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authorMatthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.org>1998-04-19 05:40:26 +0000
committerMatthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.org>1998-04-19 05:40:26 +0000
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-This module allows Term::ReadLine (which ships with Perl 5) to use
-the GNU readline library, for improved command line editing and
-recall in programs using Term::ReadLine.
+Perl 5 ships with a module called Term::ReadLine which is an interface
+to command line editing and recall. The version that ships with Perl
+is only a stub, and offers little functionality.
+
+This module supplements Term::ReadLine so that it uses GNU readline,
+which comes with FreeBSD. Applications that use Term::ReadLine do
+not need to be modified to gain the benefits of this package; it will
+happen transparently upon installation.