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GNU libreadline is the GNU component for line-based user interfaces. It supports history, completion, editing using [[vim]] and emacs keybindings, etc. Its equivalent in the [[FreeBSD|BSD]] world is libedit.

==Building with readline==
[[Autotools]] provides a <tt>AX_LIB_READLINE</tt> macro in the Autoconf Archives. It does not appear to provide <tt>pkg-config</tt> information.

==Configuration==
Upon intiialization, libreadline reads the files <tt>/etc/inputrc</tt> and <tt>$HOME/.inputrc</tt> to configure itself. Configuration can be performed on a per-program basis using conditional directives based off application names. An application sets its readline name by setting <tt>rl_readline_name</tt> before calling any libreadline functions.

==Prompt==
The prompt can be read from <tt>rl_prompt</tt>. It ought be set via argument to <tt>readline()</tt> or <tt>rl_set_prompt()</tt>.

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