#3235: ghci-6.10.3 can't be built with readline support
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: GHCi
Version: 6.10.3 | Severity: minor
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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ghci before version 6.10 used readline for user input. This was nice
because readline actually works, other programs use it (so ~/.inputrc lets
me customize the behavior of many applications at once), and it is fairly
powerful.
6.10.1 moved to editline, which was plain broken (busy hang during
startup), had no features, etc. But changing the code back to use readline
was easy.
Now 6.10.3 is using haskeline, with an entirely new set of bugs (combining
characters aren't handled right) and missing features (see `info readline
Command Bindable`; none of that is available in haskeline).
As a ghci user these changes don't do anything for me except remove
existing functionality and introduce bugs. Why can't you let me optionally
build ghci with readline instead of haskeline?
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3235>
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