GNU Readline Library

Edition 4.0, for Readline Library Version 4.0.

December 1998

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.

• 1 Command Line Editing
  • 1.1 Introduction to Line Editing
  • 1.2 Readline Interaction
    • 1.2.1 Readline Bare Essentials
    • 1.2.2 Readline Movement Commands
    • 1.2.3 Readline Killing Commands
    • 1.2.4 Readline Arguments
    • 1.2.5 Searching for Commands in the History
  • 1.3 Readline Init File
    • 1.3.1 Readline Init File Syntax
    • 1.3.2 Conditional Init Constructs
    • 1.3.3 Sample Init File
  • 1.4 Bindable Readline Commands
    • 1.4.1 Commands For Moving
    • 1.4.2 Commands For Manipulating The History
    • 1.4.3 Commands For Changing Text
    • 1.4.4 Killing And Yanking
    • 1.4.5 Specifying Numeric Arguments
    • 1.4.6 Letting Readline Type For You
    • 1.4.7 Keyboard Macros
    • 1.4.8 Some Miscellaneous Commands
  • 1.5 Readline vi Mode
• 2 Programming with GNU Readline
  • 2.1 Basic Behavior
  • 2.2 Custom Functions
    • 2.2.1 The Function Type
    • 2.2.2 Writing a New Function
  • 2.3 Readline Variables
  • 2.4 Readline Convenience Functions
    • 2.4.1 Naming a Function
    • 2.4.2 Selecting a Keymap
    • 2.4.3 Binding Keys
    • 2.4.4 Associating Function Names and Bindings
    • 2.4.5 Allowing Undoing
    • 2.4.6 Redisplay
    • 2.4.7 Modifying Text
    • 2.4.8 Utility Functions
    • 2.4.9 Alternate Interface
    • 2.4.10 An Example
  • 2.5 Readline Signal Handling
  • 2.6 Custom Completers
    • 2.6.1 How Completing Works
    • 2.6.2 Completion Functions
    • 2.6.3 Completion Variables
    • 2.6.4 A Short Completion Example
• Concept Index
• Function and Variable Index

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