Re: Bug#612625: ITP: libtecla -- a command-line editing library
On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:18:15AM -0600, Scott Christley wrote:
>> Description : Tecla is a command-line editing library
>>
>> The tecla library provides UNIX and LINUX programs with interactive
>> command line editing facilities, similar to those of the UNIX tcsh
>> shell. In addition to simple command-line editing, it supports recall
>> of previously entered command lines, TAB completion of file names or
>> other tokens, and in-line wild-card expansion of filenames. The
>> internal functions which perform file-name completion and wild-card
>> expansion are also available externally for optional use by programs.
>
> I'm wondering, how does it relate to libreadline/libedit? Those seem to
> be the standard choices for this kind of purpose. I assume you want to
> package something else which requires libtecla?
Yes, the library is used by maude, ITP bug #611927
Scott
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