.TH PROMPT 1 "Jul 12, 2008" "" ""
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.SH NAME
prompt \- give any program command-line editing facilities
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "prompt"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B prompt
is a simple wrapper which provides command-line editing for programs 
that do not have it.

Not all programs with a command line interface provide an input
history or even the ability to use the cursor keys to change the
input. The prompt program wraps any program, intercepting stdin,
stdout and stderr and providing the user with such editing facilities.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR modglue (1).
.BR ptywrap (1).

See the web page at
.BR "http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/modglue/"
for more information.
.SH AUTHORS
Kasper Peeters <kasper.peeters@aei.mpg.de>