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Term::ReadLine::Gnu --- GNU Readline Library Wrapper Module

       Copyright (c) 1996 Hiroo Hayashi.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Description:

       Term::ReadLine::Gnu (TRG) is an implementation of the
       interface to the GNU Readline Library.  This module gives you
       input line editing facility, input history management
       facility, word completion facility, etc.  It uses the real GNU
       Readline Library and has the interface with the almost all
       variables and functions which are documented in the GNU
       Readline/History Library.  So you can program your custom
       editing function, your custom completion function, and so on
       with Perl.  TRG may be useful for a C programmer to prototype
       a program which uses the GNU Readline Library.

       TRG is upper compatible with Term::ReadLine included in Perl
       distribution.  Term::ReadLine uses TRG automatically when TRG
       is available.  You can enjoy full line editing feature with
       Perl debugger which use Term::ReadLine with no patch.

       Ilya Zakharevich distributes his implementation,
       Term::ReadLine::Perl, which bases on Jeffrey Friedl's
       readline.pl.  His module works very well, and is easy to
       install because it is written by only Perl.  I am trying to
       make my module compatible with his.  He gives useful advises
       for me.  Unfortunately readline.pl simulated old GNU Readline
       library before TRG was born.  For example, it was not 8 bit
       clean and it warns to the variables in ~/.inputrc which it did
       not know yet.  We Japanese usually use 8 bit characters, so
       this was bad feature for me.  I could make a patch for these
       problems but I had interest with C interface facility and
       dynamic loading facility of Perl, so I thought it was a good
       chance for me to study them.  Then I made this module instead
       of fixing his module.

Prerequisites:
       You must have Perl 5.8 or later.  If you have to use old Perl
       for some reason, use Term::ReadLine::Gnu 1.09.  (I recommend
       you to use newer Perl.)

       You must have GNU Readline Library Version 2.1 or later.  See
       INSTALL for more detail.

       A report said GNU Readline Library might not work with perl with
       sfio.  Since I do not have sfio library, I am not sure.

How to build/install:
       See INSTALL.

Bugs:
       There may be many bugs in both programs and documents.
       Comments and bug reports are very welcome. Send me a E-Mail or
       open a ticket on the bug tracker on GitHub;

       https://github.com/hirooih/perl-trg/issues

Author:
       Hiroo Hayashi <[email protected]>

Project Home Page
       https://github.com/hirooih/perl-trg

Revision History:
       See Changes.

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