Author: jkeenan Date: Tue Jan 8 18:49:01 2008 New Revision: 24692 Modified: trunk/config/auto/readline.pm
Log: Add some explanation of what a readline library is (largely quoted from GNU). Modified: trunk/config/auto/readline.pm ============================================================================== --- trunk/config/auto/readline.pm (original) +++ trunk/config/auto/readline.pm Tue Jan 8 18:49:01 2008 @@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ =head1 NAME -config/auto/readline.pm - Test for readline lib +config/auto/readline.pm - Probe for readline library =head1 DESCRIPTION -Determines whether the platform supports readline. +Determines whether the platform supports readline. The GNU Project describes +its version of the readline library as providing "... a set of functions for +use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed +in" (L<http://directory.fsf.org/project/readline/>). Other readline libraries +are, however, available and usable with Parrot. =cut
