Re: using perl's gnu-readline interface, howto 'completion' & 'filter history'?

[Linda Walsh]

Thanks, it's not a high priority but it's something I want to
find out how to do to upgrade the input-help if I ever get
spare time and sufficient motivation...they both happen
at the same time occasionally... so would be good for me
to know where to start...

Thanks!


Chet Ramey wrote:
> You might want to look at the description of the hook functions in
> the `Completion Variables' section of the readline manual.  Readline
> does filename completion internally, and nothing else; everything
> else is performed by a calling application.
>
> You could also look at the code in bashline.c to see how bash does it.