#  list the function sin your config file.

The following bash script lists the functions in your config file, including a comment line if one is provided.
You can run it any time, or you can run it and read the output into a buffer from your init script, if you always want the list on-hand.

    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # list functions of Edbrowse config file
    # with, if it exist, the explanation line 
    #
    n=0
    prec=0
    rm -f /tmp/listef.txt
    while read line
    do
        n=$((n+1))
        if [[ $line =~ ^function[:+] ]] ; then
            l2=${line/function[+:]/}
            l2=${l2/{/}
            prec=$((n+1))
        fi
        if [[ $n -eq $prec ]] ; then
            if [[ $line =~ ^# ]] ; then
                echo $l2$line >> /tmp/listef.txt
            else
                echo $l2 >> /tmp/listef.txt
            fi
        fi
    done < ~/.ebrc