Bug#993153: libedit: rl_startup_hook only executed once. In readline it's executed every readline() call

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello

Le 28/08/2021 à 05:55, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara a écrit :
> Source: libedit
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: charlesmelara at outlook.com
>
> Dear Maintainer, hi!
>
> I'm porting devtodo to use libedit instead of libreadline and I'm using
> the libeditreadline-dev compatibility layer.
>
> Turns out that I need to insert a string in the readline buffer before
> the user start to type. This was done via rl_startup_hook, the function
> called would rl_insert_text the string and it would go to the buffer and
> the screen before the user types.

You should ask your question upstream! I am just doing packaging of
libedit, not dev!

Cheers,

Sylvestre