * history_word_delimiters
+ The characters that separate tokens for `history_tokenize()'. The
+ default value is `" \t\n()<>;&|"'.
+
+ -- Variable: char * history_search_delimiter_chars
+ The list of additional characters which can delimit a history
+ search string, in addition to space, TAB, `:' and `?' in the case
+ of a substring search. The default is empty.
+
+ -- Variable: char * history_no_expand_chars
+ The list of characters which inhibit history expansion if found
+ immediately following HISTORY_EXPANSION_CHAR. The default is
+ space, tab, newline, carriage return, and `='.
+
+ -- Variable: int history_quotes_inhibit_expansion
+ If non-zero, single-quoted words are not scanned for the history
+ expansion character. The default value is 0.
+
+ -- Variable: rl_linebuf_func_t * history_inhibit_expansion_function
+ This should be set to the address of a function that takes two
+ arguments: a `char *' (STRING) and an `int' index into that string
+ (I). It should return a non-zero value if the history expansion
+ starting at 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 `NULL'.
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: History Programming Example, Prev: History Variables, Up: Programming with GNU History
+
+2.5 History Programming Example
+===============================
+
+The following program demonstrates simple use of the GNU History
+Library.
+
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <readline/history.h>
+
+ 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");
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Programming with GNU History, Up: Top
+
+Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
+*****************************************
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+File: history.info, Node: Concept Index, Next: Function and Variable Index, Prev: GNU Free Documentation License, Up: Top
+
+Appendix B Concept Index
+************************
+
+
+* Menu:
+
+* anchored search: Searching the History List.
+ (line 10)
+* event designators: Event Designators. (line 6)
+* history events: Event Designators. (line 8)
+* history expansion: History Interaction. (line 6)
+* History Searching: Searching the History List.
+ (line 6)
+
+
+File: history.info, Node: Function and Variable Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top
+
+Appendix C Function and Variable Index
+**************************************
+
+
+* Menu:
+
+* add_history: History List Management.
+ (line 10)
+* add_history_time: History List Management.
+ (line 14)
+* append_history: Managing the History File.
+ (line 29)
+* clear_history: History List Management.
+ (line 35)
+* current_history: Information About the History List.
+ (line 18)
+* free_history_entry: History List Management.
+ (line 23)
+* get_history_event: History Expansion. (line 31)
+* history_arg_extract: History Expansion. (line 46)
+* history_base: History Variables. (line 10)
+* history_comment_char: History Variables. (line 38)
+* history_expand: History Expansion. (line 9)
+* history_expansion_char: History Variables. (line 30)
+* history_get: Information About the History List.
+ (line 23)
+* history_get_history_state: Initializing History and State Management.
+ (line 15)
+* history_get_time: Information About the History List.
+ (line 29)
+* history_inhibit_expansion_function: History Variables. (line 62)
+* history_is_stifled: History List Management.
+ (line 47)
+* history_length: History Variables. (line 13)
+* history_list: Information About the History List.
+ (line 10)
+* history_max_entries: History Variables. (line 16)
+* history_no_expand_chars: History Variables. (line 53)
+* history_quotes_inhibit_expansion: History Variables. (line 58)
+* history_search: Searching the History List.
+ (line 13)
+* history_search_delimiter_chars: History Variables. (line 48)
+* history_search_pos: Searching the History List.
+ (line 33)
+* history_search_prefix: Searching the History List.
+ (line 23)
+* history_set_history_state: Initializing History and State Management.
+ (line 19)
+* history_set_pos: Moving Around the History List.
+ (line 10)
+* history_subst_char: History Variables. (line 34)
+* history_tokenize: History Expansion. (line 39)
+* history_total_bytes: Information About the History List.
+ (line 32)
+* history_truncate_file: Managing the History File.
+ (line 35)
+* history_word_delimiters: History Variables. (line 44)
+* history_write_timestamps: History Variables. (line 20)
+* next_history: Moving Around the History List.
+ (line 20)
+* previous_history: Moving Around the History List.
+ (line 15)
+* read_history: Managing the History File.
+ (line 10)
+* read_history_range: Managing the History File.
+ (line 16)
+* remove_history: History List Management.
+ (line 18)
+* replace_history_entry: History List Management.
+ (line 29)
+* stifle_history: History List Management.
+ (line 38)
+* unstifle_history: History List Management.
+ (line 41)
+* using_history: Initializing History and State Management.
+ (line 11)
+* where_history: Information About the History List.
+ (line 15)
+* write_history: Managing the History File.
+ (line 23)
+
+
+
+Tag Table:
+Node: Top1314
+Node: Using History Interactively1959
+Node: History Interaction2467
+Node: Event Designators3891
+Node: Word Designators5033
+Node: Modifiers6672
+Node: Programming with GNU History7897
+Node: Introduction to History8640
+Node: History Storage10330
+Node: History Functions11465
+Node: Initializing History and State Management12454
+Node: History List Management13266
+Node: Information About the History List15298
+Node: Moving Around the History List16795
+Node: Searching the History List17796
+Node: Managing the History File19728
+Node: History Expansion21548
+Node: History Variables23456
+Node: History Programming Example26488
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License29165
+Node: Concept Index54356
+Node: Function and Variable Index55061
+
+End Tag Table