Re: Tab Auto-Completition Broken - 3.2.91

[Gary Highberger]

Excellent suggestion David. At around line 380 in config.h:


*/* Define if your system has the GNU readline library. */*
*/* #undef HAVE_READLINE */*

All that needs doing is finding and installing the correct readline library.

As to tab expansion in gst, choices are shown if more than one keyword can
complete the string. Type tab twice to see them all. Very cool!

I'll report my progress as soon as I know more.

I assume a 32 bit library is needed?

Thank you very much,

Gary

On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 6:40 AM stes@PANDORA.BE <stes@telenet.be> wrote:

>
> ----- Op 3 feb 2021 om 4:49 schreef Gary Highberger
> gary.highberger@gmail.com:
> >
> > I realize .91 isn't released and is likely not supported. I'm just
> > documenting what I'm seeing and hoping someone has seen such behavior
> > before and has a suggestion for me.
>
> It would be nice if version 3.3 or 3.2.6 were released, even if they would
> be the same as 3.2.91.
>
> The version 3.2.91 although that it has many really good improvements has
> a version number that may cause certain doubts with package maintainers.
>
> The fact that it has a number which indicates 'alpha' or 'testing' is not
> to make people feel at ease with that version.
>
> Anyway, I tested with
>
>   ./configure --without-readline
>
> and then I get the behavior that you describe: Tab just is inserting a
> tab, not completing keywords.
>
> You can check with :
>
> # grep HAVE_READLINE config.h
> /* #undef HAVE_READLINE */
>
> in your config.h you either have HAVE_READLINE 1 if it discovers you have
> readline or the above #undef.
>
> The solution would be to install GNU readline before building your own
> version of GNU smalltalk.
>
> David Stes
>
>
>