> I have a command line utility that would really benefit from
> command line editing... is there a simple way to add this
> kind of readline-like behavior to a FreePascal program?
> I would appreciate the functionality on Linux but I might
> also use the program on Windows.
This works for Linux ( and possibly Cygwin ) if you have the libs...
program histdemo;
{$LINKLIB ncurses}
{$LINKLIB readline}
{$LINKLIB history}
{$LINKLIB c}
uses strings;
function readline(prompt: pchar):pchar; cdecl; external 'readline'
name 'readline';
procedure using_history(); cdecl; external 'history' name 'using_history';
procedure add_history(s:pChar); cdecl; external 'history' name 'add_history';
var
s:pChar;
begin
s:=nil;
WriteLn('type "quit" to exit.');
using_history();
repeat
s:=readline('?>');
add_history(s);
WriteLn(s);
until ( StrComp(s, 'quit') = 0 );
end.
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