Chapter 29. Command Line Editing 303non-incremental-forward-search-history (M-n)Search forward starting at the current line and moving ‘down’ through the the history as necessaryusing a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user.history-search-forward ()Search forward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the currentline and the point. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.history-search-backward ()Search backward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the currentline and the point. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.yank-nth-arg (M-C-y)Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually the second word on the previous line)at point. With an argument n, insert the nth word from the previous command (the words in theprevious command begin with word 0). A negative argument inserts the nth word from the endof the previous command.yank-last-arg (M-. or M-_)Insert last argument to the previous command (the last word of the previous history entry). Withan argument, behave exactly like yank-nth-arg. Successive calls to yank-last-arg moveback through the history list, inserting the last argument of each line in turn.29.4.3. Commands For Changing Textdelete-char (C-d)Delete the character at point. If point is at the beginning of the line, there are no characters in theline, and the last character typed was not bound to delete-char, then return eof.backward-delete-char (Rubout)Delete the character behind the cursor. A numeric argument means to kill the characters insteadof deleting them.forward-backward-delete-char ()Delete the character under the cursor, unless the cursor is at the end of the line, in which case thecharacter behind the cursor is deleted. By default, this is not bound to a key.quoted-insert (C-q or C-v)Add the next character typed to the line verbatim. This is how to insert key sequences like C-q,for example.tab-insert (M-[TAB])Insert a tab character.self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...)Insert yourself.
