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authorMatthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.org>1998-04-19 05:43:13 +0000
committerMatthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.org>1998-04-19 05:43:13 +0000
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-This module allows Term::ReadLine (which ships with Perl 5) to
-provide satisfactory editing without using GNU 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 supplants the Term::ReadLine stubs with real command line
+editing and recall facilities, written entirely in Perl. Applications
+that use Term::ReadLine do not need to be modified to gain the benefits
+of this package; it will happen transparently upon installation.