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| author | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-06-10 00:27:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-06-10 00:27:46 +0000 |
| commit | 537066c427027bd03611e0640469fc0471144935 (patch) | |
| tree | 5694056f2cb72c55cc7a9d036534e65a43e5224b | |
| parent | 171ab682f743390b5384ee2384c20c8ed41ff657 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-537066c427027bd03611e0640469fc0471144935.tar.gz | |
Issue #8491: Add link to Gnu Readline configuration documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/readline.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/readline.rst b/Doc/library/readline.rst index 42e0ad56a5..5f4438e641 100644 --- a/Doc/library/readline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ function. you can check for the text "libedit" in :const:`readline.__doc__` to differentiate between GNU readline and libedit. +Readline keybindings may be configured via an initialization file, typically +``.inputrc`` in your home directory. See `Readline Init File +<https://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rluserman.html#SEC9>`_ +in the GNU Readline manual for information about the format and +allowable constructs of that file, and the capabilities of the +Readline library in general. + Init file --------- |