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From:	Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
To:	djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of GNU Readline 6.2 uploaded.
Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 23:14:18 +0200

This is a port of GNU Readline and History libraries 6.2 to MSDOS/DJGPP.


  The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications
  that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in.  Both
  Emacs and vi editing modes are available.  The Readline library includes
  additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command
  lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like
  history expansion on previous commands.

  The history facilites are also placed into a separate library, the
  History library, as part of the build process.  The History library
  may be used without Readline in applications which desire its
  capabilities.


  DJGPP specific changes.
  =======================

  - The port is based on the port of readline 2.2 and uses the termios
    emulation provided by it.  It has been slightly adjusted to work with
    DJGPP 2.04.  It also supports copying from Windows clipboard as the
    readline port from bash does.  Most of the other changes are to handle
    DOS/DJGPP specific slash and backslash issues and to pacify the compiler.

  - The port will check at run time if LFN support is available or not.
    If available, then it will look for ".inputrc" and ".history" as
    configuration files.  If one of them is not available then it will try
    "_inputrc" and/or "_history" as alternative file names.  This means that
    if LFN support is available, the POSIX file names will always be tried
    before the DOS file names are tried.  Of course, if only SFN support is
    available only the DOS versions of the file names will be tried.

  - The port will try to load the system wide configuration file using
    the file name "/dev/env/DJDIR/etc/inputrc" instead of the hard coded
    "/etc/inputrc".  The system wide INPUTRC file is always tried to be
    load if the loading of "~/.inputrc" fails and before "~/_inputrc" is
    tried to be load on LFN systems.


  As usual, my changes and the rest of the djgpp specific stuff is stored in
  the /djgpp directory.  To learn how to use the libraries please inspect the
  files in the /examples directory.

  I have not tried to configure and compile the sources on plain DOS.  I assume
  that LFN support will be required to succesfully compile the package.  I have
  no intentions to change this.


  For further information about GNU Readline please read the info docs and NEWS file.



  The port has been compiled using stock djdev203 (patchlevel 2) and consists
  of the usual three packages that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com and
  mirrors as (timestamp 2011-02-16):

    Readline and History 6.2 libraries, headers and info format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln62b.zip

    GNU Readline 6.2 dvi, html, ps and pdf format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln62d.zip

    GNU Readline 6.2 source:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln62s.zip


  The binaries have been produced a second time using the stock version of
  djdev204 beta library.  This package is available at ftp.delorie.com and
  mirrors as (timestamp 2011-02-16):

    Readline and History 6.2 libraries, headers and info format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/rdln62b.zip




  Send GNU Readline specific bug reports to <bug-bash AT gnu DOT org>.
  Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
  comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

        Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>

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