implement #1468, :browse on its own uses the currently-loaded module

[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / users_guide / ghci.xml

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
index 579cf23..e7bd8c2 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
@@ -1680,17 +1680,20 @@ $ ghci -lm
 
       <varlistentry>
        <term>
-          <literal>:browse</literal> <optional><literal>*</literal></optional><replaceable>module</replaceable> ...
+          <literal>:browse</literal> <optional><optional><literal>*</literal></optional><replaceable>module</replaceable></optional> ...
           <indexterm><primary><literal>:browse</literal></primary></indexterm>
         </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Displays the identifiers defined by the module
          <replaceable>module</replaceable>, which must be either
-         loaded into GHCi or be a member of a package.  If the
-         <literal>*</literal> symbol is placed before the module
-         name, then <emphasis>all</emphasis> the identifiers defined
-         in <replaceable>module</replaceable> are shown; otherwise
-         the list is limited to the exports of
+         loaded into GHCi or be a member of a package.  If
+         <replaceable>module</replaceable> is omitted, the most
+         recently-loaded module is used.</para>
+
+          <para>If the <literal>*</literal> symbol is placed before
+         the module name, then <emphasis>all</emphasis> the
+         identifiers in scope in <replaceable>module</replaceable> are
+         shown; otherwise the list is limited to the exports of
          <replaceable>module</replaceable>.  The
          <literal>*</literal>-form is only available for modules
          which are interpreted; for compiled modules (including