Imported from ../bash-2.05a.tar.gz.

[platform/upstream/bash.git] / lib / readline / doc / rluser.texinfo

diff --git a/lib/readline/doc/rluser.texinfo b/lib/readline/doc/rluser.texinfo
index e5bf54d..e4e56ff 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/readline/doc/rluser.texinfo
+++ b/lib/readline/doc/rluser.texinfo
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ 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) 1988-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ 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 previous word, or, if between
+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}.
 
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ 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.
@@ -452,6 +456,11 @@ arrow keys.  The default is @samp{off}.
 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
@@ -503,6 +512,14 @@ 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 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
@@ -644,11 +661,11 @@ horizontal tab
 @item \v
 vertical tab
 @item \@var{nnn}
-the character whose @sc{ascii} code is the octal value @var{nnn}
-(one to three digits)
-@item \x@var{nnn}
-the character whose @sc{ascii} code is the hexadecimal value @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
@@ -1021,6 +1038,8 @@ 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,
@@ -1534,7 +1553,7 @@ matches were generated.
 @item complete
 @btindex complete
 @example
-@code{complete [-abcdefjkvu] [-o @var{comp-option}] [-A @var{action}] [-G @var{globpat}] [-W @var{wordlist}]
+@code{complete [-abcdefgjkvu] [-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{}]}
@@ -1617,6 +1636,9 @@ 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}).