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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2000 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_rl_hist_h)
+#define octave_rl_hist_h 1
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+extern void octave_add_history (const char *);
+
+extern int octave_where_history (void);
+
+extern int octave_history_length (void);
+
+extern int octave_max_input_history (void);
+
+extern int octave_history_base (void);
+
+extern void octave_stifle_history (int);
+
+extern int octave_unstifle_history (void);
+
+extern int octave_history_is_stifled (void);
+
+extern int octave_history_set_pos (int);
+
+extern int octave_read_history (const char *);
+
+extern void octave_using_history (void);
+
+extern int octave_read_history_range (const char *, int, int);
+
+extern int octave_write_history (const char *);
+
+extern int octave_append_history (int, const char *);
+
+extern int octave_history_truncate_file (const char *, int);
+
+extern void octave_remove_history (int);
+
+extern char *octave_history_goto_mark (int n);
+
+extern char *octave_history_get (int n);
+
+extern char **octave_history_list (int, int);
+
+extern void octave_replace_history_entry (int, const char *);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/