diff --git a/include/histedit.h b/include/histedit.h
index a4db871fc964..0db9f75ed883 100644
--- a/include/histedit.h
+++ b/include/histedit.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)histedit.h	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/3/94
- *	$NetBSD: histedit.h,v 1.28 2005/07/14 15:00:58 christos Exp $
+ *	$NetBSD: histedit.h,v 1.31 2006/12/15 22:13:33 christos Exp $
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int		 el_parse(EditLine *, int, const char **);
  * Low level editline access functions
  */
 int		 el_set(EditLine *, int, ...);
-int		 el_get(EditLine *, int, void *);
+int		 el_get(EditLine *, int, ...);
 #if 0
 unsigned char	_el_fn_complete(EditLine *, int);
 #endif
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ unsigned char	_el_fn_complete(EditLine *, int);
 #define	EL_CLIENTDATA	14	/* , void *);			*/
 #define	EL_UNBUFFERED	15	/* , int);			*/
 #define	EL_PREP_TERM    16      /* , int);                      */
+#define	EL_GETTC	17	/* , const char *, ..., NULL);	*/
+#define EL_GETFP	18	/* , int, FILE **)		*/
+#define EL_SETFP	19	/* , int, FILE *)		*/
 
 #define EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN	(NULL)
 
diff --git a/lib/libedit/editline.3 b/lib/libedit/editline.3
index d1baa84c9782..7ed5e383783b 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/editline.3
+++ b/lib/libedit/editline.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: editline.3,v 1.51 2006/08/21 12:45:30 christos Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: editline.3,v 1.55 2007/01/12 16:31:13 christos Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 4, 2005
+.Dd January 12, 2007
 .Os
 .Dt EDITLINE 3
 .Sh NAME
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn el_set "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
 .Ft int
-.Fn el_get "EditLine *e" "int op" "void *result"
+.Fn el_get "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
 .Ft int
 .Fn el_source "EditLine *e" "const char *file"
 .Ft void
@@ -404,6 +404,25 @@ to be associated with this EditLine structure.
 It can be retrieved with the corresponding
 .Fn el_get
 call.
+.It Dv EL_SETFP , Fa "int fd" , Fa "FILE *fp"
+Set the current
+.Nm editline
+file pointer for
+.Dq input
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 0 ,
+.Dq output
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 1 ,
+or
+.Dq error
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 2
+from
+.Fa fp .
 .El
 .It Fn el_get
 Get
@@ -428,15 +447,24 @@ Return the name of the editor, which will be one of
 .Dq emacs
 or
 .Dq vi .
+.It Dv EL_GETTC , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "void *value"
+Return non-zero if
+.Fa name
+is a valid
+.Xr termcap 5
+capability
+and set
+.Fa value
+to the current value of that capability.
 .It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int *"
 Return non-zero if
 .Nm
 has installed private signal handlers (see
 .Fn el_get
 above).
-.It Dv EL_EDITMODE, Fa "int *"
+.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int *"
 Return non-zero if editing is enabled.
-.It Dv EL_GETCFN, Fa "int (**f)(EditLine *, char *)"
+.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "int (**f)(EditLine *, char *)"
 Return a pointer to the function that read characters, which is equal to
 .Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN
 in the case of the default builtin function.
@@ -446,13 +474,32 @@ Retrieve
 previously registered with the corresponding
 .Fn el_set
 call.
-.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED, Fa "int"
+.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int"
 Sets or clears unbuffered mode.
 In this mode,
 .Fn el_gets
 will return immediately after processing a single character.
-.It Dv EL_PREP_TERM, Fa "int"
+.It Dv EL_PREP_TERM , Fa "int"
 Sets or clears terminal editing mode.
+.It Dv EL_GETFP , Fa "int fd", Fa "FILE **fp"
+Return in
+.Fa fp
+the current
+.Nm editline
+file pointer for
+.Dq input
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 0 ,
+.Dq output
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 1 ,
+or
+.Dq error
+.Fa fd
+=
+.Dv 2 .
 .El
 .It Fn el_source
 Initialise
@@ -514,7 +561,7 @@ Returns \-1 if
 is empty or will not fit, and 0 otherwise.
 .It Fn el_deletestr
 Delete
-.Fa num
+.Fa count
 characters before the cursor.
 .El
 .Sh HISTORY LIST FUNCTIONS
@@ -638,7 +685,7 @@ into the history.
 .It Dv H_GETUNIQUE
 Retrieve the current setting if adjacent identical elements should
 be entered into the history.
-.It Dv H_DEL , Fa "int num"
+.It Dv H_DEL , Fa "int e"
 Delete the event numbered
 .Fa e .
 This function is only provided for
@@ -733,7 +780,8 @@ is a NUL terminated string to tokenize.
 .Xr sh 1 ,
 .Xr signal 3 ,
 .Xr termcap 3 ,
-.Xr editrc 5
+.Xr editrc 5 ,
+.Xr termcap 5
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/lib/libedit/el.c b/lib/libedit/el.c
index 4da311387852..3b4036f1b5bf 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/el.c
+++ b/lib/libedit/el.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$NetBSD: el.c,v 1.41 2005/08/19 04:21:47 christos Exp $
+ *	$NetBSD: el.c,v 1.44 2006/12/15 22:13:33 christos Exp $
  */
 
 #if !defined(lint) && !defined(SCCSID)
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ el_init(const char *prog, FILE *fin, FILE *fout, FILE *ferr)
 
 	memset(el, 0, sizeof(EditLine));
 
-	el->el_infd = fileno(fin);
+	el->el_infile = fin;
 	el->el_outfile = fout;
 	el->el_errfile = ferr;
+
+	el->el_infd = fileno(fin);
+
 	if ((el->el_prog = el_strdup(prog)) == NULL) {
 		el_free(el);
 		return NULL;
@@ -144,29 +147,29 @@ el_reset(EditLine *el)
 public int
 el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 {
-	va_list va;
+	va_list ap;
 	int rv = 0;
 
 	if (el == NULL)
 		return (-1);
-	va_start(va, op);
+	va_start(ap, op);
 
 	switch (op) {
 	case EL_PROMPT:
 	case EL_RPROMPT:
-		rv = prompt_set(el, va_arg(va, el_pfunc_t), op);
+		rv = prompt_set(el, va_arg(ap, el_pfunc_t), op);
 		break;
 
 	case EL_TERMINAL:
-		rv = term_set(el, va_arg(va, char *));
+		rv = term_set(el, va_arg(ap, char *));
 		break;
 
 	case EL_EDITOR:
-		rv = map_set_editor(el, va_arg(va, char *));
+		rv = map_set_editor(el, va_arg(ap, char *));
 		break;
 
 	case EL_SIGNAL:
-		if (va_arg(va, int))
+		if (va_arg(ap, int))
 			el->el_flags |= HANDLE_SIGNALS;
 		else
 			el->el_flags &= ~HANDLE_SIGNALS;
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 	case EL_BIND:
 	case EL_TELLTC:
 	case EL_SETTC:
+	case EL_GETTC:
 	case EL_ECHOTC:
 	case EL_SETTY:
 	{
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < 20; i++)
-			if ((argv[i] = va_arg(va, char *)) == NULL)
+			if ((argv[i] = va_arg(ap, char *)) == NULL)
 				break;
 
 		switch (op) {
@@ -221,9 +225,9 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 
 	case EL_ADDFN:
 	{
-		char *name = va_arg(va, char *);
-		char *help = va_arg(va, char *);
-		el_func_t func = va_arg(va, el_func_t);
+		char *name = va_arg(ap, char *);
+		char *help = va_arg(ap, char *);
+		el_func_t func = va_arg(ap, el_func_t);
 
 		rv = map_addfunc(el, name, help, func);
 		break;
@@ -231,15 +235,15 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 
 	case EL_HIST:
 	{
-		hist_fun_t func = va_arg(va, hist_fun_t);
-		ptr_t ptr = va_arg(va, char *);
+		hist_fun_t func = va_arg(ap, hist_fun_t);
+		ptr_t ptr = va_arg(ap, char *);
 
 		rv = hist_set(el, func, ptr);
 		break;
 	}
 
 	case EL_EDITMODE:
-		if (va_arg(va, int))
+		if (va_arg(ap, int))
 			el->el_flags &= ~EDIT_DISABLED;
 		else
 			el->el_flags |= EDIT_DISABLED;
@@ -248,17 +252,17 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 
 	case EL_GETCFN:
 	{
-		el_rfunc_t rc = va_arg(va, el_rfunc_t);
+		el_rfunc_t rc = va_arg(ap, el_rfunc_t);
 		rv = el_read_setfn(el, rc);
 		break;
 	}
 
 	case EL_CLIENTDATA:
-		el->el_data = va_arg(va, void *);
+		el->el_data = va_arg(ap, void *);
 		break;
 
 	case EL_UNBUFFERED:
-		rv = va_arg(va, int);
+		rv = va_arg(ap, int);
 		if (rv && !(el->el_flags & UNBUFFERED)) {
 			el->el_flags |= UNBUFFERED;
 			read_prepare(el);
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 		break;
 
 	case EL_PREP_TERM:
-		rv = va_arg(va, int);
+		rv = va_arg(ap, int);
 		if (rv)
 			(void) tty_rawmode(el);
 		else
@@ -278,12 +282,39 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
+	case EL_SETFP:
+	{
+		FILE *fp;
+		int what;
+
+		what = va_arg(ap, int);
+		fp = va_arg(ap, FILE *);
+
+		rv = 0;
+		switch (what) {
+		case 0:
+			el->el_infile = fp;
+			el->el_infd = fileno(fp);
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			el->el_outfile = fp;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			el->el_errfile = fp;
+			break;
+		default:
+			rv = -1;
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
 	default:
 		rv = -1;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	va_end(va);
+	va_end(ap);
 	return (rv);
 }
 
@@ -292,90 +323,71 @@ el_set(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
  *	retrieve the editline parameters
  */
 public int
-el_get(EditLine *el, int op, void *ret)
+el_get(EditLine *el, int op, ...)
 {
+	va_list ap;
 	int rv;
 
-	if (el == NULL || ret == NULL)
-		return (-1);
+	if (el == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	va_start(ap, op);
+
 	switch (op) {
 	case EL_PROMPT:
 	case EL_RPROMPT:
-		rv = prompt_get(el, (el_pfunc_t *) ret, op);
+		rv = prompt_get(el, va_arg(ap, el_pfunc_t *), op);
 		break;
 
 	case EL_EDITOR:
-		rv = map_get_editor(el, (const char **)ret);
+		rv = map_get_editor(el, va_arg(ap, const char **));
 		break;
 
 	case EL_SIGNAL:
-		*((int *) ret) = (el->el_flags & HANDLE_SIGNALS);
+		*va_arg(ap, int *) = (el->el_flags & HANDLE_SIGNALS);
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case EL_EDITMODE:
-		*((int *) ret) = (!(el->el_flags & EDIT_DISABLED));
+		*va_arg(ap, int *) = !(el->el_flags & EDIT_DISABLED);
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case EL_TERMINAL:
-		term_get(el, (const char **)ret);
+		term_get(el, va_arg(ap, const char **));
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
-#if 0				/* XXX */
-	case EL_BIND:
-	case EL_TELLTC:
-	case EL_SETTC:
-	case EL_ECHOTC:
-	case EL_SETTY:
+	case EL_GETTC:
 	{
-		const char *argv[20];
+		static char name[] = "gettc";
+		char *argv[20];
 		int i;
 
  		for (i = 1; i < sizeof(argv) / sizeof(argv[0]); i++)
-			if ((argv[i] = va_arg(va, char *)) == NULL)
+			if ((argv[i] = va_arg(ap, char *)) == NULL)
 				break;
 
 		switch (op) {
-		case EL_BIND:
-			argv[0] = "bind";
-			rv = map_bind(el, i, argv);
-			break;
-
-		case EL_TELLTC:
-			argv[0] = "telltc";
-			rv = term_telltc(el, i, argv);
-			break;
-
-		case EL_SETTC:
-			argv[0] = "settc";
-			rv = term_settc(el, i, argv);
-			break;
-
-		case EL_ECHOTC:
-			argv[0] = "echotc";
-			rv = term_echotc(el, i, argv);
-			break;
-
-		case EL_SETTY:
-			argv[0] = "setty";
-			rv = tty_stty(el, i, argv);
+		case EL_GETTC:
+			argv[0] = name;
+			rv = term_gettc(el, i, argv);
 			break;
 
 		default:
 			rv = -1;
-			EL_ABORT((el->errfile, "Bad op %d\n", op));
+			EL_ABORT((el->el_errfile, "Bad op %d\n", op));
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
 
+#if 0 /* XXX */
 	case EL_ADDFN:
 	{
-		char *name = va_arg(va, char *);
-		char *help = va_arg(va, char *);
-		el_func_t func = va_arg(va, el_func_t);
+		char *name = va_arg(ap, char *);
+		char *help = va_arg(ap, char *);
+		el_func_t func = va_arg(ap, el_func_t);
 
 		rv = map_addfunc(el, name, help, func);
 		break;
@@ -383,31 +395,57 @@ el_get(EditLine *el, int op, void *ret)
 
 	case EL_HIST:
 		{
-			hist_fun_t func = va_arg(va, hist_fun_t);
-			ptr_t ptr = va_arg(va, char *);
+			hist_fun_t func = va_arg(ap, hist_fun_t);
+			ptr_t ptr = va_arg(ap, char *);
 			rv = hist_set(el, func, ptr);
 		}
 		break;
 #endif /* XXX */
 
 	case EL_GETCFN:
-		*((el_rfunc_t *)ret) = el_read_getfn(el);
+		*va_arg(ap, el_rfunc_t *) = el_read_getfn(el);
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case EL_CLIENTDATA:
-		*((void **)ret) = el->el_data;
+		*va_arg(ap, void **) = el->el_data;
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case EL_UNBUFFERED:
-		*((int *) ret) = (!(el->el_flags & UNBUFFERED));
+		*va_arg(ap, int *) = (!(el->el_flags & UNBUFFERED));
 		rv = 0;
 		break;
 
+	case EL_GETFP:
+	{
+		int what;
+		FILE **fpp;
+
+		what = va_arg(ap, int);
+		fpp = va_arg(ap, FILE **);
+		rv = 0;
+		switch (what) {
+		case 0:
+			*fpp = el->el_infile;
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			*fpp = el->el_outfile;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			*fpp = el->el_errfile;
+			break;
+		default:
+			rv = -1;
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
 	default:
 		rv = -1;
+		break;
 	}
+	va_end(ap);
 
 	return (rv);
 }
diff --git a/lib/libedit/el.h b/lib/libedit/el.h
index fb07e26ed0df..8d0d15289c63 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/el.h
+++ b/lib/libedit/el.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)el.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
- *	$NetBSD: el.h,v 1.16 2003/10/18 23:48:42 christos Exp $
+ *	$NetBSD: el.h,v 1.17 2006/12/15 22:13:33 christos Exp $
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ typedef struct el_state_t {
 
 struct editline {
 	char		 *el_prog;	/* the program name		*/
+	FILE		 *el_infile;	/* Stdio stuff			*/
 	FILE		 *el_outfile;	/* Stdio stuff			*/
 	FILE		 *el_errfile;	/* Stdio stuff			*/
 	int		  el_infd;	/* Input file descriptor	*/
diff --git a/lib/libedit/term.c b/lib/libedit/term.c
index eeadca07beb9..cffad075608c 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/term.c
+++ b/lib/libedit/term.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$NetBSD: term.c,v 1.45 2006/03/18 19:23:14 christos Exp $
+ *	$NetBSD: term.c,v 1.46 2006/11/24 00:01:17 christos Exp $
  */
 
 #if !defined(lint) && !defined(SCCSID)
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ term_settc(EditLine *el, int argc __unused,
 	const char *what, *how;
 
 	if (argv == NULL || argv[1] == NULL || argv[2] == NULL)
-		return (-1);
+		return -1;
 
 	what = argv[1];
 	how = argv[2];
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ term_settc(EditLine *el, int argc __unused,
 	if (ts->name != NULL) {
 		term_alloc(el, ts, how);
 		term_setflags(el);
-		return (0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/*
          * Do the numeric ones second
@@ -1346,46 +1346,100 @@ term_settc(EditLine *el, int argc __unused,
 		if (strcmp(tv->name, what) == 0)
 			break;
 
-	if (tv->name != NULL) {
-		if (tv == &tval[T_pt] || tv == &tval[T_km] ||
-		    tv == &tval[T_am] || tv == &tval[T_xn]) {
-			if (strcmp(how, "yes") == 0)
-				el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = 1;
-			else if (strcmp(how, "no") == 0)
-				el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = 0;
-			else {
-				(void) fprintf(el->el_errfile,
-				    "settc: Bad value `%s'.\n", how);
-				return (-1);
-			}
-			term_setflags(el);
-			if (term_change_size(el, Val(T_li), Val(T_co)) == -1)
-				return (-1);
-			return (0);
-		} else {
-			long i;
-			char *ep;
+	if (tv->name != NULL)
+		return -1;
 
-			i = strtol(how, &ep, 10);
-			if (*ep != '\0') {
-				(void) fprintf(el->el_errfile,
-				    "settc: Bad value `%s'.\n", how);
-				return (-1);
-			}
-			el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = (int) i;
-			el->el_term.t_size.v = Val(T_co);
-			el->el_term.t_size.h = Val(T_li);
-			if (tv == &tval[T_co] || tv == &tval[T_li])
-				if (term_change_size(el, Val(T_li), Val(T_co))
-				    == -1)
-					return (-1);
-			return (0);
+	if (tv == &tval[T_pt] || tv == &tval[T_km] ||
+	    tv == &tval[T_am] || tv == &tval[T_xn]) {
+		if (strcmp(how, "yes") == 0)
+			el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = 1;
+		else if (strcmp(how, "no") == 0)
+			el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = 0;
+		else {
+			(void) fprintf(el->el_errfile,
+			    "%s: Bad value `%s'.\n", argv[0], how);
+			return -1;
 		}
+		term_setflags(el);
+		if (term_change_size(el, Val(T_li), Val(T_co)) == -1)
+			return -1;
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		long i;
+		char *ep;
+
+		i = strtol(how, &ep, 10);
+		if (*ep != '\0') {
+			(void) fprintf(el->el_errfile,
+			    "%s: Bad value `%s'.\n", argv[0], how);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval] = (int) i;
+		el->el_term.t_size.v = Val(T_co);
+		el->el_term.t_size.h = Val(T_li);
+		if (tv == &tval[T_co] || tv == &tval[T_li])
+			if (term_change_size(el, Val(T_li), Val(T_co))
+			    == -1)
+				return -1;
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return (-1);
 }
 
 
+/* term_gettc():
+ *	Get the current terminal characteristics
+ */
+protected int
+/*ARGSUSED*/
+term_gettc(EditLine *el, int argc __unused, char **argv)
+{
+	const struct termcapstr *ts;
+	const struct termcapval *tv;
+	char *what;
+	void *how;
+
+	if (argv == NULL || argv[1] == NULL || argv[2] == NULL)
+		return (-1);
+
+	what = argv[1];
+	how = argv[2];
+
+	/*
+         * Do the strings first
+         */
+	for (ts = tstr; ts->name != NULL; ts++)
+		if (strcmp(ts->name, what) == 0)
+			break;
+
+	if (ts->name != NULL) {
+		*(char **)how = el->el_term.t_str[ts - tstr];
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/*
+         * Do the numeric ones second
+         */
+	for (tv = tval; tv->name != NULL; tv++)
+		if (strcmp(tv->name, what) == 0)
+			break;
+
+	if (tv->name == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (tv == &tval[T_pt] || tv == &tval[T_km] ||
+	    tv == &tval[T_am] || tv == &tval[T_xn]) {
+		static char yes[] = "yes";
+		static char no[] = "no";
+		if (el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval])
+			*(char **)how = yes;
+		else
+			*(char **)how = no;
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		*(int *)how = el->el_term.t_val[tv - tval];
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 /* term_echotc():
  *	Print the termcap string out with variable substitution
  */
diff --git a/lib/libedit/term.h b/lib/libedit/term.h
index 95ad8f909487..8ded5d77e95b 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/term.h
+++ b/lib/libedit/term.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)term.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
- *	$NetBSD: term.h,v 1.17 2006/03/06 21:11:56 christos Exp $
+ *	$NetBSD: term.h,v 1.18 2006/11/24 00:01:17 christos Exp $
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ protected void	term_end(EditLine *);
 protected void	term_get(EditLine *, const char **);
 protected int	term_set(EditLine *, const char *);
 protected int	term_settc(EditLine *, int, const char **);
+protected int	term_gettc(EditLine *, int, char **);
 protected int	term_telltc(EditLine *, int, const char **);
 protected int	term_echotc(EditLine *, int, const char **);
 protected void	term_writec(EditLine *, int);