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This choice is a configuration option at the time gnuplot is built. <P> The editing commands of the built-in version are given below. The gnu readline and BSD libedit libraries have their own documentation. <P> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=3 BORDER="1"> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN=2>Command-line Editing Commands</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER">Character</TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">Function</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN=1>Line Editing</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^B</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move back a single character.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^F</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move forward a single character.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^A</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move to the beginning of the line.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^E</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move to the end of the line.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^H, DEL</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">delete the previous character.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^D</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">delete the current character.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^K</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">delete from current position to the end of line.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^L, ^R</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">redraw line in case it gets trashed.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^U</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">delete the entire line.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^W</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">delete from the current word to the end of line.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN=1>History</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^P</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move back through history.</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><code>^N</code></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">move forward through history.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV><HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html962" HREF="node17.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html956" HREF="node2.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html950" HREF="node15.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html958" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html960" HREF="node467.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html963" HREF="node17.html">Comments</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html957" HREF="node2.html">Gnuplot</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html951" HREF="node15.html">Batch/Interactive Operation</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html959" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html961" HREF="node467.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> 2010-08-17 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
