prompt

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Index

• Variables
• type UserPrompter
• type WordCompleter

Variables

var Stdin = newTerminalPrompter()

Stdin holds the stdin line reader (also using stdout for printing prompts). Only this reader may be used for input because it keeps an internal buffer.

Types

type UserPrompter

type UserPrompter interface {
	// PromptInput displays the given prompt to the user and requests some textual
	// data to be entered, returning the input of the user.
	PromptInput(prompt string) (string, error)

	// PromptPassword displays the given prompt to the user and requests some textual
	// data to be entered, but one which must not be echoed out into the terminal.
	// The method returns the input provided by the user.
	PromptPassword(prompt string) (string, error)

	// PromptConfirm displays the given prompt to the user and requests a boolean
	// choice to be made, returning that choice.
	PromptConfirm(prompt string) (bool, error)

	// SetHistory sets the input scrollback history that the prompter will allow
	// the user to scroll back to.
	SetHistory(history []string)

	// AppendHistory appends an entry to the scrollback history. It should be called
	// if and only if the prompt to append was a valid command.
	AppendHistory(command string)

	// ClearHistory clears the entire history
	ClearHistory()

	// SetWordCompleter sets the completion function that the prompter will call to
	// fetch completion candidates when the user presses tab.
	SetWordCompleter(completer WordCompleter)
}

UserPrompter defines the methods needed by the console to prompt the user for various types of inputs.

type WordCompleter

type WordCompleter func(line string, pos int) (string, []string, string)

WordCompleter takes the currently edited line with the cursor position and returns the completion candidates for the partial word to be completed. If the line is "Hello, wo!!!" and the cursor is before the first '!', ("Hello, wo!!!", 9) is passed to the completer which may returns ("Hello, ", {"world", "Word"}, "!!!") to have "Hello, world!!!".