Add Gnu readline for use in shell mode. (!1495) · Merge requests · Inkscape / inkscape · GitLab

Tavmjong Bah requested to merge gnu_readline2 into master Feb 28, 2020

This patch make using the shell in interactive mode a lot easier!

Features:

Auto-completion of actions (at start of line) and filenames.
History (up/down arrows).
Command line editing.

Note:

Gnu Readline is GPL 3 (not LGPL3). Inkscape is nominally GPL 2.
Detection of system support for readline should be tested (seems to work on Linux and OSX).

This replaces and earlier merge request for a borked branch.