diff --git a/README b/README index ed09312..5d4fe7e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,33 +1,35 @@ README -*-text-*- -This is a line editing library. It can be linked into almost any program to provide -command-line editing and history. +This is a line editing library. It can be linked into almost any program to +provide command-line editing and history. -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. +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 you can find a couple of small & slow shell implementations +Configuration is made by supplying different options to the GNU configure +script. In the examples/ directory you can find some small code snippets used for testing. -Before finding out about the Debian version I was on the lookout for a really small -replacement for the GNU readline package. Not only was it large and GPL:ed (instead -of LGPL:ed), it also depends on libncurses, so the resulting size was a bit too much -for my embedded system. I eventually stubmled upon the BSD libedit library, which -was sufficient for a while, even though it too depends on libncurses. I searched my -soul and went back to where I, back in 1996, started out -- Minix. And there it was, -a really small readline replacement! +Before finding out about the Debian version I was on the lookout for a really +small replacement for the GNU readline package. Not only was libreadline large +and GPL:ed (instead of LGPL:ed), it also depends on libncurses, the resulting +size was a bit too much for my embedded system. I eventually stubmled upon the +BSD libedit library, which was sufficient for a while, even though it too +depends on libncurses. I searched my soul and went back to where I, back in +1996, started out -- Minix. And there it was, a really small readline +replacement! -In 2000 Jim Studt packaged libeditline for Debian[1], the exact origin of the Debian -code base is unclear, see the Sid package[2] for details. There were some notable -differences between that version and the upstream Minix sources, all of which have -now been merged here. +In 2000 Jim Studt packaged libeditline for Debian[1], the exact origin of the +Debian code base is unclear, see the Sid package[2] for details. There were +some notable differences between that version and the upstream Minix sources, +all of which have now been merged here. -An explanation of the version numbering may be in order. I didn't know about the -Debian version for quite some time, so I kept a different name for the package and a -different versioning scheme. In June 2009, I decided to line up alongside Debian, -with the intent of merging the efforts. Sorry for any confusion this might cause. +An explanation of the version numbering may be in order. I didn't know about +the Debian version for quite some time, so I kept a different name for the +package and a different versioning scheme. In June 2009, I decided to line up +alongside Debian, with the intent of merging the efforts. Sorry for any +confusion this might cause. Enjoy, Joachim Nilsson