RTEMS GNU Tools On-Line Library

Programming with GNU Readline

GNU Readline Library

Chapter 2: Programming with GNU Readline

This chapter describes the interface between 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, line editing, and interactive history manipulation in your own programs, this section is for you.

Basic Behavior Using the default behavior of Readline.

Custom Functions Adding your own functions to Readline.

Readline Variables Variables accessible to custom functions.

Readline Convenience Functions Functions which Readline supplies to aid in writing your own custom functions.

Readline Signal Handling How Readline behaves when it receives signals.

Custom Completers Supplanting or supplementing Readline's completion functions.

GNU Readline Library