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Doc: Add link of GNU Readline library to interpreter tutorial (GH-16152)

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Adorilson Bezerra 2019-09-16 13:18:04 -03:00 committed by Stéphane Wirtel
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@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ status. If that doesn't work, you can exit the interpreter by typing the
following command: ``quit()``.
The interpreter's line-editing features include interactive editing, history
substitution and code completion on systems that support readline. Perhaps the
quickest check to see whether command line editing is supported is typing
:kbd:`Control-P` to the first Python prompt you get. If it beeps, you have command
line editing; see Appendix :ref:`tut-interacting` for an introduction to the
keys. If nothing appears to happen, or if ``^P`` is echoed, command line
editing isn't available; you'll only be able to use backspace to remove
characters from the current line.
substitution and code completion on systems that support the `GNU Readline
<https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html>`_ library.
Perhaps the quickest check to see whether command line editing is supported is
typing :kbd:`Control-P` to the first Python prompt you get. If it beeps, you
have command line editing; see Appendix :ref:`tut-interacting` for an
introduction to the keys. If nothing appears to happen, or if ``^P`` is
echoed, command line editing isn't available; you'll only be able to use
backspace to remove characters from the current line.
The interpreter operates somewhat like the Unix shell: when called with standard
input connected to a tty device, it reads and executes commands interactively;