From 4f399d1397b5c7eea9e0b7c01f82587772e0738c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ferdymercury <ferdymercury@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 08:55:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [textinput] mv to builtins dir as hard-coded builtin

This library was thought as standalone library, and in fact has a separate license from ROOT. It has its own namespace, etc.
Make that clearer by moving it to builtins dir as hard-coded builtin such as mathtext or libafterimage

This will make the granularity and modularity clearer eg for Debian package maintainers for a future migration. It would allow them to have it as separate package rather than a big monolithic libCore library.
And one could consider later replacing it with llvm textinput or other drop in replacements, without having to touch ROOT core folder.

Makes clearer what is inside ROOT and what is an independent outside component that can be externalized or changed to other lib.
---
 CMakeLists.txt                                |  1 +
 builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt             | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Callbacks.h    |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Color.h        |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Display.h      |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Editor.cpp     |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Editor.h       |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/History.cpp    |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/History.h      |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/InputData.h    |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/KeyBinding.h   |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/LICENSE.TXT    |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Range.cpp      |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Range.h        |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Reader.h       |  0
 .../textinput/SignalHandler.cpp               |  0
 .../textinput/SignalHandler.h                 |  0
 .../textinput/StreamReader.cpp                |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReader.h |  0
 .../textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp            |  0
 .../textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h              |  0
 .../textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp             |  0
 .../textinput/StreamReaderWin.h               |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp          |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h            |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp             |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplay.h               |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp         |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h           |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp          |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h            |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/Text.h         |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/TextInput.cpp  |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/TextInput.h    |  0
 .../textinput/TextInputContext.cpp            |  0
 .../textinput/TextInputContext.h              |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/UTF8.cpp       |  0
 .../src => builtins}/textinput/UTF8.h         |  0
 .../textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp             |  0
 .../textinput/doc/textinput.txt               |  0
 core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt                 | 15 ---------
 documentation/doxygen/Doxyfile                |  1 -
 documentation/doxygen/makeinput.sh            |  1 -
 44 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Callbacks.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Color.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Display.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Editor.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Editor.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/History.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/History.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/InputData.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/KeyBinding.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/LICENSE.TXT (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Range.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Range.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Reader.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/SignalHandler.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReader.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReader.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/Text.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TextInput.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TextInput.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/TextInputContext.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/UTF8.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/UTF8.h (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp (100%)
 rename {core/textinput/src => builtins}/textinput/doc/textinput.txt (100%)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 18644c7817810..aabe6d6ce1fc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/etc/gitinfo.txt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SY
 #  to run. The same process will walk through the project's entire directory structure.
 add_subdirectory (core)
 add_subdirectory (builtins/zip) # hard coded builtin for core/zip
+add_subdirectory (builtins/textinput) # hard coded builtin for core
 add_subdirectory (builtins/mixmax) # hard coded builtin for math/mathcore
 add_subdirectory (math)
 if (fortran AND CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER)
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef27257f7ac0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2019, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.
+# For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.
+
+############################################################################
+# CMakeLists.txt file for building textinput package for ROOT
+############################################################################
+
+target_sources(Core PRIVATE
+  Editor.cpp
+  History.cpp
+  KeyBinding.cpp
+  Range.cpp
+  SignalHandler.cpp
+  StreamReader.cpp
+  StreamReaderUnix.cpp
+  StreamReaderWin.cpp
+  TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
+  TerminalDisplay.cpp
+  TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
+  TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
+  TextInputContext.cpp
+  TextInput.cpp
+  UTF8.cpp
+)
+
+target_include_directories(Core
+  PRIVATE
+    ../ # to be able to call #include "textinput/header.h" from ROOT core files
+)
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Callbacks.h b/builtins/textinput/Callbacks.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Callbacks.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Callbacks.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Color.h b/builtins/textinput/Color.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Color.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Color.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Display.h b/builtins/textinput/Display.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Display.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Display.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Editor.cpp b/builtins/textinput/Editor.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Editor.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/Editor.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Editor.h b/builtins/textinput/Editor.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Editor.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Editor.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/History.cpp b/builtins/textinput/History.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/History.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/History.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/History.h b/builtins/textinput/History.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/History.h
rename to builtins/textinput/History.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/InputData.h b/builtins/textinput/InputData.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/InputData.h
rename to builtins/textinput/InputData.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp b/builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/KeyBinding.h b/builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/KeyBinding.h
rename to builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/LICENSE.TXT b/builtins/textinput/LICENSE.TXT
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/LICENSE.TXT
rename to builtins/textinput/LICENSE.TXT
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Range.cpp b/builtins/textinput/Range.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Range.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/Range.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Range.h b/builtins/textinput/Range.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Range.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Range.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Reader.h b/builtins/textinput/Reader.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Reader.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Reader.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp b/builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/SignalHandler.h b/builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/SignalHandler.h
rename to builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReader.cpp b/builtins/textinput/StreamReader.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReader.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReader.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReader.h b/builtins/textinput/StreamReader.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReader.h
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReader.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp b/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h b/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp b/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h b/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
rename to builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h b/builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h b/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/Text.h b/builtins/textinput/Text.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/Text.h
rename to builtins/textinput/Text.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInput.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TextInput.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInput.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TextInput.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInput.h b/builtins/textinput/TextInput.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInput.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TextInput.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp b/builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInputContext.h b/builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/TextInputContext.h
rename to builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/UTF8.cpp b/builtins/textinput/UTF8.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/UTF8.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/UTF8.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/UTF8.h b/builtins/textinput/UTF8.h
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/UTF8.h
rename to builtins/textinput/UTF8.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp b/builtins/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
rename to builtins/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
diff --git a/core/textinput/src/textinput/doc/textinput.txt b/builtins/textinput/doc/textinput.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from core/textinput/src/textinput/doc/textinput.txt
rename to builtins/textinput/doc/textinput.txt
diff --git a/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt b/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
index e1e8f487e070f..c5c66eb8ebfd5 100644
--- a/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@ set_property(TARGET Core APPEND PROPERTY DICT_HEADERS Getline.h)
 target_sources(Core PRIVATE
   src/Getline_color.cxx
   src/Getline.cxx
-  src/textinput/Editor.cpp
-  src/textinput/History.cpp
-  src/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp
-  src/textinput/Range.cpp
-  src/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp
-  src/textinput/StreamReader.cpp
-  src/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
-  src/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
-  src/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
-  src/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
-  src/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
-  src/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
-  src/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp
-  src/textinput/TextInput.cpp
-  src/textinput/UTF8.cpp
 )
 
 target_include_directories(Core
diff --git a/documentation/doxygen/Doxyfile b/documentation/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 75f75eafab4a4..ad222f3dedc11 100644
--- a/documentation/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/documentation/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ EXCLUDE                = ../../interpreter/ \
     ../../core/lzma/ \
     ../../core/lz4/ \
     ../../core/newdelete/ \
-    ../../core/textinput/ \
     ../../builtins/ \
     ../../documentation/doxygen/html
 
diff --git a/documentation/doxygen/makeinput.sh b/documentation/doxygen/makeinput.sh
index a94b19940f085..2e32ceb3fc254 100755
--- a/documentation/doxygen/makeinput.sh
+++ b/documentation/doxygen/makeinput.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,5 @@ echo "        ../../bindings/pyroot/pythonizations/python/ROOT/_pythonization/
 # echo "        ../../core/clib/                 \\" >> Doxyfile_INPUT
 # echo "        ../../core/lzma/                 \\" >> Doxyfile_INPUT
 # echo "        ../../core/newdelete/            \\" >> Doxyfile_INPUT
-# echo "        ../../core/textinput/            \\" >> Doxyfile_INPUT
 # echo "        ../../graf3d/x3d/                \\" >> Doxyfile_INPUT
 

From 64d72ce5af9d8c4c0f74c361a67bab33a343c5fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ferdymercury <ferdymercury@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:24:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [textinput] isolate from ROOT

[cmake] enable fPIC
---
 CMakeLists.txt                                        |  2 +-
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/CMakeLists.txt   | 11 +++++++----
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/Editor.cpp       |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/History.cpp      |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/KeyBinding.cpp   |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/LICENSE.TXT      |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/Range.cpp        |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/SignalHandler.cpp     |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReader.cpp |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReaderUnix.cpp  |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReaderWin.cpp   |  0
 .../TerminalConfigUnix.cpp                            |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/TerminalDisplay.cpp   |  0
 .../TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp                           |  0
 .../TerminalDisplayWin.cpp                            |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TextInput.cpp    |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/TextInputContext.cpp  |  0
 builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/UTF8.cpp         |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/doc/examplemain.cpp   |  0
 .../{textinput => libtextinput}/doc/textinput.txt     |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Callbacks.h     |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Color.h         |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Display.h       |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Editor.h        |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/History.h       |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/InputData.h     |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/KeyBinding.h    |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Range.h         |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Reader.h        |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/SignalHandler.h |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReader.h  |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h   |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h    |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h    |  0
 .../textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h                   |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Text.h          |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TextInput.h     |  0
 .../{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TextInputContext.h   |  0
 builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/UTF8.h          |  0
 core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt                         |  2 ++
 42 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/CMakeLists.txt (73%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/Editor.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/History.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/KeyBinding.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/LICENSE.TXT (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/Range.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/SignalHandler.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReader.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReaderUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/StreamReaderWin.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TerminalDisplay.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TextInput.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/TextInputContext.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/UTF8.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/doc/examplemain.cpp (100%)
 rename builtins/{textinput => libtextinput}/doc/textinput.txt (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Callbacks.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Color.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Display.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Editor.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/History.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/InputData.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/KeyBinding.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Range.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Reader.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/SignalHandler.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReader.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/Text.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TextInput.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/TextInputContext.h (100%)
 rename builtins/{ => libtextinput}/textinput/UTF8.h (100%)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aabe6d6ce1fc7..0713921ce6f7b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/etc/gitinfo.txt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SY
 
 #---Recurse into the given subdirectories.  This does not actually cause another cmake executable
 #  to run. The same process will walk through the project's entire directory structure.
+add_subdirectory (builtins/libtextinput) # hard coded builtin for core
 add_subdirectory (core)
 add_subdirectory (builtins/zip) # hard coded builtin for core/zip
-add_subdirectory (builtins/textinput) # hard coded builtin for core
 add_subdirectory (builtins/mixmax) # hard coded builtin for math/mathcore
 add_subdirectory (math)
 if (fortran AND CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER)
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/libtextinput/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 73%
rename from builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
rename to builtins/libtextinput/CMakeLists.txt
index ef27257f7ac0d..935774880ae7e 100644
--- a/builtins/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/libtextinput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 # CMakeLists.txt file for building textinput package for ROOT
 ############################################################################
 
-target_sources(Core PRIVATE
+add_library(textinput STATIC)
+
+target_sources(textinput PRIVATE
   Editor.cpp
   History.cpp
   KeyBinding.cpp
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ target_sources(Core PRIVATE
   UTF8.cpp
 )
 
-target_include_directories(Core
-  PRIVATE
-    ../ # to be able to call #include "textinput/header.h" from ROOT core files
+target_include_directories(textinput
+  PUBLIC
+    ./ # to be able to call #include "textinput/header.h" from ROOT core files
 )
+set_property(TARGET textinput PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Editor.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/Editor.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Editor.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/Editor.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/History.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/History.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/History.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/History.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/KeyBinding.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/KeyBinding.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/LICENSE.TXT b/builtins/libtextinput/LICENSE.TXT
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/LICENSE.TXT
rename to builtins/libtextinput/LICENSE.TXT
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Range.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/Range.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Range.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/Range.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/SignalHandler.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/SignalHandler.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReader.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/StreamReader.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReader.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/StreamReader.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/StreamReaderUnix.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/StreamReaderWin.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TerminalConfigUnix.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplay.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TerminalDisplayWin.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TextInput.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TextInput.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TextInput.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TextInput.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/TextInputContext.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/TextInputContext.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/UTF8.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/UTF8.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/UTF8.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/UTF8.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp b/builtins/libtextinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
rename to builtins/libtextinput/doc/examplemain.cpp
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/doc/textinput.txt b/builtins/libtextinput/doc/textinput.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/doc/textinput.txt
rename to builtins/libtextinput/doc/textinput.txt
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Callbacks.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Callbacks.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Callbacks.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Callbacks.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Color.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Color.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Color.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Color.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Display.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Display.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Display.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Display.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Editor.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Editor.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Editor.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Editor.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/History.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/History.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/History.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/History.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/InputData.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/InputData.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/InputData.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/InputData.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/KeyBinding.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/KeyBinding.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/KeyBinding.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Range.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Range.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Range.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Range.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Reader.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Reader.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Reader.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Reader.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/SignalHandler.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/SignalHandler.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/SignalHandler.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReader.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReader.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReader.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReader.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReaderUnix.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/StreamReaderWin.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalConfigUnix.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplay.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplayUnix.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TerminalDisplayWin.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/Text.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Text.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/Text.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/Text.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TextInput.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TextInput.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TextInput.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TextInput.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TextInputContext.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/TextInputContext.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/TextInputContext.h
diff --git a/builtins/textinput/UTF8.h b/builtins/libtextinput/textinput/UTF8.h
similarity index 100%
rename from builtins/textinput/UTF8.h
rename to builtins/libtextinput/textinput/UTF8.h
diff --git a/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt b/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
index c5c66eb8ebfd5..1eca468a751b5 100644
--- a/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/textinput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ target_include_directories(Core
     src
 )
 
+target_link_libraries(Core PRIVATE textinput)
+
 ROOT_INSTALL_HEADERS()