From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T09:15:59+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] HighLine (#29)

On 4/22/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> 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?

Maybe eventually a readline replacement :) no more libreadline required!

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

Mark
(who learned to like the command line when he learned it wasn't always DOS)