Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:52:38 +0100 From: Lucius Windschuh <lwindschuh@googlemail.com> To: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: BSDL bc/dc in head [Was: svn commit: r202719 - in head: . gnu/usr.bin usr.bin usr.bin/bc usr.bin/bc/USD.doc usr.bin/dc usr.bin/dc/USD.doc] Message-ID: <90a5caac1002040952i43dc3512ue483d2af5d997d26@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a78074951002040807u68752180i25e327a3431f16ad@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B57780F.4070907@FreeBSD.org> <4B6970F8.2030807@FreeBSD.org> <90a5caac1002040231i13c2b47mc733947a767d3488@mail.gmail.com> <a78074951002040807u68752180i25e327a3431f16ad@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/2/4 Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>: > Hi, Lucius, > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Lucius Windschuh > <lwindschuh@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi Gabor, >> is there any chance that the BSD-licensed bc will get readline support >> or that you add a switch in math/gnubc to re-enable readline support? >> This i a huge enhancement if you use bc interactively. >> I know that libreadline is GPL-licensed. But maybe, there is an alternative. > > Try this patch: > > http://pastebin.com/m3f92c202 Thanks. :-D That's what I missed. And I didn't know about libedit. I really wondered if there was no alternative to GNU readline (as I need a command line parser in some other projects). Lucius BTW: Pastebin converted the line endings to DOS format, which I find a bit strange.
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