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nobu 5b10c170e5 * file.c, gc.c, io.c, ruby.h, rubyio.h, win32/win32.h (rb_io_t): renamed from OpenFile. * ext/dl/cptr.c, ext/io/wait/wait.c, ext/openssl/ossl.h, ext/openssl/ossl_bio.c, ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c, ext/pty/pty.c, ext/readline/readline.c, ext/socket/socket.c: ditto. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@11869 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e		2007-02-24 10:30:50 +00:00
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.cvsignore	add extconf.h to .cvsignore.	2006-06-24 01:15:08 +00:00
depend	ext/*/depend	1999-10-21 07:08:00 +00:00
extconf.rb	* ext/readline/readline.c: NetBSD editline does not have	2006-12-14 09:41:37 +00:00
readline.c	* file.c, gc.c, io.c, ruby.h, rubyio.h, win32/win32.h (rb_io_t):	2007-02-24 10:30:50 +00:00
README	Detypo and reword a bit.	2001-07-05 15:47:03 +00:00
README.ja	Rename .jp to .ja, since jp is a region code and ja is a language	2001-07-19 05:44:26 +00:00

README

Extension for GNU Readline Library

Example:

  require "readline"
  include Readline

  line = readline("Prompt> ", true)

[Readline]

<module function>

readline(prompt, add_history=nil)

  Reads one line with line editing.  The inputted line is added to the
  history if add_history is true.

<class methods>

completion_proc = proc

  Specifies a Proc object to determine completion behavior.  It
  should take input-string, and return an array of completion
  candidates.

completion_proc

  Returns the completion Proc object.

completion_case_fold = bool

  Sets whether or not to ignore case on completion.

completion_case_fold

  Returns true if completion ignores case.

completion_append_character = char

  Specifies a character to be appended on completion.
  Nothing will be appended if an empty string ("") or nil is
  specified.

completion_append_character

  Returns a string containing a character to be appended on
  completion.  The default is a space (" ").

vi_editing_mode

  Specifies VI editing mode.

emacs_editing_mode

  Specifies Emacs editing mode.

<class constants>

HISTORY

The history buffer.  It behaves just like an array.