Programming with GNU Readline

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Programming with GNU Readline
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   This chapter describes the interface between the GNU Readline
Library and other programs.  If you are a programmer, and you wish to
include the features found in GNU Readline such as completion, line
editing, and interactive history manipulation in your own programs,
this section is for you.

Basic Behavior: Using the default behavior of Readline.
Custom Functions: Adding your own functions to Readline.
Readline Variables: Variables accessible to custom functions.
Readline Convenience Functions: Functions which Readline supplies to aid in writing your own
Custom Completers: Supplanting or supplementing Readline's completion functions.

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