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authorMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-06-10 00:39:28 (GMT)
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Issue #8491: Merge readline doc from 3.5
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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
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