config BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE bool "readline" select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES help The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html config BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE_BRACKETED_PASTE bool "Enable bracketed paste" depends on BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE help Enable the "bracketed paste" feature in libreadline. Bracketed paste is helpful for interactive sessions when one wants to prevent pasted text from being interpreted as typed-in commands. However, it also causes control characters to show up in the raw output of a (telnet) session. This can cause issues and throw off pattern matching if the session output is being captured for automated processing. For further information on this feature and whether you may want it, see: https://cirw.in/blog/bracketed-paste