Honestly, I didn't know that the readline support existed and used `rlwrap lilypond scheme-sandbox` for editing and history support in the REPL.
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 1:39 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> writes: > > > Le 19/05/2022 à 09:36, Jonas Hahnfeld a écrit : > >> What does "nicer editing" mean here? > > > > > > Standard shell editing features: repeating previous command with arrows, > > and autocompletion. > > That's not half of it. Without readline, no editing other than > backspacing (and deleting) previously entered content is possible. > While of course it is important to try different variations of commands > without typing them all over (particularly when typos may be involved), > not even being able to correct a typo before hitting RET is a real > nuisance. > > -- > David Kastrup > >
