From: "Joec_49@..." <joec_49@...>
Date: 2011-10-04T22:14:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline question - completely replace input?

Use regexp or string.sub to do this

Joe

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On Oct 4, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> This is a strange question perhaps ...
> 
> I use Readline.readline to fetch user input.
> 
> Now if the user types:
> 
> 
> "abc"
> 
> And then presses tab, I want this to complete to:
> 
> "do_action foobar"
> 
> So, yes, the original input "abc" no longer has anything to do with the
> end result. :)
> 
> Is this possible? So far I am using Readline only to do something like:
> 
> 
> "do<TAB>"
> 
> expand into
> 
> "do_action "
> 
> But it would be kind of neat to both append something specifically after
> TAB was pressed, and to also completely change the original input at the
> same time.
> 
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