with-readline
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with-readline allows readline editing to be applied to an arbitrary
program without recompiling it.
For example:
with-readline -- sftp HOSTNAME
adds basic line editing to an sftp session.
I test with-readline on Linux and Mac OS X. Other UNIX platforms
might or might not work (patches invited).
Installation
------------
If you got it from git:
autoreconf -is
In any case:
./configure
make
make install
You will need Readline installed. If it is not in the default search
paths then you must tell configure. For instance on my Mac:
./configure CPPFLAGS='-isystem /sw/include' LDFLAGS='-L/sw/lib'
On BSD systems (including Macs) you must run the installation step as
root, and the program will be installed setuid to root.
If you get errors about rl_gnu_readline_p then you do not have
Readline installed, you have some fake instead. Install Readline and
try again.
As ever see INSTALL for more information.
Documentation
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After installation, 'man with-readline' should display the man page
for with-readline.
Mailing Lists
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sgo-software-announce
- new versions will be announced here
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sgo-software-discuss
- for discussion, feature requests, bug reports, etc
Copyright
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with-readline - apply Readline to arbitrary applications
Copyright (C) 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA
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