Gnu readline library manual

The Readline library gives you a set of commands for manipulating the text as you type it in, allowing you to just fix your typo, and not forcing you to retype the majority of the line. Using these editing commands, you move the cursor to the place that needs correction, and delete or insert the text of the corrections. READLINE(3) Library Functions Manual READLINE(3) NAME top readline - get a line from a user with editing SYNOPSIS Much more functionality is available; see The GNU Readline Library and The GNU History Library for additional information. RETURN VALUE top readline returns the text of the line read. A blank line returns the empty string.  · The syntax is simple: set variable value. By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of emacs. A vi-style line editing interface is also available. This manual page describes only the most basic use of readline. Much more functionality is available; see The GNU Readline Library and The GNU History Library for additional information.

This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface. Published by the Free Software Foundation Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA USA. The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands. The Readline library provides the user interface to completion, and two of the most common completion functions: filename and username. For completing other types of text, you must write your own completion function.

18 ມິ.ຖ. The GNU readline library allows users to edit command lines as they are typed in. It can maintain a searchable history of previously entered. the GNU Readline Library and other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to include the features found in GNU Readline such as completion. The GNU Readline library is used by default. It allows psql (the PostgreSQL command line SQL interpreter) to remember each command you type, and allows you to.