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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2016-11-07 21:02:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2016-11-07 21:02:11 +0000 |
| commit | 98a9662ea9b466de3efbec2f9471d7ec38243fdd (patch) | |
| tree | 49bad91b6b43abd69ef19fb51cf674ecb1ecaf42 | |
| parent | 4d97563062405d4ceef434ae04838b5f131a0935 (diff) | |
Clarified the function of /etc/inputrc
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11141 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/inputrc.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 6 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 22b41e04f..5bfcd7e61 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem. --> + <listitem> + <para>2016-11-07</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Clarified the function of /etc/inputrc.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + <listitem revision="systemd"> <para>2016-10-27</para> <itemizedlist> diff --git a/chapter07/inputrc.xml b/chapter07/inputrc.xml index 45a102ea3..0c11c8bde 100644 --- a/chapter07/inputrc.xml +++ b/chapter07/inputrc.xml @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ <primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary> </indexterm> - <para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file handles keyboard mapping for - specific situations. This file is the startup file used by Readline — the - input-related library — used by Bash and most other shells.</para> + <para>The <filename>inputrc</filename> file is the configuration file for + Readline library, which provides editing capabilities while the user is + entering a line from the terminal. It works by tranlating keyboard inputs + into specific actions. Readline is used by Bash and most other shells as + well as many other applications.</para> - <para>Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so the command + <para>Most people do not need user-specific functionality so the command below creates a global <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> used by everyone who logs in. If you later decide you need to override the defaults on a per-user basis, you can create a <filename>.inputrc</filename> file in the user's home diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 08eeec040..91dc6ec57 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20161027"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20161107"> <!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases --> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development" or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> -<!ENTITY versiond "20161027-systemd"> +<!ENTITY versiond "20161107-systemd"> <!ENTITY short-versiond "systemd"> <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "October 27, 2016"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "November 7, 2016"> <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not – --> <!ENTITY milestone "7.11"> |