Gnu readline manual

This section describes Readline commands that may be bound to key sequences. You can list your key bindings by executing bind -P or, for a more terse format, suitable for an inputrc file, bind -p. (See Bash Builtins.)Command names without an accompanying key sequence are unbound by default. Readline Init File Syntax (Bash Reference Manual) Variable Settings. You can modify the run-time behavior of Readline by altering the values of variables in Readline using the set command within the init file. The syntax is simple: set variable value. By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of emacs. A vi-style line editing interface is also available. This manual page describes only the most basic use of readline. Much more functionality is available; see The GNU Readline Library and The GNU History Library for additional information. RETURN VALUE top.

Readline Cheat Sheet Emacs editing mode. For detailed information see the GNU Readline library manual or type man readline. For information about Readline in Bash type man bash and search for ^READLINE or Commands for moving. Moving. Ctrl-a: Move to the start of the current line. Ctrl-e. Make sure you have gnu readline or higher. tclreadline uses the gnu readline callback handler, which wasn't implemented in early releases. The usual./configure; make; make install sequence should do the rest. Optionally (or additionally) you can build the executables tclshrl and / or wishrl which are a readline enhanced replacement for. Introduction ===== This is the Gnu Readline library, version The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in.

This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface. Published by the Free Software Foundation. Programming with GNU Readline. This chapter describes the interface between the GNU Readline Library and other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to include the features found in GNU Readline such as completion, line editing, and interactive history manipulation in your own programs, this section is for you. Basic Behavior. This manual describes the GNU Readline Library (version , 9 October ), a library which aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line interface.