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diff --git a/Doc/library/readline.rst b/Doc/library/readline.rst index 685b36f..89addaa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/readline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst @@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ made using this module affect the behaviour of both the interpreter's interactive prompt and the prompts offered by the :func:`raw_input` and :func:`input` built-in functions. +..note:: + + On MacOS X the :mod:`readline` module can be implemented using + the ``libedit`` library instead of GNU readline. + + The configuration file for ``libedit`` is different from that + of GNU readline. If you programmaticly load configuration strings + you can check for the text "libedit" in :const:`readline.__doc__` + to differentiate between GNU readline and libedit. + + The :mod:`readline` module defines the following functions: @@ -181,7 +192,6 @@ The :mod:`readline` module defines the following functions: Append a line to the history buffer, as if it was the last line typed. - .. seealso:: Module :mod:`rlcompleter` |