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| author | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-06-10 00:27:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-06-10 00:27:46 (GMT) |
| commit | d6cecd30af684c156769431a6b237d6f71a4219f (patch) | |
| tree | 2886f24b3c4282a7b1ade18c8833bbfe46c2fc6c | |
| parent | 24b9e1a00df8879c498b97129ce7918f27b717c3 (diff) | |
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Issue #8491: Add link to Gnu Readline configuration documentation
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diff --git a/Doc/library/readline.rst b/Doc/library/readline.rst index d7e7dc6..a0ed89e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/readline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ interactive prompt and the prompts offered by the :func:`raw_input` and you can check for the text "libedit" in :const:`readline.__doc__` to differentiate between GNU readline and libedit. +Readline keybindings may be configured via an initialization file, typically +``.inputrc`` in your home directory. See `Readline Init File +<https://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rluserman.html#SEC9>`_ +in the GNU Readline manual for information about the format and +allowable constructs of that file, and the capabilities of the +Readline library in general. + Init file --------- |