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README -*-text-*-
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2008-06-07 23:44:13 +08:00
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This is a line-editing library. It can be linked into almost any
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program to provide command-line editing and history.
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It is call-compatible with the FSF readline library, but it is a
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fraction of the size (and offers fewer features). It does not use
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standard I/O. It is distributed under a "C News-like" copyright, see
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the file LICENSE for details.
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Configuration is made by supplying different options to the GNU
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configure script. In the examples directory you can find a small and
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slow shell for testing called testit.
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This library was previously also packaged exclusively for Debian. The
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exact origin of the Debian version is unclear, see the Sid package at
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http://packages.debian.org/sid/libeditline0 for details. There are
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some differences between that version and upstream, some of those
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patches will also be merged here.
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Enjoy,
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Joachim Nilsson
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<joachim@vmlinux.org>
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