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diff --git a/js/src/editline/README b/js/src/editline/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..232f4d581c --- /dev/null +++ b/js/src/editline/README @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +The files in this directory provide simple line-editing and history +support for the standalone javascript engine, through the 'editline' +library. + +The editline files used here have been modified to work with the js +build system and to quiet some compiler warnings, and also to remove +filename-completion support. + +Mike McCabe, mccabe@netscape.com + + +The original README file distributed with the editline library follows. + + + +This is a line-editing library. It can be linked into almost any +program to provide command-line editing and recall. + +It is call-compatible with the FSF readline library, but it is a +fraction of the size (and offers fewer features). It does not use +standard I/O. It is distributed under a "C News-like" copyright. + +Configuration is done in the Makefile. Type "make testit" to get +a small slow shell for testing. + +An earlier version was distributed with Byron's rc. Principal +changes over that version include: + Faster. + Is eight-bit clean (thanks to brendan@cs.widener.edu) + Written in K&R C, but ANSI compliant (gcc all warnings) + Propagates EOF properly; rc trip test now passes + Doesn't need or use or provide memmove. + More robust + Calling sequence changed to be compatible with readline. + Test program, new manpage, better configuration + More system-independent; includes Unix and OS-9 support. + +This contains some changes since the posting to comp.sources.misc: + Bugfix for completion on absolute pathnames. + Better handling of M-n versus showing raw 8bit chars. + Better signal handling. + Now supports termios/termio/sgttyb ioctl's. + Add M-m command to toggle how 8bit data is displayed. + +There is one known bug: + History-searching redraws the line wrong if the text + retrieved is shorter then the prompt. + +Enjoy, + Rich $alz + <rsalz@osf.org> + + Copyright 1992,1993 Simmule Turner and Rich Salz. All rights reserved. + + This software is not subject to any license of the American Telephone + and Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the University of California. + + Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose on + any computer system, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject + to the following restrictions: + 1. The authors are not responsible for the consequences of use of this + software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from flaws in it. + 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either by + explicit claim or by omission. Since few users ever read sources, + credits must appear in the documentation. + 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be + misrepresented as being the original software. Since few users + ever read sources, credits must appear in the documentation. + 4. This notice may not be removed or altered. |