NetBSD Problem Report #59953

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From: tembun@bk.ru
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Subject: [PATCH] editline.7: Document vi-histedit command
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>Number:         59953
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] editline.7: Document vi-histedit command
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 31 19:55:00 +0000 2026
>Last-Modified:  Sun Feb 01 01:55:01 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Artem Bunichev
>Release:        NetBSD 10.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The editline(7) manual page lacks the detailed description of the 'vi-histedit' editor command. But it's still mentioned in the list of the default input bindings for the vi command mode.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 7 editline
>Fix:
Here's the patch that adds the missing description:

diff --git a/lib/libedit/editline.7 b/lib/libedit/editline.7
index 9a96fca47fa5..de856ce331ee 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/editline.7
+++ b/lib/libedit/editline.7
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd April 6, 2024
+.Dd January 31, 2026
 .Dt EDITLINE 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@ cursor, move the cursor after to the character after the inserted
 word, and switch to vi insert mode.
 It is an error if there is no history entry or the most recent
 history entry is empty.
+.It Ic vi-histedit Pq vi command: v
+Edit the buffer with the editor and return the edit buffer to the program.
+The editor specified by the
+.Ev EDITOR
+environment variable will be invoked instead of the default editor
+.Xr vi 1 .
 .It Ic vi-insert Pq vi command: i
 Enter insert mode.
 .It Ic vi-insert-at-bol Pq vi command: I

>Audit-Trail:
From: "Valery Ushakov" <uwe@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/59953 CVS commit: src/lib/libedit
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 01:52:58 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	uwe
 Date:		Sun Feb  1 01:52:58 UTC 2026

 Modified Files:
 	src/lib/libedit: editline.7

 Log Message:
 editline(7): Document vi-histedit command

 PR lib/59953 by Artem Bunichev


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/lib/libedit/editline.7

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

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