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2 Programming with GNU Readline ******************************* 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 functions. · Readline Signal Handling How Readline behaves when it receives signals. · Custom Completers Supplanting or supplementing Readline's completion functions.