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Re: How to install 'readline'



to have feature on previous ask (forget its link) ,

"
What is zsh equivalent for :

read -e -i "This is pre written text " t

get user into readline with a pre written text ready to edit an save
to a variable

"

On 8/16/23, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 7:09 PM Budi <budikusasi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> How do we install and utilize 'readline' onto, or temporarily replace,
>>  zle's Zsh ?
>
> It depends on why you'd want to do this.  There's no way to have zsh
> load/use the readline library, but if you install "rlwrap" and explain
> what you expect to happen, there may be a way.
>
> Brute force would be "rlwrap zsh +ozle" but I can't speak to
> unexpected side-effects.
>




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