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diff --git a/debian/rlfe.1 b/debian/rlfe.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..26a20a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/rlfe.1 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.TH RLFE 1 +.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.SH NAME +rlfe \- "cook" input lines for other programs using readline +.SH SYNOPSIS +.PP +\fBrlfe\fP [\fI-l filename\fP] [\fI-a\fP] [\fI-n appname\fP] [\fI-hv\fP] [\fIcommand\fP [\fIarguments ...\fP]] +.PP +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +.B rlfe +lets you use history and line-editing in any text oriented tool. This +is especially useful with third-party proprietary tools that cannot be +distributed linked against readline. It is not perfect but it works +pretty well. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +-a +append to the logfile (default is to overwrite). +.TP +-l filename +log into file. +.TP +-n appname +set the readline application name. +.TP +-h +print usage string. +.TP +-v +print version information. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +readline(3) +.SH AUTHOR +Per Bothner +.SH PROBLEMS/TODO +When running mc -c under the Linux console, mc does not recognize +mouse clicks, which mc does when not running under fep. +.PP +Pasting selected text containing tabs is like hitting the tab character, +which invokes readline completion. We don't want this. I don't know +if this is fixable without integrating fep into a terminal emulator. +.PP +Echo suppression is a kludge, but can only be avoided with better kernel +support: We need a tty mode to disable "real" echoing, while still +letting the inferior think its tty driver to doing echoing. +Stevens's book claims SCR$ and BSD4.3+ have TIOCREMOTE. +.PP +The latest readline may have some hooks we can use to avoid having +to back up the prompt. +.PP +Desirable readline feature: When in cooked no-echo mode (e.g. password), +echo characters are they are types with '*', but remove them when done. +.PP +A synchronous output while we're editing an input line should be +inserted in the output view.PPbefore* the input line, so that the +lines being edited (with the prompt) float at the end of the input. +.PP +A "page mode" option to emulate more/less behavior: At each page of +output, pause for a user command. This required parsing the output +to keep track of line lengths. It also requires remembering the +output, if we want an option to scroll back, which suggests that +this should be integrated with a terminal emulator like xterm. |