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At 07:56 12/02/99 +0000, Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de wrote:
>Greg Troxel writes:
> > Do programs that link with libguile _really_ need libreadline?
> > The default gh_repl() uses it, if it was found. Probably it should be
> > a module and dynlinked if needed. If this isn't used in a program
> > with which guile is extended, it's bloat.
>It's also bloat if guile is started as coprocess, for example inside the
>Emacs with run-scheme, or if one would write a gtk-based IDE for guile
>similar to mzscheme's drscheme.
Perhaps it would be worth splitting these two uses of guile into two
executables; guile and guilei, say. Link plain guile with just libguile
and don't bother giving a prompt, link guilei with libguile and libreadline.
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