1 /* histsearch.c -- searching the history list. */
3 /* Copyright (C) 1989, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file contains the GNU History Library (the Library), a set of
6 routines for managing the text of previously typed lines.
8 The Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13 The Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
14 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
16 General Public License for more details.
18 The GNU General Public License is often shipped with GNU software, and
19 is generally kept in a file called COPYING or LICENSE. If you do not
20 have a copy of the license, write to the Free Software Foundation,
21 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA. */
23 #define READLINE_LIBRARY
25 #if defined (HAVE_CONFIG_H)
30 #if defined (HAVE_STDLIB_H)
33 # include "ansi_stdlib.h"
34 #endif /* HAVE_STDLIB_H */
35 #if defined (HAVE_UNISTD_H)
37 # include <sys/types.h>
41 #if defined (HAVE_STRING_H)
45 #endif /* !HAVE_STRING_H */
50 /* The list of alternate characters that can delimit a history search
52 char *history_search_delimiter_chars
= (char *)NULL
;
54 /* Search the history for STRING, starting at history_offset.
55 If DIRECTION < 0, then the search is through previous entries, else
56 through subsequent. If ANCHORED is non-zero, the string must
57 appear at the beginning of a history line, otherwise, the string
58 may appear anywhere in the line. If the string is found, then
59 current_history () is the history entry, and the value of this
60 function is the offset in the line of that history entry that the
61 string was found in. Otherwise, nothing is changed, and a -1 is
65 history_search_internal (string
, direction
, anchored
)
67 int direction
, anchored
;
69 register int i
, reverse
;
71 register int line_index
;
73 HIST_ENTRY
**the_history
; /* local */
76 reverse
= (direction
< 0);
78 /* Take care of trivial cases first. */
79 if (string
== 0 || *string
== '\0')
82 if (!history_length
|| ((i
== history_length
) && !reverse
))
85 if (reverse
&& (i
== history_length
))
88 #define NEXT_LINE() do { if (reverse) i--; else i++; } while (0)
90 the_history
= history_list ();
91 string_len
= strlen (string
);
94 /* Search each line in the history list for STRING. */
96 /* At limit for direction? */
97 if ((reverse
&& i
< 0) || (!reverse
&& i
== history_length
))
100 line
= the_history
[i
]->line
;
101 line_index
= strlen (line
);
103 /* If STRING is longer than line, no match. */
104 if (string_len
> line_index
)
110 /* Handle anchored searches first. */
111 if (anchored
== ANCHORED_SEARCH
)
113 if (STREQN (string
, line
, string_len
))
123 /* Do substring search. */
126 line_index
-= string_len
;
128 while (line_index
>= 0)
130 if (STREQN (string
, line
+ line_index
, string_len
))
142 limit
= line_index
- string_len
+ 1;
145 while (line_index
< limit
)
147 if (STREQN (string
, line
+ line_index
, string_len
))
159 /* Do a non-anchored search for STRING through the history in DIRECTION. */
161 history_search (string
, direction
)
165 return (history_search_internal (string
, direction
, NON_ANCHORED_SEARCH
));
168 /* Do an anchored search for string through the history in DIRECTION. */
170 history_search_prefix (string
, direction
)
174 return (history_search_internal (string
, direction
, ANCHORED_SEARCH
));
177 /* Search for STRING in the history list. DIR is < 0 for searching
178 backwards. POS is an absolute index into the history list at
179 which point to begin searching. */
181 history_search_pos (string
, dir
, pos
)
187 old
= where_history ();
188 history_set_pos (pos
);
189 if (history_search (string
, dir
) == -1)
191 history_set_pos (old
);
194 ret
= where_history ();
195 history_set_pos (old
);