enable GNU readline by default?

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

Enabling history file by default:

> No, I was thinking the same thing a few days ago, tired of having to add 
> --enable-history-file for each ./configure

Ok, so history file has been enabled by default.


Now: What about enabling GNU readline by default as well?

It would save ordinary people to think about adding --with-readline=gnu ... 
while gnuplot binary package distributors can do whatever they think is 
legal. This readline has now more features then gnuplot's readline.


> Yet another proposal, while in it: the bash also has a feature of
> incremental search within the history with C-r.  AFAICS, this is
> enabled by default in GNU readline.  Can this easily be enabled
> while using the alternative interface to the readline library?  I
> think this would be very convenient.

You mean gnuplot's readline? If someone wants to implement it...

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