an application writer should include the file '' in any file that uses Readline's features. Since some of the definitions in 'readline.h' use the 'stdio' library, the file '' should be included before 'readline.h'. 'readline.h' defines a C preprocessor variable that should be treated as an integer, 'RL_READLINE_VERSION', which may be used to conditionally compile application code depending on the installed Readline version. The value is a hexadecimal encoding of the major and minor version numbers of the library, of the form 0xMMMM. MM is the two-digit major version number; MM is the two-digit minor version number. For Readline 4.2, for example, the value of 'RL_READLINE_VERSION' would be '0x0402'. * Menu: * Readline Typedefs:: C declarations to make code readable. * Function Writing:: Variables and calling conventions.