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@setfilename history.info
@settitle GNU History Library
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This document describes the GNU History library
(version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface for
recalling lines of previously typed input.

Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
are preserved on all copies.

@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the license is
included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''

(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
this GNU Manual, like GNU software.  Copies published by the Free
Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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@dircategory Libraries
@direntry
* History: (history).       The GNU history library API.
@end direntry

@titlepage
@title GNU History Library
@subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for @code{History Library} Version @value{VERSION}.
@subtitle @value{UPDATED-MONTH}
@author Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
@author Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation

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Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, @*
Boston, MA 02111-1307 @*
USA @*

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@contents

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@node Top
@top GNU History Library

This document describes the GNU History library, a programming tool that
provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of previously
typed input.

@menu
* Using History Interactively::	  GNU History User's Manual.
* Programming with GNU History::  GNU History Programmer's Manual.
* Copying This Manual::		  Copying This Manual.
* Concept Index::		  Index of concepts described in this manual.
* Function and Variable Index::	  Index of externally visible functions
				  and variables.
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@node Copying This Manual
@appendix Copying This Manual

@menu
* GNU Free Documentation License::	License for copying this manual.
@end menu

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@node Concept Index
@appendix Concept Index
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@node Function and Variable Index
@appendix Function and Variable Index
@printindex vr

@bye