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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-readline" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Readline-&readline-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line |
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21 | editing and history capabilities.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | <segmentedlist> |
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24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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25 | |
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26 | <seglistitem> |
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27 | <seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, |
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28 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg> |
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29 | </seglistitem> |
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30 | </segmentedlist> |
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31 | |
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32 | </sect2> |
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33 | |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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35 | <title>Installation of Readline</title> |
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36 | |
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37 | <para os="a">The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline |
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38 | sometimes only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the |
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39 | next line. It also includes other fixes recommended by the Readline |
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40 | author.</para> |
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41 | |
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42 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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43 | |
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44 | <para os="c">Prepare Readline for compilation:</para> |
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45 | |
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46 | <screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen> |
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47 | |
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48 | <para os="e">Compile the package:</para> |
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49 | |
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50 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</userinput></screen> |
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51 | |
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52 | <variablelist os="g"> |
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53 | <title>The meaning of the make option:</title> |
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54 | |
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55 | <varlistentry> |
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56 | <term><parameter>SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=-lncurses</parameter></term> |
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57 | <listitem> |
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58 | <para>This option forces Readline to link against the |
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59 | <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename> library.</para> |
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60 | </listitem> |
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61 | </varlistentry> |
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62 | </variablelist> |
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63 | |
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64 | <para os="h">Install the package:</para> |
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65 | |
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66 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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67 | |
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68 | <para os="j">Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate |
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69 | permissions:</para> |
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70 | |
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71 | <screen os="k"><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen> |
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72 | |
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73 | <para os="l">Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para> |
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74 | |
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75 | <screen os="m"><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen> |
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76 | |
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77 | <para os="n">Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> |
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78 | files in <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into |
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79 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para> |
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80 | |
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81 | <screen os="o"><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so |
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82 | ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so |
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83 | ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen> |
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84 | |
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85 | </sect2> |
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86 | |
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87 | <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"> |
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88 | <title>Contents of Readline</title> |
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89 | |
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90 | <segmentedlist> |
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91 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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92 | |
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93 | <seglistitem> |
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94 | <seg>libhistory.[a,so], and libreadline.[a,so]</seg> |
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95 | </seglistitem> |
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96 | </segmentedlist> |
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97 | |
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98 | <variablelist> |
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99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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100 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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101 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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102 | |
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103 | <varlistentry id="libhistory"> |
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104 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term> |
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105 | <listitem> |
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106 | <para>Provides a consistent user interface |
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107 | for recalling lines of history</para> |
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108 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"> |
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109 | <primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary> |
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110 | </indexterm> |
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111 | </listitem> |
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112 | </varlistentry> |
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113 | |
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114 | <varlistentry id="libreadline"> |
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115 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term> |
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116 | <listitem> |
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117 | <para>Aids in the consistency of user interface |
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118 | across discrete programs that need to provide a command line |
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119 | interface</para> |
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120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"> |
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121 | <primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary> |
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122 | </indexterm> |
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123 | </listitem> |
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124 | </varlistentry> |
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125 | |
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126 | </variablelist> |
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127 | |
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128 | </sect2> |
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129 | |
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130 | </sect1> |
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