Feature Requests item #1713877, was opened at 2007-05-06 20:07 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1713877&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: strank (strank) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Expose callback API in readline module Initial Comment: This is a request to expose the `callback API`_ of GNU readline in the readline module in the Python library. .. _callback API: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/readline.html#SEC41 This interface is suitable for asynchronous use, such as with twisted. It is possible to expose the functions on Unix with ctypes:: import readline import ctypes rl_lib = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libreadline.so.5") readline.callback_handler_remove = rl_lib.rl_callback_handler_remove readline.callback_read_char = rl_lib.rl_callback_read_char # the callback needs special treatment: rlcallbackfunctype = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_char_p) def setcallbackfunc(prompt, thefunc): rl_lib.rl_callback_handler_install(prompt, rlcallbackfunctype(thefunc)) readline.callback_handler_install = setcallbackfunc but it would be much better to expose them "officially". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1713877&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
