The code for YottaDB to optionally use GNU Readline, if it is installed on the system, is merged into the YottaDB master branch and will be in the next release. The functionality is enabled by setting the environment variable ydb_readline to a nonzero
numeric value (typically 1) or a case-independent string which is, or whose leading substring is, YES or TRUE. When enabled, interactive use of YottaDB Direct Mode, LKE, DSE, and MUPIP use the Readline library to read input, enabling many features of
Unix shells (including saving & recalling history). Details are in the Draft Release Notes at https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB/-/issues/88#draft-release-note.

We consider code in the YottaDB master branch suitable for use in normal development and testing environments, but not in production (as described in our blog post at https://yottadb.com/yottadb-continuous-integration-continuous-delivery, production
releases of YottaDB go through additional stress tests beyond those in our CI pipelines). Use of GNU Readline is therefore ready for your daily YottaDB use other than in production. To use it:

- Checkout or download the code at https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB and build it following the instructions on the page; or
- use the Docker container as described at https://yottadb.com/product/get-started.

In either case, remember to set ydb_readline before using YottaDB. Please post a comment at https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB/-/issues/88 or reply to this message. We hope you like the new functionality.

Regards
– Bhaskar

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