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@item C-p
@itemx up arrow
-Cycle backwards through the history.
+Cycle backwards through the history (This command does nothing if
+ratpoison was configured with the @code{--disable-history} configure
+option).
@item C-n
@itemx down arrow
-Cycle forwards through the history.
+Cycle forwards through the history (This command does nothing if
+ratpoison was configured with the @code{--disable-history} configure
+option).
@item return
submit the line of text.
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All input is stored in the same history list. By default ratpoison has
a history length of 100 entries. This history is saved to the file
@file{~/.ratpoison_history} and is loaded when you start
-ratpoison. This means your history sticks between sessions.
+ratpoison. This means your history sticks between sessions. This
+assumes history has not been disabled on compilation.
@node Command Line Arguments, Startup file, Input, Top
@chapter Command Line Arguments