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| From: | Richard Stallman |
| Subject: | Re: a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes |
| Date: | Sun, 14 Nov 2004 01:01:12 -0500 |
> What exactly would tell Readline to start treating the pty that way?
> That is, how does Readline know it is time to read a completion
> command rather than a line of input?
An environment variable on the sub-program invocation.
The environment variable can't be changed during sub-program execution.
Are you saying that ALL communication with the subprogram will
use this new command protocol? Not just when the user asks for
completion?
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