Talk:Readline interface

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Revision as of 03:26, 9 December 2011 by rosettacode>Dkf (→‎What is meant by "history"?: You didn't know? Wow…)

What is meant by "history"?

Is history simply not removing what is in the console when a new command is run? --Crazyfirex 21:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

No. History is pressing the up arrow to retrieve a previously-typed command (one of a sequence of them in fact) that you can then run again, or edit before submitting. It greatly improves the productivity and usability of a command-line interface. –Donal Fellows 03:26, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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