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authorPhillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com>2004-05-04 19:20:22 (GMT)
committerPhillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com>2004-05-04 19:20:22 (GMT)
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Document readline module functions added in Python 2.3. See:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-September/037922.html for background. It appears I forgot to ever submit a bug report or patch.
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@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ history file when saving. Negative values imply unlimited history
file size.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{get_current_history_length}{}
+Return the number of lines currently in the history. (This is different
+from \function{get_history_length()}, which returns the maximum number of
+lines that will be written to a history file.) \versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{get_history_item}{index}
+Return the current contents of history item at \var{index}.
+\versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{redisplay}{}
+Change what's displayed on the screen to reflect the current contents
+of the line buffer. \versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{set_startup_hook}{\optional{function}}
Set or remove the startup_hook function. If \var{function} is specified,
it will be used as the new startup_hook function; if omitted or