On 4/27/05, Lon Baker <lon-JCsVN+o+Xp98UrSeD/g0lQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Libedit is supposed to be compatible readline, so someone could
> rewrite the readline extension to support libedit. Unfortunately I am
> way too rusty at C/C++ and not motivated enough to do that myself.
>
> On the Ruby mailing list I found some references to someone having
> done some work on this issue, but I never found the code or any details.
>
> I do believe licensing was the main reason that Apple chose
> libedit, and probably why Libedit exists.
rails only ''depends'' on readline in the sense that we
''require''
irb/completion and readline for the console. Perhaps we could just
fallback when those requires fail?
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> On Apr 26, 2005, at 5:26 PM,
rails-request-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org wrote:
>
> > Licensing concerns will likely keep readline out of OS X for a long
> > time. I doubt that they''ll fix this bug soon. Is libedit
really so
> > deficient that it can''t be made to work?
>
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Cheers
Koz