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29.Dd December 25, 2014
30.Dt EDITLINE 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm editline ,
34.Nm el_init ,
35.Nm el_init_fd ,
36.Nm el_end ,
37.Nm el_reset ,
38.Nm el_gets ,
39.Nm el_wgets ,
40.Nm el_getc ,
41.Nm el_wgetc ,
42.Nm el_push ,
43.Nm el_wpush ,
44.Nm el_parse ,
45.Nm el_wparse ,
46.Nm el_set ,
47.Nm el_wset ,
48.Nm el_get ,
49.Nm el_wget ,
50.Nm el_source ,
51.Nm el_resize ,
52.Nm el_cursor ,
53.Nm el_line ,
54.Nm el_wline ,
55.Nm el_insertstr ,
56.Nm el_winsertstr ,
57.Nm el_deletestr ,
58.Nm el_wdeletestr ,
59.Nm history_init ,
60.Nm history_winit ,
61.Nm history_end ,
62.Nm history_wend ,
63.Nm history ,
64.Nm history_w ,
65.Nm tok_init ,
66.Nm tok_winit ,
67.Nm tok_end ,
68.Nm tok_wend ,
69.Nm tok_reset ,
70.Nm tok_wreset ,
71.Nm tok_line ,
72.Nm tok_wline ,
73.Nm tok_str
74.Nm tok_wstr
75.Nd line editor, history and tokenization functions
76.Sh LIBRARY
77.Lb libedit
78.Sh SYNOPSIS
79.In histedit.h
80.Ft EditLine *
81.Fn el_init "const char *prog" "FILE *fin" "FILE *fout" "FILE *ferr"
82.Ft EditLine *
83.Fn el_init_fd "const char *prog" "FILE *fin" "FILE *fout" "FILE *ferr" "int fdin" "int fdout" "int fderr"
84.Ft void
85.Fn el_end "EditLine *e"
86.Ft void
87.Fn el_reset "EditLine *e"
88.Ft const char *
89.Fn el_gets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
90.Ft const wchar_t *
91.Fn el_wgets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
92.Ft int
93.Fn el_getc "EditLine *e" "char *ch"
94.Ft int
95.Fn el_wgetc "EditLine *e" "wchar_t *ch"
96.Ft void
97.Fn el_push "EditLine *e" "const char *str"
98.Ft void
99.Fn el_wpush "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *str"
100.Ft int
101.Fn el_parse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const char *argv[]"
102.Ft int
103.Fn el_wparse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const wchar_t *argv[]"
104.Ft int
105.Fn el_set "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
106.Ft int
107.Fn el_wset "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
108.Ft int
109.Fn el_get "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
110.Ft int
111.Fn el_wget "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
112.Ft int
113.Fn el_source "EditLine *e" "const char *file"
114.Ft void
115.Fn el_resize "EditLine *e"
116.Fn int
117.Fn el_cursor "EditLine *e" "int count"
118.Ft const LineInfo *
119.Fn el_line "EditLine *e"
120.Ft const LineInfoW *
121.Fn el_wline "EditLine *e"
122.Ft int
123.Fn el_insertstr "EditLine *e" "const char *str"
124.Ft int
125.Fn el_winsertstr "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *str"
126.Ft void
127.Fn el_deletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
128.Ft void
129.Fn el_wdeletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
130.Ft History *
131.Fn history_init
132.Ft HistoryW *
133.Fn history_winit
134.Ft void
135.Fn history_end "History *h"
136.Ft void
137.Fn history_wend "HistoryW *h"
138.Ft int
139.Fn history "History *h" "HistEvent *ev" "int op" "..."
140.Ft int
141.Fn history_w "HistoryW *h" "HistEventW *ev" "int op" "..."
142.Ft Tokenizer *
143.Fn tok_init "const char *IFS"
144.Ft TokenizerW *
145.Fn tok_winit "const wchar_t *IFS"
146.Ft void
147.Fn tok_end "Tokenizer *t"
148.Ft void
149.Fn tok_wend "TokenizerW *t"
150.Ft void
151.Fn tok_reset "Tokenizer *t"
152.Ft void
153.Fn tok_wreset "TokenizerW *t"
154.Ft int
155.Fn tok_line "Tokenizer *t" "const LineInfo *li" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
156.Ft int
157.Fn tok_wline "TokenizerW *t" "const LineInfoW *li" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
158.Ft int
159.Fn tok_str "Tokenizer *t" "const char *str" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]"
160.Ft int
161.Fn tok_wstr "TokenizerW *t" "const wchar_t *str" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]"
162.Sh DESCRIPTION
163The
164.Nm
165library provides generic line editing, history and tokenization functions,
166similar to those found in
167.Xr sh 1 .
168.Pp
169These functions are available in the
170.Nm libedit
171library (which needs the
172.Nm libtermcap
173library).
174Programs should be linked with
175.Fl ledit ltermcap .
176.Sh LINE EDITING FUNCTIONS
177The line editing functions use a common data structure,
178.Fa EditLine ,
179which is created by
180.Fn el_init
181or
182.Fn el_init_fd
183and freed by
184.Fn el_end .
185.Pp
186The wide-character functions behave the same way as their narrow
187counterparts.
188.Pp
189The following functions are available:
190.Bl -tag -width 4n
191.It Fn el_init
192Initialise the line editor, and return a data structure
193to be used by all other line editing functions, or
194.Dv NULL
195on failure.
196.Fa prog
197is the name of the invoking program, used when reading the
198.Xr editrc 5
199file to determine which settings to use.
200.Fa fin ,
201.Fa fout
202and
203.Fa ferr
204are the input, output, and error streams (respectively) to use.
205In this documentation, references to
206.Dq the tty
207are actually to this input/output stream combination.
208.It Fn el_init_fd
209Like
210.Fn el_init
211but allows specifying file descriptors for the
212.Xr stdio 3
213corresponding streams, in case those were created with
214.Xr funopen 3 .
215.It Fn el_end
216Clean up and finish with
217.Fa e ,
218assumed to have been created with
219.Fn el_init
220or
221.Fn el_init_fd .
222.It Fn el_reset
223Reset the tty and the parser.
224This should be called after an error which may have upset the tty's
225state.
226.It Fn el_gets
227Read a line from the tty.
228.Fa count
229is modified to contain the number of characters read.
230Returns the line read if successful, or
231.Dv NULL
232if no characters were read or if an error occurred.
233If an error occurred,
234.Fa count
235is set to \-1 and
236.Dv errno
237contains the error code that caused it.
238The return value may not remain valid across calls to
239.Fn el_gets
240and must be copied if the data is to be retained.
241.It Fn el_getc
242Read a character from the tty.
243.Fa ch
244is modified to contain the character read.
245Returns the number of characters read if successful, \-1 otherwise,
246in which case
247.Dv errno
248can be inspected for the cause.
249.It Fn el_push
250Pushes
251.Fa str
252back onto the input stream.
253This is used by the macro expansion mechanism.
254Refer to the description of
255.Ic bind
256.Fl s
257in
258.Xr editrc 5
259for more information.
260.It Fn el_parse
261Parses the
262.Fa argv
263array (which is
264.Fa argc
265elements in size)
266to execute builtin
267.Nm
268commands.
269If the command is prefixed with
270.Dq prog :
271then
272.Fn el_parse
273will only execute the command if
274.Dq prog
275matches the
276.Fa prog
277argument supplied to
278.Fn el_init .
279The return value is
280\-1 if the command is unknown,
2810 if there was no error or
282.Dq prog
283didn't match, or
2841 if the command returned an error.
285Refer to
286.Xr editrc 5
287for more information.
288.It Fn el_set
289Set
290.Nm
291parameters.
292.Fa op
293determines which parameter to set, and each operation has its
294own parameter list.
295Returns 0 on success, \-1 on failure.
296.Pp
297The following values for
298.Fa op
299are supported, along with the required argument list:
300.Bl -tag -width 4n
301.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
302Define prompt printing function as
303.Fa f ,
304which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
305.It Dv EL_PROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
306Same as
307.Dv EL_PROMPT ,
308but the
309.Fa c
310argument indicates the start/stop literal prompt character.
311.Pp
312If a start/stop literal character is found in the prompt, the
313character itself
314is not printed, but characters after it are printed directly to the
315terminal without affecting the state of the current line.
316A subsequent second start/stop literal character ends this behavior.
317This is typically used to embed literal escape sequences that change the
318color/style of the terminal in the prompt.
319.Dv 0
320unsets it.
321.It Dv EL_REFRESH
322Re-display the current line on the next terminal line.
323.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
324Define right side prompt printing function as
325.Fa f ,
326which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
327.It Dv EL_RPROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
328Define the right prompt printing function but with a literal escape character.
329.It Dv EL_TERMINAL , Fa "const char *type"
330Define terminal type of the tty to be
331.Fa type ,
332or to
333.Ev TERM
334if
335.Fa type
336is
337.Dv NULL .
338.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char *mode"
339Set editing mode to
340.Fa mode ,
341which must be one of
342.Dq emacs
343or
344.Dq vi .
345.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int flag"
346If
347.Fa flag
348is non-zero,
349.Nm
350will install its own signal handler for the following signals when
351reading command input:
352.Dv SIGCONT ,
353.Dv SIGHUP ,
354.Dv SIGINT ,
355.Dv SIGQUIT ,
356.Dv SIGSTOP ,
357.Dv SIGTERM ,
358.Dv SIGTSTP ,
359and
360.Dv SIGWINCH .
361Otherwise, the current signal handlers will be used.
362.It Dv EL_BIND , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
363Perform the
364.Ic bind
365builtin command.
366Refer to
367.Xr editrc 5
368for more information.
369.It Dv EL_ECHOTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
370Perform the
371.Ic echotc
372builtin command.
373Refer to
374.Xr editrc 5
375for more information.
376.It Dv EL_SETTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
377Perform the
378.Ic settc
379builtin command.
380Refer to
381.Xr editrc 5
382for more information.
383.It Dv EL_SETTY , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
384Perform the
385.Ic setty
386builtin command.
387Refer to
388.Xr editrc 5
389for more information.
390.It Dv EL_TELLTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
391Perform the
392.Ic telltc
393builtin command.
394Refer to
395.Xr editrc 5
396for more information.
397.It Dv EL_ADDFN , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "const char *help" , \
398Fa "unsigned char (*func)(EditLine *e, int ch)"
399Add a user defined function,
400.Fn func ,
401referred to as
402.Fa name
403which is invoked when a key which is bound to
404.Fa name
405is entered.
406.Fa help
407is a description of
408.Fa name .
409At invocation time,
410.Fa ch
411is the key which caused the invocation.
412The return value of
413.Fn func
414should be one of:
415.Bl -tag -width "CC_REDISPLAY"
416.It Dv CC_NORM
417Add a normal character.
418.It Dv CC_NEWLINE
419End of line was entered.
420.It Dv CC_EOF
421EOF was entered.
422.It Dv CC_ARGHACK
423Expecting further command input as arguments, do nothing visually.
424.It Dv CC_REFRESH
425Refresh display.
426.It Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP
427Refresh display, and beep.
428.It Dv CC_CURSOR
429Cursor moved, so update and perform
430.Dv CC_REFRESH .
431.It Dv CC_REDISPLAY
432Redisplay entire input line.
433This is useful if a key binding outputs extra information.
434.It Dv CC_ERROR
435An error occurred.
436Beep, and flush tty.
437.It Dv CC_FATAL
438Fatal error, reset tty to known state.
439.El
440.It Dv EL_HIST , Fa "History *(*func)(History *, int op, ...)" , \
441Fa "const char *ptr"
442Defines which history function to use, which is usually
443.Fn history .
444.Fa ptr
445should be the value returned by
446.Fn history_init .
447.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int flag"
448If
449.Fa flag
450is non-zero,
451editing is enabled (the default).
452Note that this is only an indication, and does not
453affect the operation of
454.Nm .
455At this time, it is the caller's responsibility to
456check this
457(using
458.Fn el_get )
459to determine if editing should be enabled or not.
460.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int flag"
461If
462.Fa flag
463is zero,
464unbuffered mode is disabled (the default).
465In unbuffered mode,
466.Fn el_gets
467will return immediately after processing a single character.
468.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "int (*f)(EditLine *, char *c)"
469Define the character reading function as
470.Fa f ,
471which is to return the number of characters read and store them in
472.Fa c .
473This function is called internally by
474.Fn el_gets
475and
476.Fn el_getc .
477The builtin function can be set or restored with the special function
478name
479.Dq Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN .
480.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void *data"
481Register
482.Fa data
483to be associated with this EditLine structure.
484It can be retrieved with the corresponding
485.Fn el_get
486call.
487.It Dv EL_SETFP , Fa "int fd" , Fa "FILE *fp"
488Set the current
489.Nm editline
490file pointer for
491.Dq input
492.Fa fd
493=
494.Dv 0 ,
495.Dq output
496.Fa fd
497=
498.Dv 1 ,
499or
500.Dq error
501.Fa fd
502=
503.Dv 2
504from
505.Fa fp .
506.El
507.It Fn el_get
508Get
509.Nm
510parameters.
511.Fa op
512determines which parameter to retrieve into
513.Fa result .
514Returns 0 if successful, \-1 otherwise.
515.Pp
516The following values for
517.Fa op
518are supported, along with actual type of
519.Fa result :
520.Bl -tag -width 4n
521.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
522Return a pointer to the function that displays the prompt in
523.Fa f .
524If
525.Fa c
526is not
527.Dv NULL ,
528return the start/stop literal prompt character in it.
529.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
530Return a pointer to the function that displays the prompt in
531.Fa f .
532If
533.Fa c
534is not
535.Dv NULL ,
536return the start/stop literal prompt character in it.
537.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char **"
538Return the name of the editor, which will be one of
539.Dq emacs
540or
541.Dq vi .
542.It Dv EL_GETTC , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "void *value"
543Return non-zero if
544.Fa name
545is a valid
546.Xr termcap 5
547capability
548and set
549.Fa value
550to the current value of that capability.
551.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int *"
552Return non-zero if
553.Nm
554has installed private signal handlers (see
555.Fn el_get
556above).
557.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int *"
558Return non-zero if editing is enabled.
559.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "int (**f)(EditLine *, char *)"
560Return a pointer to the function that read characters, which is equal to
561.Dq Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN
562in the case of the default builtin function.
563.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void **data"
564Retrieve
565.Fa data
566previously registered with the corresponding
567.Fn el_set
568call.
569.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int"
570Return non-zero if unbuffered mode is enabled.
571.It Dv EL_PREP_TERM , Fa "int"
572Sets or clears terminal editing mode.
573.It Dv EL_GETFP , Fa "int fd", Fa "FILE **fp"
574Return in
575.Fa fp
576the current
577.Nm editline
578file pointer for
579.Dq input
580.Fa fd
581=
582.Dv 0 ,
583.Dq output
584.Fa fd
585=
586.Dv 1 ,
587or
588.Dq error
589.Fa fd
590=
591.Dv 2 .
592.El
593.It Fn el_source
594Initialise
595.Nm
596by reading the contents of
597.Fa file .
598.Fn el_parse
599is called for each line in
600.Fa file .
601If
602.Fa file
603is
604.Dv NULL ,
605try
606.Pa $HOME/.editrc .
607Refer to
608.Xr editrc 5
609for details on the format of
610.Fa file .
611.Fn el_source
612returns 0 on success and \-1 on error.
613.It Fn el_resize
614Must be called if the terminal size changes.
615If
616.Dv EL_SIGNAL
617has been set with
618.Fn el_set ,
619then this is done automatically.
620Otherwise, it's the responsibility of the application to call
621.Fn el_resize
622on the appropriate occasions.
623.It Fn el_cursor
624Move the cursor to the right (if positive) or to the left (if negative)
625.Fa count
626characters.
627Returns the resulting offset of the cursor from the beginning of the line.
628.It Fn el_line
629Return the editing information for the current line in a
630.Fa LineInfo
631structure, which is defined as follows:
632.Bd -literal
633typedef struct lineinfo {
634    const char *buffer;    /* address of buffer */
635    const char *cursor;    /* address of cursor */
636    const char *lastchar;  /* address of last character */
637} LineInfo;
638.Ed
639.Pp
640.Fa buffer
641is not NUL terminated.
642This function may be called after
643.Fn el_gets
644to obtain the
645.Fa LineInfo
646structure pertaining to line returned by that function,
647and from within user defined functions added with
648.Dv EL_ADDFN .
649.It Fn el_insertstr
650Insert
651.Fa str
652into the line at the cursor.
653Returns \-1 if
654.Fa str
655is empty or won't fit, and 0 otherwise.
656.It Fn el_deletestr
657Delete
658.Fa count
659characters before the cursor.
660.El
661.Sh HISTORY LIST FUNCTIONS
662The history functions use a common data structure,
663.Fa History ,
664which is created by
665.Fn history_init
666and freed by
667.Fn history_end .
668.Pp
669The following functions are available:
670.Bl -tag -width 4n
671.It Fn history_init
672Initialise the history list, and return a data structure
673to be used by all other history list functions, or
674.Dv NULL
675on failure.
676.It Fn history_end
677Clean up and finish with
678.Fa h ,
679assumed to have been created with
680.Fn history_init .
681.It Fn history
682Perform operation
683.Fa op
684on the history list, with optional arguments as needed by the
685operation.
686.Fa ev
687is changed accordingly to operation.
688The following values for
689.Fa op
690are supported, along with the required argument list:
691.Bl -tag -width 4n
692.It Dv H_SETSIZE , Fa "int size"
693Set size of history to
694.Fa size
695elements.
696.It Dv H_GETSIZE
697Get number of events currently in history.
698.It Dv H_END
699Cleans up and finishes with
700.Fa h ,
701assumed to be created with
702.Fn history_init .
703.It Dv H_CLEAR
704Clear the history.
705.It Dv H_FUNC , Fa "void *ptr" , Fa "history_gfun_t first" , \
706Fa "history_gfun_t next" , Fa "history_gfun_t last" , \
707Fa "history_gfun_t prev" , Fa "history_gfun_t curr" , \
708Fa "history_sfun_t set" , Fa "history_vfun_t clear" , \
709Fa "history_efun_t enter" , Fa "history_efun_t add"
710Define functions to perform various history operations.
711.Fa ptr
712is the argument given to a function when it's invoked.
713.It Dv H_FIRST
714Return the first element in the history.
715.It Dv H_LAST
716Return the last element in the history.
717.It Dv H_PREV
718Return the previous element in the history.
719.It Dv H_NEXT
720Return the next element in the history.
721.It Dv H_CURR
722Return the current element in the history.
723.It Dv H_SET
724Set the cursor to point to the requested element.
725.It Dv H_ADD , Fa "const char *str"
726Append
727.Fa str
728to the current element of the history, or perform the
729.Dv H_ENTER
730operation with argument
731.Fa str
732if there is no current element.
733.It Dv H_APPEND , Fa "const char *str"
734Append
735.Fa str
736to the last new element of the history.
737.It Dv H_ENTER , Fa "const char *str"
738Add
739.Fa str
740as a new element to the history, and, if necessary,
741removing the oldest entry to keep the list to the created size.
742If
743.Dv H_SETUNIQUE
744has been called with a non-zero argument, the element
745will not be entered into the history if its contents match
746the ones of the current history element.
747If the element is entered
748.Fn history
749returns 1; if it is ignored as a duplicate returns 0.
750Finally
751.Fn history
752returns \-1 if an error occurred.
753.It Dv H_PREV_STR , Fa "const char *str"
754Return the closest previous event that starts with
755.Fa str .
756.It Dv H_NEXT_STR , Fa "const char *str"
757Return the closest next event that starts with
758.Fa str .
759.It Dv H_PREV_EVENT , Fa "int e"
760Return the previous event numbered
761.Fa e .
762.It Dv H_NEXT_EVENT , Fa "int e"
763Return the next event numbered
764.Fa e .
765.It Dv H_LOAD , Fa "const char *file"
766Load the history list stored in
767.Fa file .
768.It Dv H_SAVE , Fa "const char *file"
769Save the history list to
770.Fa file .
771.It Dv H_SAVE_FP , Fa "FILE *fp"
772Save the history list to the opened
773.Ft FILE
774pointer
775.Fa fp .
776.It Dv H_SETUNIQUE , Fa "int unique"
777Set flag that adjacent identical event strings should not be entered
778into the history.
779.It Dv H_GETUNIQUE
780Retrieve the current setting if adjacent identical elements should
781be entered into the history.
782.It Dv H_DEL , Fa "int e"
783Delete the event numbered
784.Fa e .
785This function is only provided for
786.Xr readline 3
787compatibility.
788The caller is responsible for free'ing the string in the returned
789.Fa HistEvent .
790.El
791.Pp
792.Fn history
793returns \*[Gt]= 0 if the operation
794.Fa op
795succeeds.
796Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
797.Fa ev
798is updated to contain more details about the error.
799.El
800.Sh TOKENIZATION FUNCTIONS
801The tokenization functions use a common data structure,
802.Fa Tokenizer ,
803which is created by
804.Fn tok_init
805and freed by
806.Fn tok_end .
807.Pp
808The following functions are available:
809.Bl -tag -width 4n
810.It Fn tok_init
811Initialise the tokenizer, and return a data structure
812to be used by all other tokenizer functions.
813.Fa IFS
814contains the Input Field Separators, which defaults to
815.Aq space ,
816.Aq tab ,
817and
818.Aq newline
819if
820.Dv NULL .
821.It Fn tok_end
822Clean up and finish with
823.Fa t ,
824assumed to have been created with
825.Fn tok_init .
826.It Fn tok_reset
827Reset the tokenizer state.
828Use after a line has been successfully tokenized
829by
830.Fn tok_line
831or
832.Fn tok_str
833and before a new line is to be tokenized.
834.It Fn tok_line
835Tokenize
836.Fa li ,
837If successful, modify:
838.Fa argv
839to contain the words,
840.Fa argc
841to contain the number of words,
842.Fa cursorc
843(if not
844.Dv NULL )
845to contain the index of the word containing the cursor,
846and
847.Fa cursoro
848(if not
849.Dv NULL )
850to contain the offset within
851.Fa argv[cursorc]
852of the cursor.
853.Pp
854Returns
8550 if successful,
856\-1 for an internal error,
8571 for an unmatched single quote,
8582 for an unmatched double quote,
859and
8603 for a backslash quoted
861.Aq newline .
862A positive exit code indicates that another line should be read
863and tokenization attempted again.
864.
865.It Fn tok_str
866A simpler form of
867.Fn tok_line ;
868.Fa str
869is a NUL terminated string to tokenize.
870.El
871.
872.\"XXX.Sh EXAMPLES
873.\"XXX: provide some examples
874.Sh SEE ALSO
875.Xr sh 1 ,
876.Xr signal 3 ,
877.Xr termcap 3 ,
878.Xr editrc 5 ,
879.Xr termcap 5
880.Sh HISTORY
881The
882.Nm
883library first appeared in
884.Bx 4.4 .
885.Dv CC_REDISPLAY
886appeared in
887.Nx 1.3 .
888.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
889.Dv EL_EDITMODE
890and the readline emulation appeared in
891.Nx 1.4 .
892.Dv EL_RPROMPT
893appeared in
894.Nx 1.5 .
895.Sh AUTHORS
896.An -nosplit
897The
898.Nm
899library was written by
900.An Christos Zoulas .
901.An Luke Mewburn
902wrote this manual and implemented
903.Dv CC_REDISPLAY ,
904.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
905.Dv EL_EDITMODE ,
906and
907.Dv EL_RPROMPT .
908.An Jaromir Dolecek
909implemented the readline emulation.
910.An Johny Mattsson
911implemented wide-character support.
912.Sh BUGS
913At this time, it is the responsibility of the caller to
914check the result of the
915.Dv EL_EDITMODE
916operation of
917.Fn el_get
918(after an
919.Fn el_source
920or
921.Fn el_parse )
922to determine if
923.Nm
924should be used for further input.
925I.e.,
926.Dv EL_EDITMODE
927is purely an indication of the result of the most recent
928.Xr editrc 5
929.Ic edit
930command.
931