Commit ff00fdae authored by Eric S. Raymond's avatar Eric S. Raymond

Correct erroneous description of precmd.

parent ad1a18b7
......@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ error message and returns.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{precmd}{}
Hook method executed just before the input prompt is issued. This
Hook method executed just before the command line is interpreted, but
after the input prompt is generated and issued. This
method is a stub in \class{Cmd}; it exists to be overridden by
subclasses.
\end{methoddesc}
......@@ -142,5 +143,8 @@ headers. If empty, no ruler line is drawn. It defaults to
A flag, defaulting to true. If true, \method{cmdloop()} uses
\function{raw_input()} to display a prompt and read the next command;
if false, \function{sys.stdout.write()} and
\function{sys.stdin.readline()} are used.
\function{sys.stdin.readline()} are used. (This means that by
importing \module{readline}, on systems that support it, the
interpreter will automatically support Emacs-like line editing
and command-history keystrokes.)
\end{memberdesc}
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