gnuplot should be compiled --with-readline=gnu
Bug #94949 reported by
Forest Bond
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnuplot (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnuplot
Many other command-line utilities ship with GNU readline support. Why not gnuplot? Everyone has different preferences on keybindings, and GNU readline is probably the best way to accomodate that.
-Forest
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From this discussion (dating back to 2001!) it appears the omission is due to a license issue: https:/ /bugs.debian. org/cgi- bin/bugreport. cgi?bug= 102729