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From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: use of readline()
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Seeing as we have readline() in the tree, would anyone explode violently
if it were used generally for reading user input in the case of programs
like lpc(8), cdcontrol(1), etc?

We also have libedit, however it's significantly more intrusive in terms
of usage.  If readline() was riotously unpopular, this would possibly
be a workable alternative.

Does anyone actually use libedit for anything?

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