2. Programming with GNU Readline

This chapter describes the interface between the GNU Readline Library and other programs. If you are a programmer, and you wish to include the features found in GNU Readline such as completion, line editing, and interactive history manipulation in your own programs, this section is for you.

2.1 Basic Behavior		Using the default behavior of Readline.
2.2 Custom Functions		Adding your own functions to Readline.
2.3 Readline Variables		Variables accessible to custom functions.
2.4 Readline Convenience Functions		Functions which Readline supplies to aid in writing your own custom functions.
2.5 Readline Signal Handling		How Readline behaves when it receives signals.
2.6 Custom Completers		Supplanting or supplementing Readline’s completion functions.