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   4 @settitle GNU Readline Library
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  11 @ifinfo
  12 @dircategory Libraries
  13 @direntry
  14 * Readline: (readline).       The GNU readline library API
  15 @end direntry
  16
  17 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
  18 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
  19 to provide a command line interface.
  20
  21 Copyright (C) 1988-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  22
  23 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
  24 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
  25 pare preserved on all copies.
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  34 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
  35 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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  37 notice identical to this one.
  38
  39 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
  40 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
  41 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
  42 by the Free Software Foundation.
  43 @end ifinfo
  44
  45 @titlepage
  46 @title GNU Readline Library
  47 @subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for @code{Readline Library} Version @value{VERSION}.
  48 @subtitle @value{UPDATE-MONTH}
  49 @author Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
  50 @author Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
  51
  52 @page
  53 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
  54 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
  55 to provide a command line interface.
  56
  57 Published by the Free Software Foundation @*
  58 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, @*
  59 Boston, MA 02111 USA
  60
  61 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
  62 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
  63 are preserved on all copies.
  64
  65 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
  66 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
  67 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
  68 notice identical to this one.
  69
  70 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
  71 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
  72 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
  73 by the Free Software Foundation.
  74
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  76 Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  77 @end titlepage
  78
  79 @ifinfo
  80 @node Top
  81 @top GNU Readline Library
  82
  83 This document describes the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids
  84 in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need
  85 to provide a command line interface.
  86
  87 @menu
  88 * Command Line Editing::           GNU Readline User's Manual.
  89 * Programming with GNU Readline::  GNU Readline Programmer's Manual.
  90 * Concept Index::                  Index of concepts described in this manual.
  91 * Function and Variable Index::    Index of externally visible functions
  92                                    and variables.
  93 @end menu
  94 @end ifinfo
  95
  96 @include rluser.texinfo
  97 @include rltech.texinfo
  98
  99 @node Concept Index
 100 @unnumbered Concept Index
 101 @printindex cp
 102
 103 @node Function and Variable Index
 104 @unnumbered Function and Variable Index
 105 @printindex fn
 106
 107 @contents
 108 @bye