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README -*-text-*-
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This is a line-editing library. It can be linked into almost any
program to provide command-line editing and recall.
It is call-compatible with the FSF readline library, but it is a
fraction of the size (and offers fewer features). It does not use
standard I/O. It is distributed under a "C News-like" copyright, see
the file LICENSE for details.
Configuration is made by supplying different options to the GNU
configure script. In the examples directory, type "make testit" to
get a small slow shell for testing.
Changes
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An earlier version was distributed with Byron's rc. Principal changes
over that version include:
* Faster.
* Is eight-bit clean (thanks to brendan@cs.widener.edu)
* Written in K&R C, but ANSI compliant (gcc all warnings)
* Propagates EOF properly; rc trip test now passes
* Doesn't need or use or provide memmove.
* More robust
* Calling sequence changed to be compatible with readline.
* Test program, new manpage, better configuration
* More system-independant; includes Unix and OS-9 support.
This contains some changes since the posting to comp.sources.misc:
* Bugfix for completion on absolute pathnames.
* Better handling of M-n versus showing raw 8bit chars.
* Better signal handling.
* Now supports termios/termio/sgttyb ioctl's.
* Add M-m command to toggle how 8bit data is displayed.
Bugs
----
There is one known bug. History-searching redraws the line wrong if
the text retrieved is shorter then the prompt.
Enjoy,
Rich $alz
<rsalz@osf.org>