From: Xav Xav <xcambar@...>
Date: 2006-10-23T23:21:53+09:00
Subject: $stdin.gets, threads, and command-line app.

Hi,

I am currently working on a console-based app, in which the user 
interacts by entering commands from within a prompt (e.g. sort of a 
bash-like app).
One thread for the prompt, some others for computation.
I allowed those threads to output to the console, but it leads to a 
really not user-friendly behaviour. Example:

prompt: lis              <- started to type in the "list" command
Blablabla from Thread1   <- output to $stdin by threads
prompt:                  <- The prompt is re-displayed, the command 
"seems" lost

prompt: list             <- Type again the command "list"
Error: lislist: Unknown command

See my problem?
How can I get the exact text line to be displayed after a thread output 
its message? Or How can I catch a partially typed input?
I thought of syscalls, but didn't get any results yet.

[Note: Obviously, if I had only input "t" after the thread had 
displayed, my command would have been correctly interpreted]


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