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11 .TH READLINE 3 "1999 Jun 1" GNU
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20 readline \- get a line from a user with editing
33 char *readline (prompt)
38 .if n Readline is Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
39 .if t Readline is Copyright \(co 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
43 will read a line from the terminal
48 is null, no prompt is issued. The line returned is allocated with
50 so the caller must free it when finished. The line returned
51 has the final newline removed, so only the text of the line
55 offers editing capabilities while the user is entering the
57 By default, the line editing commands
58 are similar to those of emacs.
59 A vi\-style line editing interface is also available.
63 returns the text of the line read. A blank line
64 returns the empty string. If
66 is encountered while reading a line, and the line is empty,
70 is read with a non\-empty line, it is
74 An emacs-style notation is used to denote
75 keystrokes. Control keys are denoted by C\-\fIkey\fR, e.g., C\-n
76 means Control\-N. Similarly,
78 keys are denoted by M\-\fIkey\fR, so M\-x means Meta\-X. (On keyboards
81 key, M\-\fIx\fP means ESC \fIx\fP, i.e., press the Escape key
84 key. This makes ESC the \fImeta prefix\fP.
85 The combination M\-C\-\fIx\fP means ESC\-Control\-\fIx\fP,
86 or press the Escape key
87 then hold the Control key while pressing the
91 Readline commands may be given numeric
93 which normally act as a repeat count. Sometimes, however, it is the
94 sign of the argument that is significant. Passing a negative argument
95 to a command that acts in the forward direction (e.g., \fBkill\-line\fP)
96 causes that command to act in a backward direction. Commands whose
97 behavior with arguments deviates from this are noted.
99 When a command is described as \fIkilling\fP text, the text
100 deleted is saved for possible future retrieval
101 (\fIyanking\fP). The killed text is saved in a
102 \fIkill ring\fP. Consecutive kills cause the text to be
103 accumulated into one unit, which can be yanked all at once.
104 Commands which do not kill text separate the chunks of text
106 .SH INITIALIZATION FILE
108 Readline is customized by putting commands in an initialization
109 file (the \fIinputrc\fP file).
110 The name of this file is taken from the value of the
112 environment variable. If that variable is unset, the default is
114 When a program which uses the readline library starts up, the
115 init file is read, and the key bindings and variables are set.
116 There are only a few basic constructs allowed in the
117 readline init file. Blank lines are ignored.
118 Lines beginning with a \fB#\fP are comments.
119 Lines beginning with a \fB$\fP indicate conditional constructs.
120 Other lines denote key bindings and variable settings.
121 Each program using this library may add its own commands
127 M\-Control\-u: universal\-argument
131 C\-Meta\-u: universal\-argument
135 would make M\-C\-u execute the readline command
136 .IR universal\-argument .
138 The following symbolic character names are recognized while
139 processing key bindings:
152 In addition to command names, readline allows keys to be bound
153 to a string that is inserted when the key is pressed (a \fImacro\fP).
157 The syntax for controlling key bindings in the
159 file is simple. All that is required is the name of the
160 command or the text of a macro and a key sequence to which
161 it should be bound. The name may be specified in one of two ways:
162 as a symbolic key name, possibly with \fIMeta\-\fP or \fIControl\-\fP
163 prefixes, or as a key sequence.
164 When using the form \fBkeyname\fP:\^\fIfunction-name\fP or \fImacro\fP,
166 is the name of a key spelled out in English. For example:
169 Control\-u: universal\-argument
171 Meta\-Rubout: backward\-kill\-word
173 Control\-o: ">&output"
176 In the above example,
178 is bound to the function
179 .BR universal\-argument ,
181 is bound to the function
182 .BR backward\-kill\-word ,
185 is bound to run the macro
186 expressed on the right hand side (that is, to insert the text
190 In the second form, \fB"keyseq"\fP:\^\fIfunction\-name\fP or \fImacro\fP,
194 above in that strings denoting
195 an entire key sequence may be specified by placing the sequence
196 within double quotes. Some GNU Emacs style key escapes can be
197 used, as in the following example.
200 "\eC\-u": universal\-argument
202 "\eC\-x\eC\-r": re\-read\-init\-file
204 "\ee[11~": "Function Key 1"
209 is again bound to the function
210 .BR universal\-argument .
212 is bound to the function
213 .BR re\-read\-init\-file ,
216 is bound to insert the text
217 .BR "Function Key 1" .
218 The full set of GNU Emacs style escape sequences is
242 In addition to the GNU Emacs style escape sequences, a second
243 set of backslash escapes is available:
272 the character whose ASCII code is the octal value \fInnn\fP
273 (one to three digits)
276 the character whose ASCII code is the hexadecimal value \fInnn\fP
277 (one to three digits)
281 When entering the text of a macro, single or double quotes should
282 be used to indicate a macro definition. Unquoted text
283 is assumed to be a function name.
284 In the macro body, the backslash escapes described above are expanded.
285 Backslash will quote any other character in the macro text,
289 allows the current readline key bindings to be displayed or modified
292 builtin command. The editing mode may be switched during interactive
297 builtin command. Other programs using this library provide
298 similar mechanisms. The
300 file may be edited and re-read if a program does not provide
301 any other means to incorporate new bindings.
304 Readline has variables that can be used to further customize its
305 behavior. A variable may be set in the
307 file with a statement of the form
310 \fBset\fP \fIvariable\-name\fP \fIvalue\fP
313 Except where noted, readline variables can take the values
317 The variables and their default values are:
321 .B bell\-style (audible)
322 Controls what happens when readline wants to ring the terminal bell.
323 If set to \fBnone\fP, readline never rings the bell. If set to
324 \fBvisible\fP, readline uses a visible bell if one is available.
325 If set to \fBaudible\fP, readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell.
327 .B comment\-begin (``#'')
328 The string that is inserted in \fBvi\fP mode when the
331 This command is bound to
337 .B completion\-ignore\-case (Off)
338 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline performs filename matching and completion
339 in a case\-insensitive fashion.
341 .B completion\-query\-items (100)
342 This determines when the user is queried about viewing
343 the number of possible completions
344 generated by the \fBpossible\-completions\fP command.
345 It may be set to any integer value greater than or equal to
346 zero. If the number of possible completions is greater than
347 or equal to the value of this variable, the user is asked whether
348 or not he wishes to view them; otherwise they are simply listed
351 .B convert\-meta (On)
352 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will convert characters with the
353 eighth bit set to an ASCII key sequence
354 by stripping the eighth bit and prepending an
355 escape character (in effect, using escape as the \fImeta prefix\fP).
357 .B disable\-completion (Off)
358 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will inhibit word completion. Completion
359 characters will be inserted into the line as if they had been
360 mapped to \fBself-insert\fP.
362 .B editing\-mode (emacs)
363 Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings similar
364 to \fIemacs\fP or \fIvi\fP.
371 .B enable\-keypad (Off)
372 When set to \fBOn\fP, readline will try to enable the application
373 keypad when it is called. Some systems need this to enable the
376 .B expand\-tilde (Off)
377 If set to \fBon\fP, tilde expansion is performed when readline
378 attempts word completion.
380 .B horizontal\-scroll\-mode (Off)
381 When set to \fBOn\fP, makes readline use a single line for display,
382 scrolling the input horizontally on a single screen line when it
383 becomes longer than the screen width rather than wrapping to a new line.
386 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will enable eight-bit input (that is,
387 it will not strip the high bit from the characters it reads),
388 regardless of what the terminal claims it can support. The name
390 is a synonym for this variable.
392 .B isearch\-terminators (``C\-[C\-J'')
393 The string of characters that should terminate an incremental
394 search without subsequently executing the character as a command.
395 If this variable has not been given a value, the characters
396 \fIESC\fP and \fIC\-J\fP will terminate an incremental search.
399 Set the current readline keymap. The set of legal keymap names is
400 \fIemacs, emacs-standard, emacs-meta, emacs-ctlx, vi, vi-move,
403 \fIvi\fP is equivalent to \fIvi-command\fP; \fIemacs\fP is
404 equivalent to \fIemacs-standard\fP. The default value is
408 also affects the default keymap.
410 .B mark\-directories (On)
411 If set to \fBOn\fP, complete<d directory names have a slash
414 .B mark\-modified\-lines (Off)
415 If set to \fBOn\fP, history lines that have been modified are displayed
416 with a preceding asterisk (\fB*\fP).
418 .B output\-meta (Off)
419 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will display characters with the
420 eighth bit set directly rather than as a meta-prefixed escape
423 .B print\-completions\-horizontally (Off)
424 If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will display completions with matches
425 sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen.
427 .B show\-all\-if\-ambiguous (Off)
428 This alters the default behavior of the completion functions. If
431 words which have more than one possible completion cause the
432 matches to be listed immediately instead of ringing the bell.
434 .B visible\-stats (Off)
435 If set to \fBOn\fP, a character denoting a file's type as reported
436 by \fBstat\fP(2) is appended to the filename when listing possible
439 .SS Conditional Constructs
441 Readline implements a facility similar in spirit to the conditional
442 compilation features of the C preprocessor which allows key
443 bindings and variable settings to be performed as the result
444 of tests. There are four parser directives used.
448 construct allows bindings to be made based on the
449 editing mode, the terminal being used, or the application using
450 readline. The text of the test extends to the end of the line;
451 no characters are required to isolate it.
454 The \fBmode=\fP form of the \fB$if\fP directive is used to test
455 whether readline is in emacs or vi mode.
456 This may be used in conjunction
457 with the \fBset keymap\fP command, for instance, to set bindings in
458 the \fIemacs-standard\fP and \fIemacs-ctlx\fP keymaps only if
459 readline is starting out in emacs mode.
461 The \fBterm=\fP form may be used to include terminal-specific
462 key bindings, perhaps to bind the key sequences output by the
463 terminal's function keys. The word on the right side of the
465 is tested against the full name of the terminal and the portion
466 of the terminal name before the first \fB\-\fP. This allows
473 .IP \fBapplication\fP
474 The \fBapplication\fP construct is used to include
475 application-specific settings. Each program using the readline
476 library sets the \fIapplication name\fP, and an initialization
477 file can test for a particular value.
478 This could be used to bind key sequences to functions useful for
479 a specific program. For instance, the following command adds a
480 key sequence that quotes the current or previous word in Bash:
485 # Quote the current or previous word
486 "\eC-xq": "\eeb\e"\eef\e""
492 This command, as seen in the previous example, terminates an
495 Commands in this branch of the \fB$if\fP directive are executed if
498 This directive takes a single filename as an argument and reads commands
499 and bindings from that file. For example, the following directive
500 would read \fI/etc/inputrc\fP:
504 \fB$include\fP \^ \fI/etc/inputrc\fP
509 Readline provides commands for searching through the command history
510 for lines containing a specified string.
511 There are two search modes:
514 .IR non-incremental .
516 Incremental searches begin before the user has finished typing the
518 As each character of the search string is typed, readline displays
519 the next entry from the history matching the string typed so far.
520 An incremental search requires only as many characters as needed to
521 find the desired history entry.
522 The characters present in the value of the \fIisearch-terminators\fP
523 variable are used to terminate an incremental search.
524 If that variable has not been assigned a value the Escape and
525 Control-J characters will terminate an incremental search.
526 Control-G will abort an incremental search and restore the original
528 When the search is terminated, the history entry containing the
529 search string becomes the current line.
530 To find other matching entries in the history list, type Control-S or
531 Control-R as appropriate.
532 This will search backward or forward in the history for the next
533 line matching the search string typed so far.
534 Any other key sequence bound to a readline command will terminate
535 the search and execute that command.
536 For instance, a \fInewline\fP will terminate the search and accept
537 the line, thereby executing the command from the history list.
539 Non-incremental searches read the entire search string before starting
540 to search for matching history lines. The search string may be
541 typed by the user or be part of the contents of the current line.
544 The following is a list of the names of the commands and the default
545 key sequences to which they are bound.
546 Command names without an accompanying key sequence are unbound by default.
547 .SS Commands for Moving
551 .B beginning\-of\-line (C\-a)
552 Move to the start of the current line.
554 .B end\-of\-line (C\-e)
555 Move to the end of the line.
557 .B forward\-char (C\-f)
558 Move forward a character.
560 .B backward\-char (C\-b)
561 Move back a character.
563 .B forward\-word (M\-f)
564 Move forward to the end of the next word. Words are composed of
565 alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
567 .B backward\-word (M\-b)
568 Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are
569 composed of alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
571 .B clear\-screen (C\-l)
572 Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen.
573 With an argument, refresh the current line without clearing the
576 .B redraw\-current\-line
577 Refresh the current line.
579 .SS Commands for Manipulating the History
583 .B accept\-line (Newline, Return)
584 Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. If this line is
585 non-empty, add it to the history list. If the line is a modified
586 history line, then restore the history line to its original state.
588 .B previous\-history (C\-p)
589 Fetch the previous command from the history list, moving back in
592 .B next\-history (C\-n)
593 Fetch the next command from the history list, moving forward in the
596 .B beginning\-of\-history (M\-<)
597 Move to the first line in the history.
599 .B end\-of\-history (M\->)
600 Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being
603 .B reverse\-search\-history (C\-r)
604 Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up' through
605 the history as necessary. This is an incremental search.
607 .B forward\-search\-history (C\-s)
608 Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' through
609 the history as necessary. This is an incremental search.
611 .B non\-incremental\-reverse\-search\-history (M\-p)
612 Search backward through the history starting at the current line
613 using a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user.
615 .B non\-incremental\-forward\-search\-history (M\-n)
616 Search forward through the history using a non-incremental search
617 for a string supplied by the user.
619 .B history\-search\-forward
620 Search forward through the history for the string of characters
621 between the start of the current line and the current cursor
622 position (the \fIpoint\fP).
623 This is a non-incremental search.
625 .B history\-search\-backward
626 Search backward through the history for the string of characters
627 between the start of the current line and the point.
628 This is a non-incremental search.
630 .B yank\-nth\-arg (M\-C\-y)
631 Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually
632 the second word on the previous line) at point (the current
633 cursor position). With an argument
635 insert the \fIn\fPth word from the previous command (the words
636 in the previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument
637 inserts the \fIn\fPth word from the end of the previous command.
640 yank\-last\-arg (M\-.\^, M\-_\^)
641 Insert the last argument to the previous command (the last word of
642 the previous history entry). With an argument,
643 behave exactly like \fByank\-nth\-arg\fP.
644 Successive calls to \fByank\-last\-arg\fP move back through the history
645 list, inserting the last argument of each line in turn.
647 .SS Commands for Changing Text
651 .B delete\-char (C\-d)
652 Delete the character under the cursor. If point is at the
653 beginning of the line, there are no characters in the line, and
654 the last character typed was not bound to \fBBdelete\-char\fP, then return
658 .B backward\-delete\-char (Rubout)
659 Delete the character behind the cursor. When given a numeric argument,
660 save the deleted text on the kill ring.
662 .B forward\-backward\-delete\-char
663 Delete the character under the cursor, unless the cursor is at the
664 end of the line, in which case the character behind the cursor is
665 deleted. By default, this is not bound to a key.
667 .B quoted\-insert (C\-q, C\-v)
668 Add the next character that you type to the line verbatim. This is
669 how to insert characters like \fBC\-q\fP, for example.
671 .B tab\-insert (M-TAB)
672 Insert a tab character.
674 .B self\-insert (a,\ b,\ A,\ 1,\ !,\ ...)
675 Insert the character typed.
677 .B transpose\-chars (C\-t)
678 Drag the character before point forward over the character at point.
679 Point moves forward as well. If point is at the end of the line, then
680 transpose the two characters before point. Negative arguments don't work.
682 .B transpose\-words (M\-t)
683 Drag the word behind the cursor past the word in front of the cursor
684 moving the cursor over that word as well.
686 .B upcase\-word (M\-u)
687 Uppercase the current (or following) word. With a negative argument,
688 uppercase the previous word, but do not move point.
690 .B downcase\-word (M\-l)
691 Lowercase the current (or following) word. With a negative argument,
692 lowercase the previous word, but do not move point.
694 .B capitalize\-word (M\-c)
695 Capitalize the current (or following) word. With a negative argument,
696 capitalize the previous word, but do not move point.
698 .SS Killing and Yanking
703 Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
705 .B backward\-kill\-line (C\-x Rubout)
706 Kill backward to the beginning of the line.
708 .B unix\-line\-discard (C\-u)
709 Kill backward from point to the beginning of the line.
710 The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
711 .\" There is no real difference between this and backward-kill-line
714 Kill all characters on the current line, no matter where the
718 Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
719 words, to the end of the next word. Word boundaries are the same as
720 those used by \fBforward\-word\fP.
722 .B backward\-kill\-word (M\-Rubout)
723 Kill the word behind the cursor. Word boundaries are the same as
724 those used by \fBbackward\-word\fP.
726 .B unix\-word\-rubout (C\-w)
727 Kill the word behind the cursor, using white space as a word boundary.
728 The word boundaries are different from
729 .BR backward\-kill\-word .
731 .B delete\-horizontal\-space (M\-\e)
732 Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
735 Kill the text between the point and \fImark\fP (saved cursor position).
736 This text is referred to as the \fIregion\fP.
738 .B copy\-region\-as\-kill
739 Copy the text in the region to the kill buffer.
741 .B copy\-backward\-word
742 Copy the word before point to the kill buffer.
743 The word boundaries are the same as \fBbackward\-word\fP.
745 .B copy\-forward\-word
746 Copy the word following point to the kill buffer.
747 The word boundaries are the same as \fBforward\-word\fP.
750 Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at the cursor.
753 Rotate the kill ring, and yank the new top. Only works following
758 .SS Numeric Arguments
762 .B digit\-argument (M\-0, M\-1, ..., M\-\-)
763 Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new
764 argument. M\-\- starts a negative argument.
766 .B universal\-argument
767 This is another way to specify an argument.
768 If this command is followed by one or more digits, optionally with a
769 leading minus sign, those digits define the argument.
770 If the command is followed by digits, executing
771 .B universal\-argument
772 again ends the numeric argument, but is otherwise ignored.
773 As a special case, if this command is immediately followed by a
774 character that is neither a digit or minus sign, the argument count
775 for the next command is multiplied by four.
776 The argument count is initially one, so executing this function the
777 first time makes the argument count four, a second time makes the
778 argument count sixteen, and so on.
785 Attempt to perform completion on the text before point.
786 The actual completion performed is application-specific.
788 for instance, attempts completion treating the text as a variable
789 (if the text begins with \fB$\fP), username (if the text begins with
790 \fB~\fP), hostname (if the text begins with \fB@\fP), or
791 command (including aliases and functions) in turn. If none
792 of these produces a match, filename completion is attempted.
795 allows completion of program functions and variables, and
796 only attempts filename completion under certain circumstances.
798 .B possible\-completions (M\-?)
799 List the possible completions of the text before point.
801 .B insert\-completions (M\-*)
802 Insert all completions of the text before point
803 that would have been generated by
804 \fBpossible\-completions\fP.
807 Similar to \fBcomplete\fP, but replaces the word to be completed
808 with a single match from the list of possible completions.
809 Repeated execution of \fBmenu\-complete\fP steps through the list
810 of possible completions, inserting each match in turn.
811 At the end of the list of completions, the bell is rung and the
812 original text is restored.
813 An argument of \fIn\fP moves \fIn\fP positions forward in the list
814 of matches; a negative argument may be used to move backward
816 This command is intended to be bound to \fBTAB\fP, but is unbound
819 .B delete\-char\-or\-list
820 Deletes the character under the cursor if not at the beginning or
821 end of the line (like \fBdelete-char\fP).
822 If at the end of the line, behaves identically to
823 \fBpossible-completions\fP.
824 This command is unbound by default.
830 .B start\-kbd\-macro (C\-x (\^)
831 Begin saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro.
833 .B end\-kbd\-macro (C\-x )\^)
834 Stop saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro
835 and store the definition.
837 .B call\-last\-kbd\-macro (C\-x e)
838 Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by making the characters
839 in the macro appear as if typed at the keyboard.
845 .B re\-read\-init\-file (C\-x C\-r)
846 Read in the contents of the \fIinputrc\fP file, and incorporate
847 any bindings or variable assignments found there.
850 Abort the current editing command and
851 ring the terminal's bell (subject to the setting of
854 .B do\-uppercase\-version (M\-a, M\-b, M\-\fIx\fP, ...)
855 If the metafied character \fIx\fP is lowercase, run the command
856 that is bound to the corresponding uppercase character.
858 .B prefix\-meta (ESC)
859 Metafy the next character typed.
866 .B undo (C\-_, C\-x C\-u)
867 Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.
869 .B revert\-line (M\-r)
870 Undo all changes made to this line. This is like executing the
872 command enough times to return the line to its initial state.
874 .B tilde\-expand (M\-&)
875 Perform tilde expansion on the current word.
877 .B set\-mark (C\-@, M-<space>)
878 Set the mark to the current point. If a
879 numeric argument is supplied, the mark is set to that position.
881 .B exchange\-point\-and\-mark (C\-x C\-x)
882 Swap the point with the mark. The current cursor position is set to
883 the saved position, and the old cursor position is saved as the mark.
885 .B character\-search (C\-])
886 A character is read and point is moved to the next occurrence of that
887 character. A negative count searches for previous occurrences.
889 .B character\-search\-backward (M\-C\-])
890 A character is read and point is moved to the previous occurrence of that
891 character. A negative count searches for subsequent occurrences.
893 .B insert\-comment (M\-#)
894 The value of the readline
896 variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line, and the line
897 is accepted as if a newline had been typed. This makes the current line
901 Print all of the functions and their key bindings to the
902 readline output stream. If a numeric argument is supplied,
903 the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part
904 of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
907 Print all of the settable variables and their values to the
908 readline output stream. If a numeric argument is supplied,
909 the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part
910 of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
913 Print all of the readline key sequences bound to macros and the
914 strings they ouput. If a numeric argument is supplied,
915 the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part
916 of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
918 .B emacs\-editing\-mode (C\-e)
921 editing mode, this causes a switch to
925 .B vi\-editing\-mode (M\-C\-j)
928 editing mode, this causes a switch to
932 .SH DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
934 The following is a list of the default emacs and vi bindings.
935 Characters with the 8th bit set are written as M\-<character>, and
939 The printable ASCII characters not mentioned in the list of emacs
940 standard bindings are bound to the
942 function, which just inserts the given character into the input line.
943 In vi insertion mode, all characters not specifically mentioned are
946 Characters assigned to signal generation by
948 or the terminal driver, such as C-Z or C-C,
949 retain that function.
952 characters are bound to the same function in the emacs mode
954 The remaining characters are unbound, which causes readline
955 to ring the bell (subject to the setting of the
963 Emacs Standard bindings
966 "C-A" beginning-of-line
972 "C-H" backward-delete-char
979 "C-P" previous-history
981 "C-R" reverse-search-history
982 "C-S" forward-search-history
983 "C-T" transpose-chars
984 "C-U" unix-line-discard
986 "C-W" unix-word-rubout
988 "C-]" character-search
990 "\^ " to "/" self-insert
991 "0" to "9" self-insert
992 ":" to "~" self-insert
993 "C-?" backward-delete-char
998 "M-C-H" backward-kill-word
1000 "M-C-J" vi-editing-mode
1001 "M-C-M" vi-editing-mode
1003 "M-C-Y" yank-nth-arg
1005 "M-C-]" character-search-backward
1007 "M-#" insert-comment
1009 "M-*" insert-completions
1010 "M--" digit-argument
1012 "M-0" digit-argument
1013 "M-1" digit-argument
1014 "M-2" digit-argument
1015 "M-3" digit-argument
1016 "M-4" digit-argument
1017 "M-5" digit-argument
1018 "M-6" digit-argument
1019 "M-7" digit-argument
1020 "M-8" digit-argument
1021 "M-9" digit-argument
1022 "M-<" beginning-of-history
1023 "M-=" possible-completions
1024 "M->" end-of-history
1025 "M-?" possible-completions
1027 "M-C" capitalize-word
1031 "M-N" non-incremental-forward-search-history
1032 "M-P" non-incremental-reverse-search-history
1034 "M-T" transpose-words
1037 "M-\e" delete-horizontal-space
1039 "M-C-?" backward-delete-word
1042 Emacs Control-X bindings
1045 "C-XC-R" re-read-init-file
1047 "C-XC-X" exchange-point-and-mark
1048 "C-X(" start-kbd-macro
1049 "C-X)" end-kbd-macro
1050 "C-XE" call-last-kbd-macro
1051 "C-XC-?" backward-kill-line
1054 .SS VI Mode bindings
1060 VI Insert Mode functions
1063 "C-H" backward-delete-char
1067 "C-R" reverse-search-history
1068 "C-S" forward-search-history
1069 "C-T" transpose-chars
1070 "C-U" unix-line-discard
1072 "C-W" unix-word-rubout
1074 "C-[" vi-movement-mode
1076 "\^ " to "~" self-insert
1077 "C-?" backward-delete-char
1079 VI Command Mode functions
1082 "C-E" emacs-editing-mode
1090 "C-P" previous-history
1092 "C-R" reverse-search-history
1093 "C-S" forward-search-history
1094 "C-T" transpose-chars
1095 "C-U" unix-line-discard
1097 "C-W" unix-word-rubout
1107 "-" previous-history
1110 "0" beginning-of-line
1111 "1" to "9" vi-arg-digit
1121 "G" vi-fetch-history
1130 "X" backward-delete-char
1143 "i" vi-insertion-mode
1163 \fIThe Gnu Readline Library\fP, Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
1165 \fIThe Gnu History Library\fP, Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
1173 Individual \fBreadline\fP initialization file
1176 Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
1180 Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
1184 If you find a bug in
1186 you should report it. But first, you should
1187 make sure that it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest
1190 library that you have.
1192 Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, mail a
1193 bug report to \fIbug\-readline\fP@\fIgnu.org\fP.
1194 If you have a fix, you are welcome to mail that
1195 as well! Suggestions and `philosophical' bug reports may be mailed
1196 to \fPbug-readline\fP@\fIgnu.org\fP or posted to the Usenet
1200 Comments and bug reports concerning
1201 this manual page should be directed to
1202 .IR chet@ins.CWRU.Edu .
1205 It's too big and too slow.
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