<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Customizing readline - Untitled</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Untitled"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Command-Line-Editing.html#Command-Line-Editing" title="Command Line Editing"> <link rel="prev" href="Commands-For-History.html#Commands-For-History" title="Commands For History"> <link rel="next" href="Customizing-the-Prompt.html#Customizing-the-Prompt" title="Customizing the Prompt"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Customizing-readline"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Customizing-the-Prompt.html#Customizing-the-Prompt">Customizing the Prompt</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Commands-For-History.html#Commands-For-History">Commands For History</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Command-Line-Editing.html#Command-Line-Editing">Command Line Editing</a> <hr> </div> <h4 class="subsection">2.4.6 Customizing <code>readline</code></h4> <p><a name="index-g_t_0040file_007b_007e_002f_002einputrc_007d-129"></a><a name="index-customizing-_0040code_007breadline_007d-130"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007breadline_007d-customization-131"></a> Octave uses the GNU Readline library for command-line editing and history features. Readline is very flexible and can be modified through a configuration file of commands (See the GNU Readline library for the exact command syntax). The default configuration file is normally <samp><span class="file">~/.inputrc</span></samp>. <p>Octave provides two commands for initializing Readline and thereby changing the command line behavior. <!-- input.cc --> <p><a name="doc_002dread_005freadline_005finit_005ffile"></a> <div class="defun"> — Built-in Function: <b>read_readline_init_file</b> (<var>file</var>)<var><a name="index-read_005freadline_005finit_005ffile-132"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Read the readline library initialization file <var>file</var>. If <var>file</var> is omitted, read the default initialization file (normally <samp><span class="file">~/.inputrc</span></samp>). <p>See <a href="../readline/Readline-Init-File.html#Readline-Init-File">Readline Init File</a>, for details. </p></blockquote></div> <!-- input.cc --> <p><a name="doc_002dre_005fread_005freadline_005finit_005ffile"></a> <div class="defun"> — Built-in Function: <b>re_read_readline_init_file</b> ()<var><a name="index-re_005fread_005freadline_005finit_005ffile-133"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Re-read the last readline library initialization file that was read. See <a href="../readline/Readline-Init-File.html#Readline-Init-File">Readline Init File</a>, for details. </p></blockquote></div> </body></html>