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From:
Chas. Owens
Date:
August 6, 2009 08:22
Subject:
Re: better readline?
Message ID:
58ce48dc0908060821w29030e33n53edcb4e4af35b83@mail.gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:14, Bryan R Harris<Bryan_R_Harris@raytheon.com> wrote:
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> I've read everything I can find on it, but can't find documentation of the
> main feature I'm interested in, i.e. pre-loading the buffer with text. It
> works, I just don't see it documented.
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I didn't see it in the docs either, I just guessed that it would work
and it did.
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> Also, is addHistory() supposed to retain history *between* runs? i.e. store
> it in a file somewhere? If not, what's the "progname" part for?
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Some backends do use a file to store the history between runs, and,
yes, progname is used for that purpose.
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Chas. Owens
wonkden.net
The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.
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