der Mouse writes:
> I'd even settle for some simple thing I can set once (setenv NOLIBEDIT,
> touch ~/.nolibedit, echo style=plain > ~/.libedit, something along
> those lines) to make libedit vanish (in a functional sense) from every
> program that uses it.  I have yet to find such a thing, nor even any
> reason to think such a thing exists.

Fine, then. Write one, propose it, and then commit it if there are no
objections. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE CVS ACCESS. 

Perry