AC_LIB_READLINE
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2005年01月25日

Ville Laurikari <vl@iki.fi>

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cryp.to ac-archive's Obsoleted (obsoleted)

• obsoleted Renamed to VL_LIB_READLINE.

Searches for a readline compatible library. If found, defines `HAVE_LIBREADLINE'. If the found library has the `add_history' function, sets also `HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY'. Also checks for the locations of the necessary include files and sets `HAVE_READLINE_H' or `HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H' and `HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H' or 'HAVE_HISTORY_H' if the corresponding include files exists.

The libraries that may be readline compatible are `libedit', `libeditline' and `libreadline'. Sometimes we need to link a termcap library for readline to work, this macro tests these cases too by trying to link with `libtermcap', `libcurses' or `libncurses' before giving up.

Here is an example of how to use the information provided by this macro to perform the necessary includes or declarations in a C file:

 #include <config.h>

 #ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
 #if defined(HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H)
 #include <readline/readline.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_READLINE_H)
 #include <readline.h>
 #else /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_H) */
 extern char *readline ();
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_H) */
 char *cmdline = NULL;
 #else /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H) */
 /* no readline */
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBREADLINE */

 #ifdef HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY
 #if defined(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H)
 #include <readline/history.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_HISTORY_H)
 #include <history.h>
 #else /* !defined(HAVE_HISTORY_H) */
 extern void add_history ();
 extern int write_history ();
 extern int read_history ();
 #endif /* defined(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H) */
 /* no history */
 #endif /* HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY */

AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_READLINE], [
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for a readline compatible library],
 ac_cv_lib_readline, [
 ORIG_LIBS=$LIBS
 for readline_lib in readline edit editline; do
 for termcap_lib in "" termcap curses ncurses; do
 if test -z "$termcap_lib"; then
 TRY_LIB="-l$readline_lib"
 else
 TRY_LIB="-l$readline_lib -l$termcap_lib"
 fi
 LIBS="$ORIG_LIBS $TRY_LIB"
 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(readline, ac_cv_lib_readline="$TRY_LIB")
 if test -n "$ac_cv_lib_readline"; then
 break
 fi
 done
 if test -n "$ac_cv_lib_readline"; then
 break
 fi
 done
 if test -z "$ac_cv_lib_readline"; then
 ac_cv_lib_readline="no"
 LIBS=$ORIG_LIBS
 fi
 ])
 if test "$ac_cv_lib_readline" != "no"; then
 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE, 1,
 [Define if you have a readline compatible library])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline.h readline/readline.h)
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether readline supports history],
 ac_cv_lib_readline_history, [
 ac_cv_lib_readline_history="no"
 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(add_history, ac_cv_lib_readline_history="yes")
 ])
 if test "$ac_cv_lib_readline_history" = "yes"; then
 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY, 1,
 [Define if your readline library has \`add_history'])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(history.h readline/history.h)
 fi
 fi
])