Table of Contents

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 Readline Typedefs
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 Character Input
2.4.9 Terminal Management
2.4.10 Utility Functions
2.4.11 Miscellaneous Functions
2.4.12 Alternate Interface
2.4.13 A Readline 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