Letting Readline Type For You

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Letting Readline type for you

The following documentation discusses the automatic functionality of Readline.

complete (TAB)

Attempt to do completion on the text before point. This is implementation defined. Generally, if you are typing a filename argument, you can do filename completion; if you are typing a command, you can do command completion, if you are typing in a symbol to GDB, you can do symbol name completion, if you are typing in a variable to Bash, you can do variable name completion.

possible-completions (M-?)

List the possible completions of the text before point.

Some miscellaneous commands

reread-init-file (C-X, C-R)

Read in the contents of your /.inputrc file, and incorporate any bindings found there.

abort (C-G)

Stop running the current editing command.

prefix-meta (Esc)

Make the next character that you type be metafied. This is for people without a meta key. Typing ESC F is equivalent to typing M-F.

undo (C-_)

Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.

revert-line (M-R)

Undo all changes made to this line. This is like typing the undo command enough times to get back to the beginning.

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