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+## 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