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libedit was written for just this purpose https://github.com/NetBSD/src/tree/trunk/lib/libedit https://github.com/NetBSD/src/tree/trunk/lib/libedit (cvsweb app

by cat199 7y ago

libedit was written for just this purpose https://github.com/NetBSD/src/tree/trunk/lib/libedit https://github.com/NetBSD/src/tree/trunk/lib/libedit (cvsweb appears down) https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/ https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/

brianjhanfox 7y ago
Interestingly enough, neither of these libraries are as objectively as good as readline. For example, they do not implement a true kill ring. They aren't macro programmable. I find it almost amusing that the authors were too lazy to actually reimplement all of the extremely well documented behavior in libreadline and libhistory.
- sokoloff 7y ago
  If the purpose is "plausible deniability" to allow GNU readline to be linked by users, that seems perfectly reasonable. Why work harder than needed?
- cat199 7y ago
  or 80/20. really I just want to be able to find my previous command, and multi word-level edit it.