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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: history.n,v 1.4 2006/11/15 09:23:01 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: history.n,v 1.5 2007/10/24 14:29:38 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH history n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ history \- Manipulate the history list
.PP
The \fBhistory\fR command performs one of several operations related to
recently-executed commands recorded in a history list. Each of
-these recorded commands is referred to as an ``event''. When
-specifying an event to the \fBhistory\fR command, the following
+these recorded commands is referred to as an
+.QW event .
+When specifying an event to the \fBhistory\fR command, the following
forms may be used:
.IP [1]
A number: if positive, it refers to the event with
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ The current mechanism is more limited, and the old
history operations \fBsubstitute\fR and \fBwords\fR have been removed.
(As a consolation, the \fBclear\fR operation was added.)
.PP
-The history option \fBredo\fR results in much simpler ``history revision''.
+The history option \fBredo\fR results in much simpler
+.QW "history revision" .
When this option is invoked then the most recent event
is modified to eliminate the history command and replace it with
the result of the history command.