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shugo 37852577fc * ext/readline/readline.c (readline_attempted_completion_function): return 2 items if completion_proc returns only 1 item (for libedit). git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@8492 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e		2005-05-20 06:57:06 +00:00
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.cvsignore	* configure.in: modify program_prefix only if specified	2002-09-08 09:08:15 +00:00
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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.