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cb31d310 1=head1 NAME
2
c07a80fd 3Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
cb31d310 4no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
5
6=head1 SYNOPSIS
7
8 use Term::ReadLine;
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9 my $term = new Term::ReadLine 'Simple Perl calc';
10 my $prompt = "Enter your arithmetic expression: ";
11 my $OUT = $term->OUT || \*STDOUT;
cb31d310 12 while ( defined ($_ = $term->readline($prompt)) ) {
7824b127 13 my $res = eval($_), "\n";
cb31d310 14 warn $@ if $@;
15 print $OUT $res, "\n" unless $@;
16 $term->addhistory($_) if /\S/;
17 }
18
c07a80fd 19=head1 DESCRIPTION
20
21This package is just a front end to some other packages. At the moment
22this description is written, the only such package is Term-ReadLine,
23available on CPAN near you. The real target of this stub package is to
24set up a common interface to whatever Readline emerges with time.
25
cb31d310 26=head1 Minimal set of supported functions
27
28All the supported functions should be called as methods, i.e., either as
29
30 $term = new Term::ReadLine 'name';
31
32or as
33
34 $term->addhistory('row');
35
1fef88e7 36where $term is a return value of Term::ReadLine-E<gt>Init.
cb31d310 37
38=over 12
39
40=item C<ReadLine>
41
42returns the actual package that executes the commands. Among possible
43values are C<Term::ReadLine::Gnu>, C<Term::ReadLine::Perl>,
e15d0a48 44C<Term::ReadLine::Stub>.
cb31d310 45
46=item C<new>
47
48returns the handle for subsequent calls to following
49functions. Argument is the name of the application. Optionally can be
50followed by two arguments for C<IN> and C<OUT> filehandles. These
51arguments should be globs.
52
53=item C<readline>
54
55gets an input line, I<possibly> with actual C<readline>
56support. Trailing newline is removed. Returns C<undef> on C<EOF>.
57
58=item C<addhistory>
59
60adds the line to the history of input, from where it can be used if
61the actual C<readline> is present.
62
63=item C<IN>, $C<OUT>
64
65return the filehandles for input and output or C<undef> if C<readline>
66input and output cannot be used for Perl.
67
68=item C<MinLine>
69
70If argument is specified, it is an advice on minimal size of line to
71be included into history. C<undef> means do not include anything into
72history. Returns the old value.
73
74=item C<findConsole>
75
76returns an array with two strings that give most appropriate names for
1fef88e7 77files for input and output using conventions C<"E<lt>$in">, C<"E<gt>out">.
cb31d310 78
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79=item Attribs
80
81returns a reference to a hash which describes internal configuration
82of the package. Names of keys in this hash conform to standard
83conventions with the leading C<rl_> stripped.
84
cb31d310 85=item C<Features>
86
87Returns a reference to a hash with keys being features present in
88current implementation. Several optional features are used in the
89minimal interface: C<appname> should be present if the first argument
90to C<new> is recognized, and C<minline> should be present if
91C<MinLine> method is not dummy. C<autohistory> should be present if
92lines are put into history automatically (maybe subject to
93C<MinLine>), and C<addhistory> if C<addhistory> method is not dummy.
94
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95If C<Features> method reports a feature C<attribs> as present, the
96method C<Attribs> is not dummy.
97
cb31d310 98=back
99
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100=head1 Additional supported functions
101
cb31d310 102Actually C<Term::ReadLine> can use some other package, that will
103support reacher set of commands.
104
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105All these commands are callable via method interface and have names
106which conform to standard conventions with the leading C<rl_> stripped.
107
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108The stub package included with the perl distribution allows some
109additional methods:
110
111=over 12
112
113=item C<tkRunning>
114
7a2e2cd6 115makes Tk event loop run when waiting for user input (i.e., during
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116C<readline> method).
117
118=item C<ornaments>
119
120makes the command line stand out by using termcap data. The argument
121to C<ornaments> should be 0, 1, or a string of a form
122C<"aa,bb,cc,dd">. Four components of this string should be names of
123I<terminal capacities>, first two will be issued to make the prompt
124standout, last two to make the input line standout.
125
126=item C<newTTY>
127
128takes two arguments which are input filehandle and output filehandle.
129Switches to use these filehandles.
130
131=back
132
133One can check whether the currently loaded ReadLine package supports
134these methods by checking for corresponding C<Features>.
7a2e2cd6 135
cb31d310 136=head1 EXPORTS
137
138None
139
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140=head1 ENVIRONMENT
141
8dcee03e 142The environment variable C<PERL_RL> governs which ReadLine clone is
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143loaded. If the value is false, a dummy interface is used. If the value
144is true, it should be tail of the name of the package to use, such as
145C<Perl> or C<Gnu>.
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147As a special case, if the value of this variable is space-separated,
148the tail might be used to disable the ornaments by setting the tail to
149be C<o=0> or C<ornaments=0>. The head should be as described above, say
150
151If the variable is not set, or if the head of space-separated list is
152empty, the best available package is loaded.
153
154 export "PERL_RL=Perl o=0" # Use Perl ReadLine without ornaments
155 export "PERL_RL= o=0" # Use best available ReadLine without ornaments
156
157(Note that processing of C<PERL_RL> for ornaments is in the discretion of the
158particular used C<Term::ReadLine::*> package).
a737e074 159
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160=head1 CAVEATS
161
162It seems that using Term::ReadLine from Emacs minibuffer doesn't work
163quite right and one will get an error message like
164
165 Cannot open /dev/tty for read at ...
166
167One possible workaround for this is to explicitly open /dev/tty like this
168
169 open (FH, "/dev/tty" )
170 or eval 'sub Term::ReadLine::findConsole { ("&STDIN", "&STDERR") }';
171 die $@ if $@;
172 close (FH);
173
174or you can try using the 4-argument form of Term::ReadLine->new().
175
cb31d310 176=cut
177
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178use strict;
179
cb31d310 180package Term::ReadLine::Stub;
b75c8c73 181our @ISA = qw'Term::ReadLine::Tk Term::ReadLine::TermCap';
cb31d310 182
183$DB::emacs = $DB::emacs; # To peacify -w
b75c8c73 184our @rl_term_set;
7a2e2cd6 185*rl_term_set = \@Term::ReadLine::TermCap::rl_term_set;
cb31d310 186
187sub ReadLine {'Term::ReadLine::Stub'}
188sub readline {
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189 my $self = shift;
190 my ($in,$out,$str) = @$self;
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191 my $prompt = shift;
192 print $out $rl_term_set[0], $prompt, $rl_term_set[1], $rl_term_set[2];
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193 $self->register_Tk
194 if not $Term::ReadLine::registered and $Term::ReadLine::toloop
195 and defined &Tk::DoOneEvent;
196 #$str = scalar <$in>;
197 $str = $self->get_line;
6d697788 198 $str =~ s/^\s*\Q$prompt\E// if ($^O eq 'MacOS');
7a2e2cd6 199 print $out $rl_term_set[3];
cb31d310 200 # bug in 5.000: chomping empty string creats length -1:
201 chomp $str if defined $str;
202 $str;
203}
204sub addhistory {}
205
206sub findConsole {
207 my $console;
208
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209 if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
210 $console = "Dev:Console";
211 } elsif (-e "/dev/tty") {
cb31d310 212 $console = "/dev/tty";
8878e869 213 } elsif (-e "con" or $^O eq 'MSWin32') {
cb31d310 214 $console = "con";
215 } else {
216 $console = "sys\$command";
217 }
218
4d2c4e07 219 if (($^O eq 'amigaos') || ($^O eq 'beos') || ($^O eq 'epoc')) {
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220 $console = undef;
221 }
222 elsif ($^O eq 'os2') {
cb31d310 223 if ($DB::emacs) {
224 $console = undef;
225 } else {
226 $console = "/dev/con";
227 }
228 }
229
b75c8c73 230 my $consoleOUT = $console;
cb31d310 231 $console = "&STDIN" unless defined $console;
232 if (!defined $consoleOUT) {
233 $consoleOUT = defined fileno(STDERR) ? "&STDERR" : "&STDOUT";
234 }
235 ($console,$consoleOUT);
236}
237
238sub new {
239 die "method new called with wrong number of arguments"
240 unless @_==2 or @_==4;
241 #local (*FIN, *FOUT);
405ff068 242 my ($FIN, $FOUT, $ret);
cb31d310 243 if (@_==2) {
4c3ccbe1 244 my($console, $consoleOUT) = $_[0]->findConsole;
cb31d310 245
246 open(FIN, "<$console");
247 open(FOUT,">$consoleOUT");
248 #OUT->autoflush(1); # Conflicts with debugger?
b75c8c73 249 my $sel = select(FOUT);
cb31d310 250 $| = 1; # for DB::OUT
251 select($sel);
405ff068 252 $ret = bless [\*FIN, \*FOUT];
cb31d310 253 } else { # Filehandles supplied
254 $FIN = $_[2]; $FOUT = $_[3];
255 #OUT->autoflush(1); # Conflicts with debugger?
b75c8c73 256 my $sel = select($FOUT);
cb31d310 257 $| = 1; # for DB::OUT
258 select($sel);
405ff068 259 $ret = bless [$FIN, $FOUT];
cb31d310 260 }
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261 if ($ret->Features->{ornaments}
262 and not ($ENV{PERL_RL} and $ENV{PERL_RL} =~ /\bo\w*=0/)) {
263 local $Term::ReadLine::termcap_nowarn = 1;
264 $ret->ornaments(1);
265 }
266 return $ret;
cb31d310 267}
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268
269sub newTTY {
270 my ($self, $in, $out) = @_;
271 $self->[0] = $in;
272 $self->[1] = $out;
273 my $sel = select($out);
274 $| = 1; # for DB::OUT
275 select($sel);
276}
277
cb31d310 278sub IN { shift->[0] }
279sub OUT { shift->[1] }
280sub MinLine { undef }
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281sub Attribs { {} }
282
84902520 283my %features = (tkRunning => 1, ornaments => 1, 'newTTY' => 1);
a737e074 284sub Features { \%features }
cb31d310 285
286package Term::ReadLine; # So late to allow the above code be defined?
a737e074 287
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288our $VERSION = '1.00';
289
405ff068 290my ($which) = exists $ENV{PERL_RL} ? split /\s+/, $ENV{PERL_RL} : undef;
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291if ($which) {
292 if ($which =~ /\bgnu\b/i){
293 eval "use Term::ReadLine::Gnu;";
294 } elsif ($which =~ /\bperl\b/i) {
295 eval "use Term::ReadLine::Perl;";
296 } else {
297 eval "use Term::ReadLine::$which;";
298 }
405ff068 299} elsif (defined $which and $which ne '') { # Defined but false
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300 # Do nothing fancy
301} else {
302 eval "use Term::ReadLine::Gnu; 1" or eval "use Term::ReadLine::Perl; 1";
303}
cb31d310 304
305#require FileHandle;
306
307# To make possible switch off RL in debugger: (Not needed, work done
308# in debugger).
b75c8c73 309our @ISA;
cb31d310 310if (defined &Term::ReadLine::Gnu::readline) {
311 @ISA = qw(Term::ReadLine::Gnu Term::ReadLine::Stub);
312} elsif (defined &Term::ReadLine::Perl::readline) {
313 @ISA = qw(Term::ReadLine::Perl Term::ReadLine::Stub);
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314} elsif (defined $which && defined &{"Term::ReadLine::$which\::readline"}) {
315 @ISA = "Term::ReadLine::$which";
cb31d310 316} else {
317 @ISA = qw(Term::ReadLine::Stub);
318}
319
7a2e2cd6 320package Term::ReadLine::TermCap;
321
322# Prompt-start, prompt-end, command-line-start, command-line-end
323# -- zero-width beautifies to emit around prompt and the command line.
b75c8c73 324our @rl_term_set = ("","","","");
7a2e2cd6 325# string encoded:
b75c8c73 326our $rl_term_set = ',,,';
7a2e2cd6 327
b75c8c73 328our $terminal;
7a2e2cd6 329sub LoadTermCap {
330 return if defined $terminal;
331
332 require Term::Cap;
333 $terminal = Tgetent Term::Cap ({OSPEED => 9600}); # Avoid warning.
334}
335
336sub ornaments {
337 shift;
338 return $rl_term_set unless @_;
339 $rl_term_set = shift;
340 $rl_term_set ||= ',,,';
7b8d334a 341 $rl_term_set = 'us,ue,md,me' if $rl_term_set eq '1';
7a2e2cd6 342 my @ts = split /,/, $rl_term_set, 4;
343 eval { LoadTermCap };
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344 unless (defined $terminal) {
345 warn("Cannot find termcap: $@\n") unless $Term::ReadLine::termcap_nowarn;
346 $rl_term_set = ',,,';
347 return;
348 }
7a2e2cd6 349 @rl_term_set = map {$_ ? $terminal->Tputs($_,1) || '' : ''} @ts;
350 return $rl_term_set;
351}
352
353
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354package Term::ReadLine::Tk;
355
b75c8c73 356our($count_handle, $count_DoOne, $count_loop);
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357$count_handle = $count_DoOne = $count_loop = 0;
358
b75c8c73 359our($giveup);
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360sub handle {$giveup = 1; $count_handle++}
361
362sub Tk_loop {
363 # Tk->tkwait('variable',\$giveup); # needs Widget
364 $count_DoOne++, Tk::DoOneEvent(0) until $giveup;
365 $count_loop++;
366 $giveup = 0;
367}
368
369sub register_Tk {
370 my $self = shift;
371 $Term::ReadLine::registered++
372 or Tk->fileevent($self->IN,'readable',\&handle);
373}
374
375sub tkRunning {
376 $Term::ReadLine::toloop = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
377 $Term::ReadLine::toloop;
378}
379
380sub get_c {
381 my $self = shift;
382 $self->Tk_loop if $Term::ReadLine::toloop && defined &Tk::DoOneEvent;
383 return getc $self->IN;
384}
385
386sub get_line {
387 my $self = shift;
388 $self->Tk_loop if $Term::ReadLine::toloop && defined &Tk::DoOneEvent;
389 my $in = $self->IN;
4e83e451 390 local ($/) = "\n";
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391 return scalar <$in>;
392}
cb31d310 393
3941;
395