GNU History Library

Edition 2.2, for History Library Version 2.2.

April 1998

This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously typed input.

• 1 Using History Interactively
  • 1.1 History Expansion
    • 1.1.1 Event Designators
    • 1.1.2 Word Designators
    • 1.1.3 Modifiers
• 2 Programming with GNU History
  • 2.1 Introduction to History
  • 2.2 History Storage
  • 2.3 History Functions
    • 2.3.1 Initializing History and State Management
    • 2.3.2 History List Management
    • 2.3.3 Information About the History List
    • 2.3.4 Moving Around the History List
    • 2.3.5 Searching the History List
    • 2.3.6 Managing the History File
    • 2.3.7 History Expansion
  • 2.4 History Variables
  • 2.5 History Programming Example
• A Concept Index
• B Function and Variable Index

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