Re: Discussing Readline

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/18/21 12:48 PM, IFo Hancroft wrote:
> Would this be the right place to discuss Readline as well as propose
> features?

Usually it's bug-readline@gnu.org.

> If readline is included in an ncurses software that also uses its own
> keybindings for things, how would that work?

It depends on what that application uses to read input. If it uses a
straight call to readline(), readline will read from the terminal and
interpret key bindings. If the application chooses to read characters
from the terminal itself and use the readline callback interface, the
readline key bindings will apply. If the application uses some other
mechanism to read input, such as getch(), that function determines how
to interpret key sequences.

> Does the software receive the keys and decides what to give to readline
> or does readline receive them? 

This is the calling application's choice, and depends on which family of
functions it calls.

> If it's the latter - do all keyboard
> shortcuts received when readline is in insert mode, get passed to the
> software that's including/using readline?

If this means what I think it does, no. readline() gives the calling
application complete lines of input.


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