[Fix #106] Add documentation for history

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Colin Hebert 13 years ago committed by Sorin Ionescu
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History
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Sets [history][1] options and defines history aliases.
VARIBLES
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- `HISTFILE` the file to save the history in when an interactive shell exits.
- `HISTSIZE` the maximum size of the history list.
- `SAVEHIST` the maximum number of history events to save in the history file.
Options
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- `BANG_HIST` treat the **!** character specially during expansion.
- `EXTENDED_HISTORY` write the history file in the *:start:elapsed;command* format.
- `INC_APPEND_HISTORY` write to the history file immediately, not when the shell exits.
- `SHARE_HISTORY` share history between all sessions.
- `HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST` expire duplicate entries first when trimming history.
- `HIST_IGNORE_DUPS` do not record an entry that was just recorded again.
- `HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS` delete old recorded entry if new entry is a duplicate.
- `HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS` do not display a line previously found.
- `HIST_IGNORE_SPACE` do not record an entry starting with a space.
- `HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS` do not write duplicate entries in the history file.
- `HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS` remove superfluous blanks before recording entry.
- `HIST_VERIFY` do not execute immediately upon history expansion.
- `HIST_BEEP` beep when accessing nonexistent history.
Aliases
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- `history-stat` lists the ten most used commands
Authors
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*The authors of this module should be contacted via the GitHub issue tracker.*
- [Robby Russell](/robbyrussell)
- [Sorin Ionescu](/sorin-ionescu)
[1]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Guide/zshguide02.html#l16
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