[Doc-SIG] Undocumented modules update.

ovidiu@cup.hp.com ovidiu@cup.hp.com
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:34:44 -0700


On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 16:34:40 +0300 (IDT), Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il> 
wrote:

> > >            rlcompleter
> > 			Very cool code that ought to be documented
> > 			(and cross-referenced with the readline
> > 			module)
> 
> I couldn't find any documentation for the readline module either.
> Huh???

I have a complete re-implementation of the readline module. It has bindings to
all the functions defined by the GNU readline library except for some functions
for operating on keymaps. One thing that still needs to be done is to test it
thoroughly especially with things like the asynchronous interface and
redefining keys. The package works just fine with the rlcompleter module
although the low level interface to completion could still be used.

Is there any interest in using it instead of the limited readline module that
comes with Python? If that's the case, what would be the license and copyright
that would fit the package the best for inclusion with the Python distribution?
The package is now copyrighted by HP and I was thinking to make it available
under LGPL. Is this OK from the Python's distribution point of view? Another
option would be to make it available as a separate package, but that would be a
little bit annoying for normal users of readline.

Greetings,
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