# The devel/readline port

## readline-8.3 – library to edit command lines as they are typed in

## Description

    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 history facilities are also placed into a separate library, the
    History library, as part of the build process.  The History library may
    be used without Readline in applications which desire its capabilities.

    To avoid any confusion with the base readline/history library make sure
    you link to ereadline and ehistory.  In the headers you can check for
    RL_READLINE_VERSION, RL_VERSION_MAJOR and RL_VERSION_MINOR to see which
    header you have picked up.

WWW: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html

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## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

## Run dependencies