[31141] trunk/base/ChangeLog

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Sat Nov 17 01:56:07 PST 2007


On Nov 16, 2007, at 16:44, Rainer Müller wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> What functionality does readline provide for MacPorts?
>
> Most users use the port command directly with arguments, but if you  
> run
> port without arguments, it starts its own shell interface were you can
> execute the same commands.

I'm aware of that. What functionality does readline provide for  
MacPorts in this case?


On Nov 16, 2007, at 16:45, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:

> I believe "port" can be run in interactive mode, where line editing  
> is quite useful.

What exactly does "line editing" mean?




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