Re: [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?
Date: 2005-12-03 14:48:57
Message-ID: 200512031548.58240.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > They are called "Readline" and "Libedit".
>
> I wanted to distinguish libreadline from readline-functionality.

The functionality may be called "command-line editing" but I don't see
how that relates to what actually appears in the patch.

> Why is it Readline?

PostgreSQL was already used.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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