From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T08:42:52+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] HighLine (#29)

Francis Hwang wrote:
> 
> On Apr 22, 2005, at 12:43 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>>
>>> I suppose it will be worth it simply because we will see various
>>> implementations and APIs for this concept, even if we are duplicating
>>> EasyPrompt.
>>
>>
>> I wouldn't declare EasyPrompt robust.  Did you glance at the API?  
>> It's well... Easy.  :)  I'm confident I can add features to it in 
>> under an hour.  It's not even capable of some of the ideas I'm tossing 
>> around in the quiz.
>>
>> What it did do for me, was give me more ideas.  Have yourself a look, 
>> then think bigger...  :)
> 
> 
> Agreed. EasyPrompt is a pretty quick little thing; I just released it 
> 'cause I wrote it once, then needed it again in another piece of code. 
> The only mildly difficult thing in it is the MockCommandLineUser. Mostly 
> I was just pointing it out as an informational aside.
> 
> But if people want me to add specific things, by all means let me know!

Intra-line editing?
History via (or a la) Readline?
ANSI Colors?


Hal
(who secretly misses the good old days of command lines)