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Make pp_reverse fetch the lexical $_ from the correct pad
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2#
3# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
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5# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
6# release of perl.
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7#
8# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
9# programming techniques.
10#
11# Suggested alternative: Term::Complete
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55204971 13;# @(#)complete.pl,v1.1 (me@anywhere.EBay.Sun.COM) 09/23/91
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14;#
15;# Author: Wayne Thompson
16;#
17;# Description:
18;# This routine provides word completion.
19;# (TAB) attempts word completion.
20;# (^D) prints completion list.
55204971 21;# (These may be changed by setting $Complete'complete, etc.)
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22;#
23;# Diagnostics:
24;# Bell when word completion fails.
25;#
26;# Dependencies:
27;# The tty driver is put into raw mode.
28;#
29;# Bugs:
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30;#
31;# Usage:
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32;# $input = &Complete('prompt_string', *completion_list);
33;# or
34;# $input = &Complete('prompt_string', @completion_list);
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35;#
36
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37CONFIG: {
38 package Complete;
39
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40 $complete = "\004";
41 $kill = "\025";
42 $erase1 = "\177";
43 $erase2 = "\010";
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44}
45
a687059c 46sub Complete {
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47 package Complete;
48
55497cff 49 local($prompt, @cmp_list, $return, @match, $l, $test, $cmp, $r);
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50 if ($_[1] =~ /^StB\0/) {
51 ($prompt, *_) = @_;
a687059c 52 }
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53 else {
54 $prompt = shift(@_);
55 }
56 @cmp_lst = sort(@_);
57
58 system('stty raw -echo');
59 LOOP: {
60 print($prompt, $return);
61 while (($_ = getc(STDIN)) ne "\r") {
62 CASE: {
63 # (TAB) attempt completion
64 $_ eq "\t" && do {
65 @match = grep(/^$return/, @cmp_lst);
66 $l = length($test = shift(@match));
67 unless ($#match < 0) {
68 foreach $cmp (@match) {
69 until (substr($cmp, 0, $l) eq substr($test, 0, $l)) {
70 $l--;
71 }
72 }
73 print("\a");
74 }
75 print($test = substr($test, $r, $l - $r));
76 $r = length($return .= $test);
77 last CASE;
78 };
79
80 # (^D) completion list
81 $_ eq $complete && do {
82 print(join("\r\n", '', grep(/^$return/, @cmp_lst)), "\r\n");
83 redo LOOP;
84 };
85
86 # (^U) kill
87 $_ eq $kill && do {
88 if ($r) {
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89 undef $r;
90 undef $return;
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91 print("\r\n");
92 redo LOOP;
93 }
94 last CASE;
95 };
96
97 # (DEL) || (BS) erase
98 ($_ eq $erase1 || $_ eq $erase2) && do {
99 if($r) {
100 print("\b \b");
101 chop($return);
102 $r--;
103 }
104 last CASE;
105 };
106
107 # printable char
108 ord >= 32 && do {
109 $return .= $_;
110 $r++;
111 print;
112 last CASE;
113 };
114 }
115 }
116 }
117 system('stty -raw echo');
118 print("\n");
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119 $return;
120}
121
1221;