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-.TH HISTORY 3 "2010 August 12" "GNU History 6.2"
+.TH HISTORY 3 "2015 May 24" "GNU History 6.3"
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.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
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.SH NAME
history \- GNU History Library
.SH COPYRIGHT
-.if t The GNU History Library is Copyright \(co 1989-2011 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.if n The GNU History Library is Copyright (C) 1989-2011 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if t The GNU History Library is Copyright \(co 1989-2014 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if n The GNU History Library is Copyright (C) 1989-2014 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Many programs read input from the user a line at a time. The GNU
History library is able to keep track of those lines, associate arbitrary
.TP
.B !?\fIstring\fR\fB[?]\fR
Refer to the most recent command
-preceding the current postition in the history list
+preceding the current position in the history list
containing
.IR string .
The trailing \fB?\fP may be omitted if
.SS Word Designators
.PP
Word designators are used to select desired words from the event.
-A
+A
.B :
separates the event specification from the word designator.
It may be omitted if the word designator begins with a
The first argument. That is, word 1.
.TP
.B $
-The last argument.
+The last word. This is usually the last argument, but will expand to the
+zeroth word if there is only one word in the line.
.TP
.B %
The word matched by the most recent `?\fIstring\fR?' search.
a \fBNULL\fP pointer.
.Fn1 "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.
+If the current history offset refers to a valid history entry,
+increment the current history offset.
+If the possibly-incremented history offset refers to a valid history
+entry, return a pointer to that entry;
+otherwise, return a \fBNULL\fP pointer.
.SS Searching the History List
a substring search. The default is empty.
.Vb int history_quotes_inhibit_expansion
-If non-zero, single-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
-character. The default value is 0.
+If non-zero, double-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
+character or the history comment character. The default value is 0.
.Vb "rl_linebuf_func_t *" history_inhibit_expansion_function
This should be set to the address of a function that takes two arguments:
.PP
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
.br
-chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
+chet.ramey@case.edu
.SH BUG REPORTS
If you find a bug in the
.B history
.PP
Comments and bug reports concerning
this manual page should be directed to
-.IR chet@ins.CWRU.Edu .
+.IR chet.ramey@case.edu .