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From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: readline eats previous text on line
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:35:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878xju1gly.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bqoujltw.fsf@zip.com.au

Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:

> Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:
>>
>> Slightly confusingly, set-readline-prompt! does also set the default
>> prompt for an explicit `readline' call (1).  I think the overall
>> situation would be clearer if it didn't.
>
> It's not too terrible, may as well leave it alone in case anyone's
> nutted it out and is using it.

OK, agreed.

>> The bug which Jon has noted, about the effect of set-readline-prompt!
>> not lasting very long, is caused by the fact that Guile's REPL code,
>
> It might have been from only using `display' to show a prompt, which
> readline doesn't know and hence overwrites.

Good point.  I believe Jon's going to raise this (inability to do
readline starting from the column after the prompt) with the readline
people.

>> ... This code should instead
>> save the existing prompts and restore them afterwards
>
> But yes, that'd be a good thing.
>
>> Patch is below.
>
> Looks pretty reasonable.

Thanks; I've committed it now.

Regards,
     Neil



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-05 23:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-27 21:26 readline eats previous text on line Jon Wilson
2006-09-28  1:40 ` Kevin Ryde
2006-09-28  1:50   ` Jon Wilson
2006-09-28  7:49     ` Neil Jerram
2006-09-29  0:47       ` Kevin Ryde
2006-09-29 22:33         ` Neil Jerram
2006-09-30 12:25           ` Neil Jerram
2006-10-03  0:15             ` Kevin Ryde
2006-10-03  0:52               ` Kevin Ryde
2006-10-04 23:13               ` Kevin Ryde
2006-10-05 23:06                 ` Neil Jerram
2006-10-05 23:35               ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2006-10-06  0:03                 ` Kevin Ryde
2006-12-01 20:24                 ` Jon Wilson
2006-10-03  0:22             ` Kevin Ryde
2006-09-28 21:08   ` Jon Wilson

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