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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2006-07-29 14:21:15 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2006-07-29 14:21:15 (GMT)
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[Bug #1529157] Mention raw_input() and input(); while I'm at it, reword the description a bit
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\modulesynopsis{GNU readline support for Python.}
-The \module{readline} module defines a number of functions used either
-directly or from the \refmodule{rlcompleter} module to facilitate
-completion and history file read and write from the Python
-interpreter.
+The \module{readline} module defines a number of functions to
+facilitate completion and reading/writing of history files from the
+Python interpreter. This module can be used directly or via the
+\refmodule{rlcompleter} module. Settings made using
+this module affect the behaviour of both the interpreter's interactive prompt
+and the prompts offered by the \function{raw_input()} and \function{input()}
+built-in functions.
The \module{readline} module defines the following functions: