Re: [RP] Re: what about... (features)

[Doug Kearns]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 06:58:38AM -0400, Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
> For what it's worth, I really hope neither of these get used.  It is after
> all a simple command prompt.  I certainly don't want to have the overhead of
> emacs nor do I want to have it anywhere near my system, and I don't see why
> a nice light window manager has to become dependant on xterm either.  I'd
> rather not have a constantly-running xterm that I'm not really using for
> such a simple purpose.
> 
> PostgreSQL has an --enable-readline option, and when you use it, you get a
> nice .psql_history in your home directory, tab completion, etc. etc.  I
> think the best thing would be to have internal optional readline support.

Unfortunately, GNU Readline needs a terminal environment -  GNU History
does not. This is why I had to cobble together my own line editor.

> Plus, a .ratpoison_history would be nifty :).

The line editor patch gives you one of these as well.

However, I think internal 'readline' support is the _wrong_ way to go.
We just need to improve the interface to the input window so that
most/all of it can be implemented externally.

Regards,
Doug