--- readline-5.2/doc/history.3.orig Mon Apr 4 00:12:21 2011
+++ readline-5.2/doc/history.3 Mon Apr 4 00:13:09 2011
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
.ds lp \fR\|(\fP
.ds rp \fR\|)\fP
.\" FnN return-value fun-name N arguments
-.de Fn1
+.de F1
\fI\\$1\fP \fB\\$2\fP \\*(lp\fI\\$3\fP\\*(rp
.br
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-.de Fn2
+.de F2
.if t \fI\\$1\fP \fB\\$2\fP \\*(lp\fI\\$3,\|\\$4\fP\\*(rp
.if n \fI\\$1\fP \fB\\$2\fP \\*(lp\fI\\$3, \\$4\fP\\*(rp
.br
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-.de Fn3
+.de F3
.if t \fI\\$1\fP \fB\\$2\fP \\*(lp\fI\\$3,\|\\$4,\|\\$5\fP\|\\*(rp
.if n \fI\\$1\fP \fB\\$2\fP \\*(lp\fI\\$3, \\$4, \\$5\fP\\*(rp
.br
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@
the state of the History library when you want to use the history
functions in your program.
-.Fn1 void using_history void
+.F1 void using_history void
Begin a session in which the history functions might be used. This
initializes the interactive variables.
-.Fn1 "HISTORY_STATE *" history_get_history_state void
+.F1 "HISTORY_STATE *" history_get_history_state void
Return a structure describing the current state of the input history.
-.Fn1 void history_set_history_state "HISTORY_STATE *state"
+.F1 void history_set_history_state "HISTORY_STATE *state"
Set the state of the history list according to \fIstate\fP.
.SS History List Management
@@ -346,43 +346,43 @@
These functions manage individual entries on the history list, or set
parameters managing the list itself.
-.Fn1 void add_history "const char *string"
+.F1 void add_history "const char *string"
Place \fIstring\fP at the end of the history list. The associated data
field (if any) is set to \fBNULL\fP.
-.Fn1 void add_history_time "const char *string"
+.F1 void add_history_time "const char *string"
Change the time stamp associated with the most recent history entry to
\fIstring\fP.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY *" remove_history "int which"
+.F1 "HIST_ENTRY *" remove_history "int which"
Remove history entry at offset \fIwhich\fP from the history. The
removed element is returned so you can free the line, data,
and containing structure.
-.Fn1 "histdata_t" free_history_entry "HIST_ENTRY *histent"
+.F1 "histdata_t" free_history_entry "HIST_ENTRY *histent"
Free the history entry \fIhistent\fP and any history library private
data associated with it. Returns the application-specific data
so the caller can dispose of it.
-.Fn3 "HIST_ENTRY *" replace_history_entry "int which" "const char *line" "histdata_t data"
+.F3 "HIST_ENTRY *" replace_history_entry "int which" "const char *line" "histdata_t data"
Make the history entry at offset \fIwhich\fP have \fIline\fP and \fIdata\fP.
This returns the old entry so the caller can dispose of any
application-specific data. In the case
of an invalid \fIwhich\fP, a \fBNULL\fP pointer is returned.
-.Fn1 void clear_history "void"
+.F1 void clear_history "void"
Clear the history list by deleting all the entries.
-.Fn1 void stifle_history "int max"
+.F1 void stifle_history "int max"
Stifle the history list, remembering only the last \fImax\fP entries.
-.Fn1 int unstifle_history "void"
+.F1 int unstifle_history "void"
Stop stifling the history. This returns the previously-set
maximum number of history entries (as set by \fBstifle_history()\fP).
history was stifled. The value is positive if the history was
stifled, negative if it wasn't.
-.Fn1 int history_is_stifled "void"
+.F1 int history_is_stifled "void"
Returns non-zero if the history is stifled, zero if it is not.
.SS Information About the History List
@@ -390,29 +390,29 @@
These functions return information about the entire history list or
individual list entries.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY **" history_list "void"
+.F1 "HIST_ENTRY **" history_list "void"
Return a \fBNULL\fP terminated array of \fIHIST_ENTRY *\fP which is the
current input history. Element 0 of this list is the beginning of time.
If there is no history, return \fBNULL\fP.
-.Fn1 int where_history "void"
+.F1 int where_history "void"
Returns the offset of the current history element.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY *" current_history "void"
+.F1 "HIST_ENTRY *" current_history "void"
Return the history entry at the current position, as determined by
\fBwhere_history()\fP. If there is no entry there, return a \fBNULL\fP
pointer.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY *" history_get "int offset"
+.F1 "HIST_ENTRY *" history_get "int offset"
Return the history entry at position \fIoffset\fP, starting from
\fBhistory_base\fP.
If there is no entry there, or if \fIoffset\fP
is greater than the history length, return a \fBNULL\fP pointer.
-.Fn1 "time_t" history_get_time "HIST_ENTRY *"
+.F1 "time_t" history_get_time "HIST_ENTRY *"
Return the time stamp associated with the history entry passed as the argument.
-.Fn1 int history_total_bytes "void"
+.F1 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.
@@ -422,18 +422,18 @@
These functions allow the current index into the history list to be
set or changed.
-.Fn1 int history_set_pos "int pos"
+.F1 int history_set_pos "int pos"
Set the current history offset to \fIpos\fP, an absolute index
into the list.
Returns 1 on success, 0 if \fIpos\fP is less than zero or greater
than the number of history entries.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY *" previous_history "void"
+.F1 "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 \fBNULL\fP pointer.
-.Fn1 "HIST_ENTRY *" next_history "void"
+.F1 "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 \fBNULL\fP pointer.
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
from the current history position. The search may be \fIanchored\fP,
meaning that the string must match at the beginning of the history entry.
-.Fn2 int history_search "const char *string" "int direction"
+.F2 int history_search "const char *string" "int direction"
Search the history for \fIstring\fP, starting at the current history offset.
If \fIdirection\fP is less than 0, then the search is through
previous entries, otherwise through subsequent entries.
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
\fIstring\fP was found. Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is
returned.
-.Fn2 int history_search_prefix "const char *string" "int direction"
+.F2 int history_search_prefix "const char *string" "int direction"
Search the history for \fIstring\fP, starting at the current history
offset. The search is anchored: matching lines must begin with
\fIstring\fP. If \fIdirection\fP is less than 0, then the search is
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
current history index is set to that entry, and the return value is 0.
Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is returned.
-.Fn3 int history_search_pos "const char *string" "int direction" "int pos"
+.F3 int history_search_pos "const char *string" "int direction" "int pos"
Search for \fIstring\fP in the history list, starting at \fIpos\fP, an
absolute index into the list. If \fIdirection\fP is negative, the search
proceeds backward from \fIpos\fP, otherwise forward. Returns the absolute
@@ -474,12 +474,12 @@
The History library can read the history from and write it to a file.
This section documents the functions for managing a history file.
-.Fn1 int read_history "const char *filename"
+.F1 int read_history "const char *filename"
Add the contents of \fIfilename\fP to the history list, a line at a time.
If \fIfilename\fP is \fBNULL\fP, then read from \fI~/.history\fP.
Returns 0 if successful, or \fBerrno\fP if not.
-.Fn3 int read_history_range "const char *filename" "int from" "int to"
+.F3 int read_history_range "const char *filename" "int from" "int to"
Read a range of lines from \fIfilename\fP, adding them to the history list.
Start reading at line \fIfrom\fP and end at \fIto\fP.
If \fIfrom\fP is zero, start at the beginning. If \fIto\fP is less than
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
\fBNULL\fP, then read from \fI~/.history\fP. Returns 0 if successful,
or \fBerrno\fP if not.
-.Fn1 int write_history "const char *filename"
+.F1 int write_history "const char *filename"
Write the current history to \fIfilename\fP, overwriting \fIfilename\fP
if necessary.
If \fIfilename\fP is \fBNULL\fP, then write the history list to \fI~/.history\fP.
@@ -494,12 +494,12 @@
Returns 0 on success, or \fBerrno\fP on a read or write error.
-.Fn2 int append_history "int nelements" "const char *filename"
+.F2 int append_history "int nelements" "const char *filename"
Append the last \fInelements\fP of the history list to \fIfilename\fP.
If \fIfilename\fP is \fBNULL\fP, then append to \fI~/.history\fP.
Returns 0 on success, or \fBerrno\fP on a read or write error.
-.Fn2 int history_truncate_file "const char *filename" "int nlines"
+.F2 int history_truncate_file "const char *filename" "int nlines"
Truncate the history file \fIfilename\fP, leaving only the last
\fInlines\fP lines.
If \fIfilename\fP is \fBNULL\fP, then \fI~/.history\fP is truncated.
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
These functions implement history expansion.
-.Fn2 int history_expand "char *string" "char **output"
+.F2 int history_expand "char *string" "char **output"
Expand \fIstring\fP, placing the result into \fIoutput\fP, a pointer
to a string. Returns:
.RS
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
If an error ocurred in expansion, then \fIoutput\fP contains a descriptive
error message.
-.Fn3 "char *" get_history_event "const char *string" "int *cindex" "int qchar"
+.F3 "char *" get_history_event "const char *string" "int *cindex" "int qchar"
Returns the text of the history event beginning at \fIstring\fP +
\fI*cindex\fP. \fI*cindex\fP is modified to point to after the event
specifier. At function entry, \fIcindex\fP points to the index into
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
is a character that is allowed to end the event specification in addition
to the ``normal'' terminating characters.
-.Fn1 "char **" history_tokenize "const char *string"
+.F1 "char **" history_tokenize "const char *string"
Return an array of tokens parsed out of \fIstring\fP, much as the
shell might.
The tokens are split on the characters in the
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
\fBhistory_word_delimiters\fP variable,
and shell quoting conventions are obeyed.
-.Fn3 "char *" history_arg_extract "int first" "int last" "const char *string"
+.F3 "char *" history_arg_extract "int first" "int last" "const char *string"
Extract a string segment consisting of the \fIfirst\fP through \fIlast\fP
arguments present in \fIstring\fP. Arguments are split using
\fBhistory_tokenize()\fP.