From e36de4fcee67d379401ae3a374b2cb4a21db8b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hunt Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 05:43:13 +0000 Subject: Add a more descriptive description, like the p5-ReadLine-Gnu version. --- devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl/pkg-descr | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl') diff --git a/devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl/pkg-descr index 051afd80ba23..bc041dc5bd11 100644 --- a/devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/p5-ReadLine-Perl/pkg-descr @@ -1,2 +1,8 @@ -This module allows Term::ReadLine (which ships with Perl 5) to -provide satisfactory editing without using GNU readline. +Perl 5 ships with a module called Term::ReadLine which is an interface +to command line editing and recall. The version that ships with Perl +is only a stub, and offers little functionality. + +This module supplants the Term::ReadLine stubs with real command line +editing and recall facilities, written entirely in Perl. Applications +that use Term::ReadLine do not need to be modified to gain the benefits +of this package; it will happen transparently upon installation. -- cgit v1.2.3