| 1 | $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ | 
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| 3 | This is a line-editing library.  It can be linked into almost any | 
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| 4 | program to provide command-line editing and recall. | 
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| 5 |  | 
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| 6 | It is call-compatible with the FSF readline library, but it is a | 
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| 7 | fraction of the size (and offers fewer features).  It does not use | 
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| 8 | standard I/O.  It is distributed under a "C News-like" copyright. | 
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| 9 |  | 
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| 10 | Configuration is done in the Makefile.  Type "make testit" to get | 
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| 11 | a small slow shell for testing. | 
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| 12 |  | 
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| 13 | An earlier version was distributed with Byron's rc.  Principal | 
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| 14 | changes over that version include: | 
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| 15 | Faster. | 
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| 16 | Is eight-bit clean (thanks to brendan@cs.widener.edu) | 
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| 17 | Written in K&R C, but ANSI compliant (gcc all warnings) | 
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| 18 | Propagates EOF properly; rc trip test now passes | 
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| 19 | Doesn't need or use or provide memmove. | 
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| 20 | More robust | 
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| 21 | Calling sequence changed to be compatible with readline. | 
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| 22 | Test program, new manpage, better configuration | 
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| 23 | More system-independant; includes Unix and OS-9 support. | 
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| 24 |  | 
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| 25 | This contains some changes since the posting to comp.sources.misc: | 
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| 26 | Bugfix for completion on absolute pathnames. | 
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| 27 | Better handling of M-n versus showing raw 8bit chars. | 
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| 28 | Better signal handling. | 
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| 29 | Now supports termios/termio/sgttyb ioctl's. | 
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| 30 | Add M-m command to toggle how 8bit data is displayed. | 
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| 31 |  | 
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| 32 | There is one known bug: | 
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| 33 | History-searching redraws the line wrong if the text | 
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| 34 | retrieved is shorter then the prompt. | 
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| 35 |  | 
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| 36 | Enjoy, | 
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| 37 | Rich $alz | 
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| 38 | <rsalz@osf.org> | 
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| 39 |  | 
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| 40 | Copyright 1992,1993 Simmule Turner and Rich Salz.  All rights reserved. | 
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| 41 |  | 
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| 42 | This software is not subject to any license of the American Telephone | 
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| 43 | and Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the University of California. | 
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| 44 |  | 
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| 45 | Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on | 
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| 46 | any computer system, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject | 
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| 47 | to the following restrictions: | 
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| 48 | 1. The authors are not responsible for the consequences of use of this | 
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| 49 | software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from flaws in it. | 
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| 50 | 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either by | 
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| 51 | explicit claim or by omission.  Since few users ever read sources, | 
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| 52 | credits must appear in the documentation. | 
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| 53 | 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be | 
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| 54 | misrepresented as being the original software.  Since few users | 
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| 55 | ever read sources, credits must appear in the documentation. | 
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| 56 | 4. This notice may not be removed or altered. | 
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| 57 |  | 
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| 58 | -- | 
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| 59 | $PchId: README,v 1.3 1996/02/22 21:18:51 philip Exp $ | 
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