| 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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