From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2007-04-16T02:05:08+09:00
Subject: Re: editing on the command line

greg wrote:
 > On Apr 15, 11:15 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
 >> On 15.04.2007 17:20, greg wrote:
 >>
 >>> I want to output some text to the the terminal and allow the user to
 >>> edit it.  Like the ability you get when using irb and go back in the
 >>> history.  Basically a readline but the outputted text would be
 >>> editable instead of a prompt.  I cannot find any way to do this
 >>> using standard tools or with any libraries.  Any help is greatly
 >>> appreciated.
 >> If you are on some kind of Unix your favorite shell usually offers
 >> this service.  IIRC Ruby comes with readline built in, so you might
 >> be able to use it from a Ruby program.  Does that help?

> I am looking for cross-shell/platform compatibility, but if there is a
> way to delegate this task to the shell I would be interested in
> knowing anyways.
> It seems there are over ten IRC libraries, which one are you referring
> too?  I doubt those libraries would be doing anything other than the
> standard Readline.readline though.

Firstly:
A: It messes with the readability of responses.
Q: Why is top-quoting bad?

Secondly:
IIRC == "If I Remember Correctly" != Internet Relay Chat.

Thirdly:
Readline.readline is what Robert Klemme meant, if I parse the thread 
correctly.


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