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Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Introduction
------------
This is a small [line editing] library. It can be linked into almost
This is a small [line editing][] library. It can be linked into almost
any program to provide command line editing and history functions. It
is call compatible with the [FSF readline] library, but at a fraction of
the size, and as a result fewer features. It is also distributed under
a much more liberal [LICENSE].
is call compatible with the [FSF readline][] library, but at a fraction
of the size, and as a result fewer features. It is also distributed
under a much more liberal [LICENSE][].
The small size (<30k), lack of dependencies (no ncurses needed!), and
the free license should make this library interesting to many embedded
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output from <kbd>configure --help</kbd> for details. In the `examples/`
directory you can find some small code snippets used for testing.
Editline is maintained collaboratively at [GitHub].
Editline is maintained collaboratively at [GitHub][].
API
---
Here is the interface to editline. It has a small compatibility layer
to [FSF readline], which may not be entirely up-to-date.
to [FSF readline][], which may not be entirely up-to-date.
```C
/* Editline specific global variables. */
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Editline was originally designed for older UNIX systems and Plan 9. The
current maintainer works exclusively on GNU/Linux systems, so it may use
GCC and GNU Make specific extensions here and there. This is not on
purpose and patches/pull-requests to correct this are most welcome.
purpose and patches or pull requests to correct this are most welcome!
* <kbd>./configure</kbd>: Configure editline with default features
* <kbd>make all</kbd>: Build the library and examples
* <kbd>make install</kbd>: Honors `$prefix` and `$DESTDIR` environment
variables, but see also <kbd>./configure --help</kbd>
1. Configure editline with default features: <kbd>./configure</kbd>
2. Build the library and examples: <kbd>make all</kbd>
3. Install using <kbd>make install</kbd>
The `$DESTDIR` environment variable is honored at install. See
<kbd>./configure --help</kbd> for more options.
Origin & References
--------------------
This [line editing] library was created by Simmule Turner and Rich Salz
This [line editing][] library was created by Simmule Turner and Rich Salz
in in 1992. It is distributed under a “C News-like” license, similar to
the [BSD license]. For details, see the file [LICENSE].
the [BSD license][]. For details, see the file [LICENSE][].
This version of the editline library is forked from the [Minix 3] source
This version of the editline library is forked from the [Minix 3][] source
tree. Patches and bug fixes from the following forks, all based on the
original comp.sources.unix posting, have been merged:
* Debian [libeditline]
* [Heimdal]
* [Festival] speech-tools
* [Steve Tell]'s editline patches
* Debian [libeditline][]
* [Heimdal][]
* [Festival][] speech-tools
* [Steve Tell][]'s editline patches
The version numbering scheme today follows that of the Debian version,
which can be seen in the [CHANGELOG.md]. The Debian version was unknown
to the current [maintainer] for quite some time, so a different name and
different versioning scheme was used. In June 2009 this was changed to
line up alongside Debian, the intent is to eventually merge the efforts.
which can be seen in the [CHANGELOG.md][]. The Debian version was
unknown to the current [maintainer][] for quite some time, so a
different name and different versioning scheme was used. In June 2009
this was changed to line up alongside Debian, the intent is to
eventually merge the efforts.
Outstanding issues are listed in the [TODO.md] file.
Outstanding issues are listed in the [TODO.md][] file.
[GitHub]: https://github.com/troglobit/editline
[line editing]: https://github.com/troglobit/editline/blob/master/doc/README