On Nov 16, 2007, at 16:28, jberry@macports.org wrote:
+ - readline is now disabled by default, in order to avoid support issues. + use --enable-readine parameter to configure to enable support for readine. + (jberry r31139, r31140). +
What functionality does readline provide for MacPorts?
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
What functionality does readline provide for MacPorts?
Most users use the port command directly with arguments, but if you run port without arguments, it starts its own shell interface were you can execute the same commands. Rainer
On Nov 16, 2007, at 16:44, Rainer Müller wrote:
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
What functionality does readline provide for MacPorts?
Most users use the port command directly with arguments, but if you run port without arguments, it starts its own shell interface were you can execute the same commands.
I'm aware of that. What functionality does readline provide for MacPorts in this case? On Nov 16, 2007, at 16:45, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
I believe "port" can be run in interactive mode, where line editing is quite useful.
What exactly does "line editing" mean?
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