Follow the recommended practices for keystroke representation; this

improves internal consistency in the documentation.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-12 02:09:51 +00:00
parent 07178d237a
commit 682d5f3cda
3 changed files with 25 additions and 23 deletions

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@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ The optional argument is a banner or intro string to be issued before the
first prompt (this overrides the \member{intro} class member).
If the \module{readline} module is loaded, input will automatically
inherit \program{bash}-like history-list editing (e.g. \kbd{Ctrl-P}
scrolls back to the last command, \kbd{Ctrl-N} forward to the next
one, \kbd{Ctrl-F} moves the cursor to the right non-destructively,
\kbd{Ctrl-B} moves the cursor to the left non-destructively, etc.).
inherit \program{bash}-like history-list editing (e.g. \kbd{Control-P}
scrolls back to the last command, \kbd{Control-N} forward to the next
one, \kbd{Control-F} moves the cursor to the right non-destructively,
\kbd{Control-B} moves the cursor to the left non-destructively, etc.).
An end-of-file on input is passed back as the string \code{'EOF'}.

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@ -1304,20 +1304,22 @@ Process a single command keystroke. Here are the supported special
keystrokes:
\begin{tableii}{l|l}{kbd}{Keystroke}{Action}
\lineii{Ctrl-A}{Go to left edge of window.}
\lineii{Ctrl-B}{Cursor left, wrapping to previous line if appropriate.}
\lineii{Ctrl-D}{Delete character under cursor.}
\lineii{Ctrl-E}{Go to right edge (stripspaces off) or end of line
\lineii{Control-A}{Go to left edge of window.}
\lineii{Control-B}{Cursor left, wrapping to previous line if appropriate.}
\lineii{Control-D}{Delete character under cursor.}
\lineii{Control-E}{Go to right edge (stripspaces off) or end of line
(stripspaces on).}
\lineii{Ctrl-F}{Cursor right, wrapping to next line when appropriate.}
\lineii{Ctrl-G}{Terminate, returning the window contents.}
\lineii{Ctrl-H}{Delete character backward.}
\lineii{Ctrl-J}{Terminate if the window is 1 line, otherwise insert newline.}
\lineii{Ctrl-K}{If line is blank, delete it, otherwise clear to end of line.}
\lineii{Ctrl-L}{Refresh screen.}
\lineii{Ctrl-N}{Cursor down; move down one line.}
\lineii{Ctrl-O}{Insert a blank line at cursor location.}
\lineii{Ctrl-P}{Cursor up; move up one line.}
\lineii{Control-F}{Cursor right, wrapping to next line when appropriate.}
\lineii{Control-G}{Terminate, returning the window contents.}
\lineii{Control-H}{Delete character backward.}
\lineii{Control-J}{Terminate if the window is 1 line, otherwise
insert newline.}
\lineii{Control-K}{If line is blank, delete it, otherwise clear to
end of line.}
\lineii{Control-L}{Refresh screen.}
\lineii{Control-N}{Cursor down; move down one line.}
\lineii{Control-O}{Insert a blank line at cursor location.}
\lineii{Control-P}{Cursor up; move up one line.}
\end{tableii}
Move operations do nothing if the cursor is at an edge where the
@ -1325,11 +1327,11 @@ movement is not possible. The following synonyms are supported where
possible:
\begin{tableii}{l|l}{constant}{Constant}{Keystroke}
\lineii{KEY_LEFT}{\kbd{Ctrl-B}}
\lineii{KEY_RIGHT}{\kbd{Ctrl-F}}
\lineii{KEY_UP}{\kbd{Ctrl-P}}
\lineii{KEY_DOWN}{\kbd{Ctrl-N}}
\lineii{KEY_BACKSPACE}{\kbd{Ctrl-h}}
\lineii{KEY_LEFT}{\kbd{Control-B}}
\lineii{KEY_RIGHT}{\kbd{Control-F}}
\lineii{KEY_UP}{\kbd{Control-P}}
\lineii{KEY_DOWN}{\kbd{Control-N}}
\lineii{KEY_BACKSPACE}{\kbd{Control-h}}
\end{tableii}
All other keystrokes are treated as a command to insert the given

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@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Raised when an \keyword{assert} statement fails.
\begin{excdesc}{KeyboardInterrupt}
Raised when the user hits the interrupt key (normally
\kbd{Control-C} or \kbd{DEL}). During execution, a check for
\kbd{Control-C} or \kbd{Delete}). During execution, a check for
interrupts is made regularly.
% XXXJH xrefs here
Interrupts typed when a built-in function \function{input()} or