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29.Dd September 11, 2012
30.Dt EDITLINE 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm editline ,
34.Nm el_init ,
35.Nm el_end ,
36.Nm el_reset ,
37.Nm el_gets ,
38.Nm el_wgets ,
39.Nm el_getc ,
40.Nm el_wgetc ,
41.Nm el_push ,
42.Nm el_wpush ,
43.Nm el_parse ,
44.Nm el_wparse ,
45.Nm el_set ,
46.Nm el_wset ,
47.Nm el_get ,
48.Nm el_wget ,
49.Nm el_source ,
50.Nm el_resize ,
51.Nm el_line ,
52.Nm el_wline ,
53.Nm el_insertstr ,
54.Nm el_winsertstr ,
55.Nm el_deletestr ,
56.Nm el_wdeletestr ,
57.Nm history_init ,
58.Nm history_winit ,
59.Nm history_end ,
60.Nm history_wend ,
61.Nm history ,
62.Nm history_w ,
63.Nm tok_init ,
64.Nm tok_winit ,
65.Nm tok_end ,
66.Nm tok_wend ,
67.Nm tok_reset ,
68.Nm tok_wreset ,
69.Nm tok_line ,
70.Nm tok_wline ,
71.Nm tok_str ,
72.Nm tok_wstr
73.Nd line editor, history and tokenization functions
74.Sh LIBRARY
75.Lb libedit
76.Sh SYNOPSIS
77.In histedit.h
78.Ft EditLine *
79.Fn el_init "const char *prog" "FILE *fin" "FILE *fout" "FILE *ferr"
80.Ft void
81.Fn el_end "EditLine *e"
82.Ft void
83.Fn el_reset "EditLine *e"
84.Ft const char *
85.Fn el_gets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
86.Ft const wchar_t *
87.Fn el_wgets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
88.Ft int
89.Fn el_getc "EditLine *e" "char *ch"
90.Ft int
91.Fn el_wgetc "EditLine *e" "wchar_t *ch"
92.Ft void
93.Fn el_push "EditLine *e" "const char *str"
94.Ft void
95.Fn el_wpush "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *str"
96.Ft int
97.Fn el_parse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const char *argv[]"
98.Ft int
99.Fn el_wparse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const wchar_t *argv[]"
100.Ft int
101.Fn el_set "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
102.Ft int
103.Fn el_wset "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
104.Ft int
105.Fn el_get "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
106.Ft int
107.Fn el_wget "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
108.Ft int
109.Fn el_source "EditLine *e" "const char *file"
110.Ft void
111.Fn el_resize "EditLine *e"
112.Ft const LineInfo *
113.Fn el_line "EditLine *e"
114.Ft int
115.Fn el_insertstr "EditLine *e" "const char *str"
116.Ft int
117.Fn el_winsertstr "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *str"
118.Ft void
119.Fn el_deletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
120.Ft void
121.Fn el_wdeletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
122.Ft History *
123.Fn history_init
124.Ft HistoryW *
125.Fn history_winit
126.Ft void
127.Fn history_end "History *h"
128.Ft void
129.Fn history_wend "HistoryW *h"
130.Ft int
131.Fn history "History *h" "HistEvent *ev" "int op" "..."
132.Ft int
133.Fn history_w "HistoryW *h" "HistEventW *ev" "int op" "..."
134.Ft Tokenizer *
135.Fn tok_init "const char *IFS"
136.Ft TokenizerW *
137.Fn tok_winit "const wchar_t *IFS"
138.Ft void
139.Fn tok_end "Tokenizer *t"
140.Ft void
141.Fn tok_wend "TokenizerW *t"
142.Ft void
143.Fn tok_reset "Tokenizer *t"
144.Ft void
145.Fn tok_wreset "TokenizerW *t"
146.Ft int
147.Fn tok_line "Tokenizer *t" "const LineInfo *li" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
148.Ft int
149.Fn tok_wline "TokenizerW *t" "const LineInfoW *li" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
150.Ft int
151.Fn tok_str "Tokenizer *t" "const char *str" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]"
152.Ft int
153.Fn tok_wstr "TokenizerW *t" "const wchar_t *str" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]"
154.Sh DESCRIPTION
155The
156.Nm
157library provides generic line editing, history and tokenization functions,
158similar to those found in
159.Xr sh 1 .
160.Pp
161These functions are available in the
162.Nm libedit
163library (which needs the
164.Nm libtermcap
165library).
166Programs should be linked with
167.Fl ledit ltermcap .
168.Sh LINE EDITING FUNCTIONS
169The line editing functions use a common data structure,
170.Fa EditLine ,
171which is created by
172.Fn el_init
173and freed by
174.Fn el_end .
175.Pp
176The wide-character functions behave the same way as their narrow
177counterparts.
178.Pp
179The following functions are available:
180.Bl -tag -width 4n
181.It Fn el_init
182Initialise the line editor, and return a data structure
183to be used by all other line editing functions.
184.Fa prog
185is the name of the invoking program, used when reading the
186.Xr editrc 5
187file to determine which settings to use.
188.Fa fin ,
189.Fa fout
190and
191.Fa ferr
192are the input, output, and error streams (respectively) to use.
193In this documentation, references to
194.Dq the tty
195are actually to this input/output stream combination.
196.It Fn el_end
197Clean up and finish with
198.Fa e ,
199assumed to have been created with
200.Fn el_init .
201.It Fn el_reset
202Reset the tty and the parser.
203This should be called after an error which may have upset the tty's
204state.
205.It Fn el_gets
206Read a line from the tty.
207.Fa count
208is modified to contain the number of characters read.
209Returns the line read if successful, or
210.Dv NULL
211if no characters were read or if an error occurred.
212If an error occurred,
213.Fa count
214is set to \-1 and
215.Dv errno
216contains the error code that caused it.
217The return value may not remain valid across calls to
218.Fn el_gets
219and must be copied if the data is to be retained.
220.It Fn el_getc
221Read a character from the tty.
222.Fa ch
223is modified to contain the character read.
224Returns the number of characters read if successful, \-1 otherwise,
225in which case
226.Dv errno
227can be inspected for the cause.
228.It Fn el_push
229Pushes
230.Fa str
231back onto the input stream.
232This is used by the macro expansion mechanism.
233Refer to the description of
234.Ic bind
235.Fl s
236in
237.Xr editrc 5
238for more information.
239.It Fn el_parse
240Parses the
241.Fa argv
242array (which is
243.Fa argc
244elements in size)
245to execute builtin
246.Nm
247commands.
248If the command is prefixed with
249.Dq prog :
250then
251.Fn el_parse
252will only execute the command if
253.Dq prog
254matches the
255.Fa prog
256argument supplied to
257.Fn el_init .
258The return value is
259\-1 if the command is unknown,
2600 if there was no error or
261.Dq prog
262didn't match, or
2631 if the command returned an error.
264Refer to
265.Xr editrc 5
266for more information.
267.It Fn el_set
268Set
269.Nm
270parameters.
271.Fa op
272determines which parameter to set, and each operation has its
273own parameter list.
274.Pp
275The following values for
276.Fa op
277are supported, along with the required argument list:
278.Bl -tag -width 4n
279.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
280Define prompt printing function as
281.Fa f ,
282which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
283.It Dv EL_PROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
284Same as
285.Dv EL_PROMPT ,
286but the
287.Fa c
288argument indicates the start/stop literal prompt character.
289.Pp
290If a start/stop literal character is found in the prompt, the
291character itself
292is not printed, but characters after it are printed directly to the
293terminal without affecting the state of the current line.
294A subsequent second start/stop literal character ends this behavior.
295This is typically used to embed literal escape sequences that change the
296color/style of the terminal in the prompt.
297.Dv 0
298unsets it.
299.It Dv EL_REFRESH
300Re-display the current line on the next terminal line.
301.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
302Define right side prompt printing function as
303.Fa f ,
304which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
305.It Dv EL_RPROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
306Define the right prompt printing function but with a literal escape character.
307.It Dv EL_TERMINAL , Fa "const char *type"
308Define terminal type of the tty to be
309.Fa type ,
310or to
311.Ev TERM
312if
313.Fa type
314is
315.Dv NULL .
316.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char *mode"
317Set editing mode to
318.Fa mode ,
319which must be one of
320.Dq emacs
321or
322.Dq vi .
323.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int flag"
324If
325.Fa flag
326is non-zero,
327.Nm
328will install its own signal handler for the following signals when
329reading command input:
330.Dv SIGCONT ,
331.Dv SIGHUP ,
332.Dv SIGINT ,
333.Dv SIGQUIT ,
334.Dv SIGSTOP ,
335.Dv SIGTERM ,
336.Dv SIGTSTP ,
337and
338.Dv SIGWINCH .
339Otherwise, the current signal handlers will be used.
340.It Dv EL_BIND , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
341Perform the
342.Ic bind
343builtin command.
344Refer to
345.Xr editrc 5
346for more information.
347.It Dv EL_ECHOTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
348Perform the
349.Ic echotc
350builtin command.
351Refer to
352.Xr editrc 5
353for more information.
354.It Dv EL_SETTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
355Perform the
356.Ic settc
357builtin command.
358Refer to
359.Xr editrc 5
360for more information.
361.It Dv EL_SETTY , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
362Perform the
363.Ic setty
364builtin command.
365Refer to
366.Xr editrc 5
367for more information.
368.It Dv EL_TELLTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
369Perform the
370.Ic telltc
371builtin command.
372Refer to
373.Xr editrc 5
374for more information.
375.It Dv EL_ADDFN , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "const char *help" , \
376Fa "unsigned char (*func)(EditLine *e, int ch)"
377Add a user defined function,
378.Fn func ,
379referred to as
380.Fa name
381which is invoked when a key which is bound to
382.Fa name
383is entered.
384.Fa help
385is a description of
386.Fa name .
387At invocation time,
388.Fa ch
389is the key which caused the invocation.
390The return value of
391.Fn func
392should be one of:
393.Bl -tag -width "CC_REDISPLAY"
394.It Dv CC_NORM
395Add a normal character.
396.It Dv CC_NEWLINE
397End of line was entered.
398.It Dv CC_EOF
399EOF was entered.
400.It Dv CC_ARGHACK
401Expecting further command input as arguments, do nothing visually.
402.It Dv CC_REFRESH
403Refresh display.
404.It Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP
405Refresh display, and beep.
406.It Dv CC_CURSOR
407Cursor moved, so update and perform
408.Dv CC_REFRESH .
409.It Dv CC_REDISPLAY
410Redisplay entire input line.
411This is useful if a key binding outputs extra information.
412.It Dv CC_ERROR
413An error occurred.
414Beep, and flush tty.
415.It Dv CC_FATAL
416Fatal error, reset tty to known state.
417.El
418.It Dv EL_HIST , Fa "History *(*func)(History *, int op, ...)" , \
419Fa "const char *ptr"
420Defines which history function to use, which is usually
421.Fn history .
422.Fa ptr
423should be the value returned by
424.Fn history_init .
425.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int flag"
426If
427.Fa flag
428is non-zero,
429editing is enabled (the default).
430Note that this is only an indication, and does not
431affect the operation of
432.Nm .
433At this time, it is the caller's responsibility to
434check this
435(using
436.Fn el_get )
437to determine if editing should be enabled or not.
438.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int flag"
439If
440.Fa flag
441is zero,
442unbuffered mode is disabled (the default).
443In unbuffered mode,
444.Fn el_gets
445will return immediately after processing a single character.
446.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "int (*f)(EditLine *, char *c)"
447Define the character reading function as
448.Fa f ,
449which is to return the number of characters read and store them in
450.Fa c .
451This function is called internally by
452.Fn el_gets
453and
454.Fn el_getc .
455The builtin function can be set or restored with the special function
456name
457.Dq Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN .
458.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void *data"
459Register
460.Fa data
461to be associated with this EditLine structure.
462It can be retrieved with the corresponding
463.Fn el_get
464call.
465.It Dv EL_SETFP , Fa "int fd" , Fa "FILE *fp"
466Set the current
467.Nm editline
468file pointer for
469.Dq input
470.Fa fd
471=
472.Dv 0 ,
473.Dq output
474.Fa fd
475=
476.Dv 1 ,
477or
478.Dq error
479.Fa fd
480=
481.Dv 2
482from
483.Fa fp .
484.El
485.It Fn el_get
486Get
487.Nm
488parameters.
489.Fa op
490determines which parameter to retrieve into
491.Fa result .
492Returns 0 if successful, \-1 otherwise.
493.Pp
494The following values for
495.Fa op
496are supported, along with actual type of
497.Fa result :
498.Bl -tag -width 4n
499.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
500Return a pointer to the function that displays the prompt in
501.Fa f .
502If
503.Fa c
504is not
505.Dv NULL ,
506return the start/stop literal prompt character in it.
507.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
508Return a pointer to the function that displays the prompt in
509.Fa f .
510If
511.Fa c
512is not
513.Dv NULL ,
514return the start/stop literal prompt character in it.
515.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char **"
516Return the name of the editor, which will be one of
517.Dq emacs
518or
519.Dq vi .
520.It Dv EL_GETTC , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "void *value"
521Return non-zero if
522.Fa name
523is a valid
524.Xr termcap 5
525capability
526and set
527.Fa value
528to the current value of that capability.
529.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int *"
530Return non-zero if
531.Nm
532has installed private signal handlers (see
533.Fn el_get
534above).
535.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int *"
536Return non-zero if editing is enabled.
537.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "int (**f)(EditLine *, char *)"
538Return a pointer to the function that read characters, which is equal to
539.Dq Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN
540in the case of the default builtin function.
541.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void **data"
542Retrieve
543.Fa data
544previously registered with the corresponding
545.Fn el_set
546call.
547.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int"
548Return non-zero if unbuffered mode is enabled.
549.It Dv EL_PREP_TERM , Fa "int"
550Sets or clears terminal editing mode.
551.It Dv EL_GETFP , Fa "int fd", Fa "FILE **fp"
552Return in
553.Fa fp
554the current
555.Nm editline
556file pointer for
557.Dq input
558.Fa fd
559=
560.Dv 0 ,
561.Dq output
562.Fa fd
563=
564.Dv 1 ,
565or
566.Dq error
567.Fa fd
568=
569.Dv 2 .
570.El
571.It Fn el_source
572Initialise
573.Nm
574by reading the contents of
575.Fa file .
576.Fn el_parse
577is called for each line in
578.Fa file .
579If
580.Fa file
581is
582.Dv NULL ,
583try
584.Pa $PWD/.editrc
585then
586.Pa $HOME/.editrc .
587Refer to
588.Xr editrc 5
589for details on the format of
590.Fa file .
591.It Fn el_resize
592Must be called if the terminal size changes.
593If
594.Dv EL_SIGNAL
595has been set with
596.Fn el_set ,
597then this is done automatically.
598Otherwise, it's the responsibility of the application to call
599.Fn el_resize
600on the appropriate occasions.
601.It Fn el_line
602Return the editing information for the current line in a
603.Fa LineInfo
604structure, which is defined as follows:
605.Bd -literal
606typedef struct lineinfo {
607    const char *buffer;    /* address of buffer */
608    const char *cursor;    /* address of cursor */
609    const char *lastchar;  /* address of last character */
610} LineInfo;
611.Ed
612.Pp
613.Fa buffer
614is not NUL terminated.
615This function may be called after
616.Fn el_gets
617to obtain the
618.Fa LineInfo
619structure pertaining to line returned by that function,
620and from within user defined functions added with
621.Dv EL_ADDFN .
622.It Fn el_insertstr
623Insert
624.Fa str
625into the line at the cursor.
626Returns \-1 if
627.Fa str
628is empty or won't fit, and 0 otherwise.
629.It Fn el_deletestr
630Delete
631.Fa count
632characters before the cursor.
633.El
634.Sh HISTORY LIST FUNCTIONS
635The history functions use a common data structure,
636.Fa History ,
637which is created by
638.Fn history_init
639and freed by
640.Fn history_end .
641.Pp
642The following functions are available:
643.Bl -tag -width 4n
644.It Fn history_init
645Initialise the history list, and return a data structure
646to be used by all other history list functions.
647.It Fn history_end
648Clean up and finish with
649.Fa h ,
650assumed to have been created with
651.Fn history_init .
652.It Fn history
653Perform operation
654.Fa op
655on the history list, with optional arguments as needed by the
656operation.
657.Fa ev
658is changed accordingly to operation.
659The following values for
660.Fa op
661are supported, along with the required argument list:
662.Bl -tag -width 4n
663.It Dv H_SETSIZE , Fa "int size"
664Set size of history to
665.Fa size
666elements.
667.It Dv H_GETSIZE
668Get number of events currently in history.
669.It Dv H_END
670Cleans up and finishes with
671.Fa h ,
672assumed to be created with
673.Fn history_init .
674.It Dv H_CLEAR
675Clear the history.
676.It Dv H_FUNC , Fa "void *ptr" , Fa "history_gfun_t first" , \
677Fa "history_gfun_t next" , Fa "history_gfun_t last" , \
678Fa "history_gfun_t prev" , Fa "history_gfun_t curr" , \
679Fa "history_sfun_t set" , Fa "history_vfun_t clear" , \
680Fa "history_efun_t enter" , Fa "history_efun_t add"
681Define functions to perform various history operations.
682.Fa ptr
683is the argument given to a function when it's invoked.
684.It Dv H_FIRST
685Return the first element in the history.
686.It Dv H_LAST
687Return the last element in the history.
688.It Dv H_PREV
689Return the previous element in the history.
690.It Dv H_NEXT
691Return the next element in the history.
692.It Dv H_CURR
693Return the current element in the history.
694.It Dv H_SET
695Set the cursor to point to the requested element.
696.It Dv H_ADD , Fa "const char *str"
697Append
698.Fa str
699to the current element of the history, or perform the
700.Dv H_ENTER
701operation with argument
702.Fa str
703if there is no current element.
704.It Dv H_APPEND , Fa "const char *str"
705Append
706.Fa str
707to the last new element of the history.
708.It Dv H_ENTER , Fa "const char *str"
709Add
710.Fa str
711as a new element to the history, and, if necessary,
712removing the oldest entry to keep the list to the created size.
713If
714.Dv H_SETUNIQUE
715was has been called with a non-zero arguments, the element
716will not be entered into the history if its contents match
717the ones of the current history element.
718If the element is entered
719.Fn history
720returns 1, if it is ignored as a duplicate returns 0.
721Finally
722.Fn history
723returns \-1 if an error occurred.
724.It Dv H_PREV_STR , Fa "const char *str"
725Return the closest previous event that starts with
726.Fa str .
727.It Dv H_NEXT_STR , Fa "const char *str"
728Return the closest next event that starts with
729.Fa str .
730.It Dv H_PREV_EVENT , Fa "int e"
731Return the previous event numbered
732.Fa e .
733.It Dv H_NEXT_EVENT , Fa "int e"
734Return the next event numbered
735.Fa e .
736.It Dv H_LOAD , Fa "const char *file"
737Load the history list stored in
738.Fa file .
739.It Dv H_SAVE , Fa "const char *file"
740Save the history list to
741.Fa file .
742.It Dv H_SETUNIQUE , Fa "int unique"
743Set flag that adjacent identical event strings should not be entered
744into the history.
745.It Dv H_GETUNIQUE
746Retrieve the current setting if adjacent identical elements should
747be entered into the history.
748.It Dv H_DEL , Fa "int e"
749Delete the event numbered
750.Fa e .
751This function is only provided for
752.Xr readline 3
753compatibility.
754The caller is responsible for free'ing the string in the returned
755.Fa HistEvent .
756.El
757.Pp
758.Fn history
759returns \*[Gt]= 0 if the operation
760.Fa op
761succeeds.
762Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
763.Fa ev
764is updated to contain more details about the error.
765.El
766.Sh TOKENIZATION FUNCTIONS
767The tokenization functions use a common data structure,
768.Fa Tokenizer ,
769which is created by
770.Fn tok_init
771and freed by
772.Fn tok_end .
773.Pp
774The following functions are available:
775.Bl -tag -width 4n
776.It Fn tok_init
777Initialise the tokenizer, and return a data structure
778to be used by all other tokenizer functions.
779.Fa IFS
780contains the Input Field Separators, which defaults to
781.Aq space ,
782.Aq tab ,
783and
784.Aq newline
785if
786.Dv NULL .
787.It Fn tok_end
788Clean up and finish with
789.Fa t ,
790assumed to have been created with
791.Fn tok_init .
792.It Fn tok_reset
793Reset the tokenizer state.
794Use after a line has been successfully tokenized
795by
796.Fn tok_line
797or
798.Fn tok_str
799and before a new line is to be tokenized.
800.It Fn tok_line
801Tokenize
802.Fa li ,
803If successful, modify:
804.Fa argv
805to contain the words,
806.Fa argc
807to contain the number of words,
808.Fa cursorc
809(if not
810.Dv NULL )
811to contain the index of the word containing the cursor,
812and
813.Fa cursoro
814(if not
815.Dv NULL )
816to contain the offset within
817.Fa argv[cursorc]
818of the cursor.
819.Pp
820Returns
8210 if successful,
822\-1 for an internal error,
8231 for an unmatched single quote,
8242 for an unmatched double quote,
825and
8263 for a backslash quoted
827.Aq newline .
828A positive exit code indicates that another line should be read
829and tokenization attempted again.
830.
831.It Fn tok_str
832A simpler form of
833.Fn tok_line ;
834.Fa str
835is a NUL terminated string to tokenize.
836.El
837.
838.\"XXX.Sh EXAMPLES
839.\"XXX: provide some examples
840.Sh SEE ALSO
841.Xr sh 1 ,
842.Xr signal 3 ,
843.Xr termcap 3 ,
844.Xr editrc 5 ,
845.Xr termcap 5
846.Sh HISTORY
847The
848.Nm
849library first appeared in
850.Bx 4.4 .
851.Dv CC_REDISPLAY
852appeared in
853.Nx 1.3 .
854.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
855.Dv EL_EDITMODE
856and the readline emulation appeared in
857.Nx 1.4 .
858.Dv EL_RPROMPT
859appeared in
860.Nx 1.5 .
861.Sh AUTHORS
862The
863.Nm
864library was written by Christos Zoulas.
865Luke Mewburn wrote this manual and implemented
866.Dv CC_REDISPLAY ,
867.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
868.Dv EL_EDITMODE ,
869and
870.Dv EL_RPROMPT .
871Jaromir Dolecek implemented the readline emulation.
872Johny Mattsson implemented wide-character support.
873.Sh BUGS
874At this time, it is the responsibility of the caller to
875check the result of the
876.Dv EL_EDITMODE
877operation of
878.Fn el_get
879(after an
880.Fn el_source
881or
882.Fn el_parse )
883to determine if
884.Nm
885should be used for further input.
886I.e.,
887.Dv EL_EDITMODE
888is purely an indication of the result of the most recent
889.Xr editrc 5
890.Ic edit
891command.
892