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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Basic Installation ================== -These are installation instructions for Readline-8.1. +These are installation instructions for Readline-8.2. The simplest way to compile readline is: @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'. The readline `configure.in' requires autoconf -version 2.50 or newer. +version 2.69 or newer. Compilers and Options ===================== @@ -164,18 +164,40 @@ operates. Optional Features ================= -The readline `configure' recognizes a single `--with-PACKAGE' option: +The readline `configure' recognizes two `--with-PACKAGE' options: `--with-curses' This tells readline that it can find the termcap library functions (tgetent, et al.) in the curses library, rather than a separate termcap library. Readline uses the termcap functions, but does not - link with the termcap or curses library itself, allowing applications - which link with readline the to choose an appropriate library. - This option tells readline to link the example programs with the - curses library rather than libtermcap. + usually link with the termcap or curses library itself, allowing + applications which link with readline the to choose an appropriate + library. This option tells readline to link the example programs with + the curses library rather than libtermcap. + +`--with-shared-termcap-library' + This tells the readline build process to link the shared version of + libreadline against a shared version of the curses or termcap library + (see the description of SHLIB_LIBS below under `Shared Libraries'). + This relieves the application of having to link with curses or termcap + itself, but does not allow the application to choose which library to + use. This is only effective on systems that build shared libraries (see + below; the default for shared libraries is `yes'). + +`configure' also recognizes several `--enable-FEATURE' options: -`configure' also recognizes two `--enable-FEATURE' options: +`--enable-bracketed-paste-default' + Enable bracketed paste by default, so the initial value of the + `enable-bracketed-paste' Readline variable is `on'. The default + is `yes'. + +`--enable-install-examples' + Install the readline example programs as part of `make install'. + +`--enable-multibyte' + Build with support for multibyte characters enabled on systems with the + necessary framework (locale definitions, C library functions, etc.). The + default is `yes'. `--enable-shared' Build the shared libraries by default on supported platforms. The @@ -184,11 +206,6 @@ The readline `configure' recognizes a single `--with-PACKAGE' option: `--enable-static' Build the static libraries by default. The default is `yes'. -`--enable-bracketed-paste-default' - Enable bracketed paste by default, so the initial value of the - `enable-bracketed-paste' Readline variable is `on'. The default - is `yes'. - Shared Libraries ================ @@ -199,7 +216,8 @@ shared versions of the readline and history libraries to be built on supported platforms. If `configure' is given the `--enable-shared' option, it will attempt -to build the shared libraries by default on supported platforms. +to build the shared libraries by default on supported platforms. This +option is enabled by default. Configure calls the script support/shobj-conf to test whether or not shared library creation is supported and to generate the values |