Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] What was it....?

On 05/22 05:08, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
> On 05/21 08:21, Jonathan Callen wrote:
> > On 05/21/2018 02:43 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > > On 2018-05-21, tuxic@××××××.de <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I know there was a tool/trick/hack to accomplish the following:
> > >> One could do "X" (this is for what I am asking for and cannot remember
> > >> its name...) -- I think it was a wrapper script or so -- to call
> > >> another console application like picocom to act as it would be
> > >> readline-enable (command history and such)  despite the fact it does not.
> > >>
> > >> What was it?
> > >
> > > Googling https://www.google.com/search?q=readline+wrapper+application
> > > suggests rlwrap:
> > >
> > > https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-rlwrap/
> > > https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/rlwrap
> > >
> >
> > Additionally, rlfe (readline front end) is included with
> > sys-libs/readline[utils] and does about the same thing.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Callen
> >
>
> Hi all!
>
> Thanks for the help! :)
>
> Cheers
> Meino
>

Hi,

unfortunately neither rlwrap nor rlfe do work with picocom...

Cheers
Meino