# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1114700494 0
# Node ID aaa6df7aa13a6106c1a781a35c1b4e4b05d991e6
# Parent  f9aff9291d944725a6acddfa266f5d78a5e148fb
[project @ 2005-04-28 15:01:33 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/startup/Makefile.in b/scripts/startup/Makefile.in
--- a/scripts/startup/Makefile.in
+++ b/scripts/startup/Makefile.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 
-SOURCES = octaverc # *.m
+SOURCES = main-rcfile local-rcfile inputrc # *.m
 
 DISTFILES = Makefile.in $(SOURCES)
 
@@ -34,14 +34,19 @@
 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)
 	if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/octaverc; then true; \
 	else \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/octaverc \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/main-rcfile \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/octaverc; \
 	fi
+	if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/inputrc; then true; \
+	else \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/inputrc \
+	    $(DESTDIR)$(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/inputrc; \
+	fi
 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(localfcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)
 	if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(localfcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/octaverc; \
 	then true; \
 	else \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/octaverc \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/local-rcfile \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(localfcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/octaverc; \
 	fi
 #	for f in $(FCN_FILES_NO_DIR); do \
diff --git a/scripts/startup/inputrc b/scripts/startup/inputrc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startup/inputrc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## This file configures the behavior of line-input editing for all
+## Octave users when Octave is configured to use GNU Readline library
+## for input-line editing.
+
+## history-search-backward:
+## 
+##   Search backward through the history for the string of characters
+##   between the start of the current line and the point.  This is a
+##   non-incremental search.  Bound to "\e[A", the ANSI escape
+##   sequence for the UP arrow.
+
+"\e[A": history-search-backward
+
+## history-search-forward:
+## 
+##   Search forward through the history for the string of characters
+##   between the start of the current line and the point.  This is a
+##   non-incremental search.  Bound to "\e[B", the ANSI escape
+##   sequence for the DOWN arrow.
+
+"\e[B": history-search-forward
diff --git a/scripts/startup/local-rcfile b/scripts/startup/local-rcfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startup/local-rcfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## System-wide startup file for Octave.
+##
+## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
+## time Octave starts for every user at this site.
diff --git a/scripts/startup/main-rcfile b/scripts/startup/main-rcfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startup/main-rcfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## System-wide startup file for Octave.
+##
+## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
+## time Octave starts for every user at this site.
+
+## Configure readline using the file inputrc in the Octave startup
+## directory.
+
+read_readline_init_file (sprintf ("%s%s%s",
+				  octave_config_info ("startupfiledir"),
+				  filesep, "inputrc"));
diff --git a/scripts/startup/octaverc b/scripts/startup/octaverc
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/scripts/startup/octaverc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## System-wide startup file for Octave.
-##
-## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
-## time Octave starts for every user at this site.