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.TH LIBTECLA 3LIB "Jun 1, 2004"
.SH NAME
libtecla \- interactive command line input library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-ltecla\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <\fBlibtecla.h\fR>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
This library provides programs with interactive command line editing
facilities, similar to those of the UNIX \fBtcsh\fR shell. In addition to
simple command-line editing, it supports recall of previously entered command
lines, TAB completion of file names or other tokens, and in-line wildcard
expansion of filenames. The internal functions that perform file-name
completion and wild-card expansion are also available externally for optional
use by the calling program.
.SS "Thread Safety"
.sp
.LP
The \fBterminfo\fR functions \fBsetupterm\fR(3CURSES), \fBtigetstr\fR(3CURSES),
\fBtigetnum\fR(3CURSES), and \fBtputs\fR(3CURSES) are not reentrant. This
condition, however, should not prevent use of this library in threaded
applications, since few applications will want to interact with multiple
terminals.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibtecla.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBcfc_file_start\fR	\fBcfc_literal_escapes\fR
\fBcfc_set_check_fn\fR	\fBcpl_add_completion\fR
\fBcpl_check_exe\fR	\fBcpl_complete_word\fR
\fBcpl_file_completions\fR	\fBcpl_last_error\fR
\fBcpl_list_completions\fR	\fBcpl_recall_matches\fR
\fBcpl_record_error\fR	\fBdel_CplFileConf\fR
\fBdel_ExpandFile\fR	\fBdel_GetLine\fR
\fBdel_PathCache\fR	\fBdel_PcaPathConf\fR
\fBdel_WordCompletion\fR	\fBef_expand_file\fR
\fBef_last_error\fR	\fBef_list_expansions\fR
\fBgl_abandon_line\fR	\fBgl_append_history\fR
\fBgl_automatic_history\fR	\fBgl_bind_keyseq\fR
\fBgl_catch_blocked\fR	\fBgl_change_terminal\fR
\fBgl_clear_history\fR	\fBgl_completion_action\fR
\fBgl_configure_getline\fR	\fBgl_customize_completion\fR
\fBgl_display_text\fR	\fBgl_echo_mode\fR
\fBgl_erase_terminal\fR	\fBgl_error_message\fR
\fBgl_get_line\fR	\fBgl_group_history\fR
\fBgl_handle_signal\fR	\fBgl_ignore_signal\fR
\fBgl_inactivity_timeout\fR	\fBgl_io_mode\fR
\fBgl_last_signal\fR	\fBgl_limit_history\fR
\fBgl_list_signals\fR	\fBgl_load_history\fR
\fBgl_lookup_history\fR	\fBgl_normal_io\fR
\fBgl_pending_io\fR	\fBgl_prompt_style\fR
\fBgl_query_char\fR	\fBgl_range_of_history\fR
\fBgl_raw_io\fR	\fBgl_read_char\fR
\fBgl_register_action\fR	\fBgl_replace_prompt\fR
\fBgl_resize_history\fR	\fBgl_return_status\fR
\fBgl_save_history\fR	\fBgl_set_term_size\fR
\fBgl_show_history\fR	\fBgl_size_of_history\fR
\fBgl_state_of_history\fR	\fBgl_terminal_size\fR
\fBgl_toggle_history\fR	\fBgl_trap_signal\fR
\fBgl_tty_signals\fR	\fBgl_watch_fd\fR
\fBlibtecla_version\fR	\fBnew_CplFileConf\fR
\fBnew_ExpandFile\fR	\fBnew_GetLine\fR
\fBnew_PathCache\fR	\fBnew_PcaPathConf\fR
\fBnew_WordCompletion\fR	\fBpca_last_error\fR
\fBpca_lookup_file\fR	\fBpca_path_completions\fR
\fBpca_scan_path\fR	\fBpca_set_check_fn\fR
\fBppc_file_start\fR	\fBppc_literal_escapes\fR
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/libtecla.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/64/libtecla.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
64-bit shared object
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBenhance\fR(1), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBcpl_complete_word\fR(3TECLA),
\fBef_expand_file\fR(3TECLA), \fBgl_get_line\fR(3TECLA),
\fBgl_io_mode\fR(3TECLA), \fBpca_lookup_file\fR(3TECLA), \fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBtecla\fR(5)