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4 @settitle GNU Readline Library
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10 last change: Thu Mar 21 16:06:39 EST 1996
15 @set UPDATED 21 March 1996
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19 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
20 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
21 to provide a command line interface.
23 Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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48 @title GNU Readline Library
49 @subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for @code{Readline Library} Version @value{VERSION}.
50 @subtitle @value{UPDATE-MONTH}
51 @author Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
52 @author Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
55 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
56 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
57 to provide a command line interface.
59 Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
60 675 Massachusetts Avenue, @*
61 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
63 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
64 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
65 are preserved on all copies.
67 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
68 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
69 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
70 notice identical to this one.
72 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
73 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
74 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
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78 Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
83 @top GNU Readline Library
85 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
86 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
87 to provide a command line interface.
90 * Command Line Editing:: GNU Readline User's Manual.
91 * Programming with GNU Readline:: GNU Readline Programmer's Manual.
92 * Concept Index:: Index of concepts described in this manual.
93 * Function and Variable Index:: Index of externally visible functions
98 @include rluser.texinfo
99 @include rltech.texinfo
102 @unnumbered Concept Index
105 @node Function and Variable Index
106 @unnumbered Function and Variable Index