4 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libedit/Makefile b/lib/libedit/Makefile
index 12d5cb4f1e95..26cd15fd316e 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libedit/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ MLINKS=	editline.3 el_init.3 editline.3 el_end.3 editline.3 el_reset.3 \
 	editline.3 el_parse.3 editline.3 el_set.3 editline.3 el_source.3 \
 	editline.3 el_resize.3 editline.3 el_line.3 \
 	editline.3 el_insertstr.3 editline.3 el_deletestr.3 \
-	editline.3 history_init.3 editline.3 history_end.3 editline.3 history.3
+	editline.3 history_init.3 editline.3 history_end.3 editline.3 \
+	history.3 el_data_get.3 el_data_set.3
 
 
 # For speed and debugging
diff --git a/lib/libedit/editline.3 b/lib/libedit/editline.3
index 33e32267c2d9..ffee26312fb9 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/editline.3
+++ b/lib/libedit/editline.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     $Id$
+.\"     $Id: editline.3,v 1.6 1999/07/12 20:49:33 nik Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd January 11, 1997
 .Os BSD 4.4
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 .Nm el_line ,
 .Nm el_insertstr ,
 .Nm el_deletestr ,
+.Nm el_data_set ,
+.Nm el_data_get ,
 .Nm history_init ,
 .Nm history_end ,
 .Nm history
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@
 .Fn el_insertstr "EditLine *e" "char *str"
 .Ft void
 .Fn el_deletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
+.Ft void
+.Fn el_data_set "EditLine *e" "void *data"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn el_data_get "EditLine *e"
 .Ft History *
 .Fn history_init
 .Ft void
@@ -412,6 +418,12 @@ is empty or won't fit, and 0 otherwise.
 Delete
 .Fa num
 characters before the cursor.
+.It Fn el_data_set
+Set the user data to
+.Fa data
+.
+.It Fn el_data_get
+Get the user data.
 .El
 .Sh HISTORY LIST FUNCTIONS
 The history functions use a common data structure,
diff --git a/lib/libedit/el.c b/lib/libedit/el.c
index c9c3f725593b..87f6813d455d 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/el.c
+++ b/lib/libedit/el.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ el_init(prog, fin, fout)
     (void) prompt_init(el);
     (void) sig_init(el);
     el->el_flags = 0;
+    el->data = NULL;
 
     return el;
 } /* end el_init */
@@ -336,3 +337,22 @@ el_resize(el)
 
     (void) sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oset, NULL);
 }
+
+public void
+el_data_set (el, data)
+    EditLine *el;
+    void *data;
+{
+    el->data = data;
+
+    return;
+}
+
+public void *
+el_data_get (el)
+    EditLine *el;
+{
+    if (el->data)
+	return (el->data);
+    return (NULL);
+}
diff --git a/lib/libedit/el.h b/lib/libedit/el.h
index a608e2055be5..9514a707a151 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/el.h
+++ b/lib/libedit/el.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ struct editline {
     el_history_t  el_history;	/* History stuff			*/
     el_search_t	  el_search;	/* Search stuff				*/
     el_signal_t	  el_signal;	/* Signal handling stuff		*/
+
+    void         *data;		/* user data */
 };
 
 #endif /* _h_el */