Term::readline::perl

Revamp Term::ReadLine::Perl

Overview

Term::ReadLine::Perl is a pure Perl implementation of GNU Readline.

It is a rather important module, used in many other modules. But it is in need of rewriting and modernization.

I have a patch for it which I use in Devel::Trepan to provide command-line history. But others have contacted me because it should also allow things like multibyte support.

It also looks abandoned. Or at any rate, seriously neglected.

Tasks

Let your imagination run wild. It's not hard to come up with an improvement here. In fact many many people have already done so.

Note: at the end of the day I expect previous work I have done and whatever gets done below to be published to CPAN. We may also have a repoforge rpm for review as well.

• Reduce bugs. See the RT bug tracker
• Add features. See again the bug page and the todo list.
• Improve documentation
• Add tests
• Come up with a new name — I'm looking at you, Florian!
• Completely rewrite

Links

• Github page — fork this code if you want to work on this
• To Do list — Edit and add your ideas here!
• CPAN page