Joel Roth via Dng said on Wed, 4 Oct 2023 10:09:59 -1000

>Hi Steve,
>
>On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 10:34:10AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> Joel Roth via Dng said on Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:06:01 -1000
>>
>> >Dear lovers and familiars of C,
>> >
>> >I've got a perl application using
>> >an interface library for gnu readline.
>> >
>> >I want to trying compiling the interface library
>> >against an older readline.
>
>> Why? Why not the current readline library?
>
>Trying to troubleshoot/resolve a compatibility problem
>that has appeared with readline 8.2.
>
>> Also, have you considered just running your Perl application as an
>> argument to the rlwrap program?
>
>rlwrap looks like an easy way to add command line
>editing to a program that reads STDIN.
>
>This is a more complicated use case where I provide
>specialized autocompletion choices and intercept certain
>keystrokes.
>
>Since you asked, the problem is that the terminal now hangs
>when I unload readline, use another library to process
>keystrokes, then load readline again.
>
>I've narrowed down the problem to either a change in
>readline, or a change in the interface library.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion!

Is there a way you can create a tiny program that does nothing but
demonstrate this problem? That way we could all observe the symptom
first hand, and maybe make suggestions.

SteveT

Steve Litt

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