From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: readline eats previous text on line Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:23 +1000 Message-ID: <87y7s4ahvc.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <451AEC75.90200@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159407775 24037 80.91.229.2 (28 Sep 2006 01:42:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 28 03:42:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSkuG-0004n8-TM for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:41:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSkuG-0006nj-ET for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:41:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSktJ-0005s9-IQ for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:40:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSktF-0005p0-Kw for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:40:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSktF-0005od-BT for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:40:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [61.8.2.224] (helo=mailout2.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GSkyD-0006ra-RG for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:45:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.163]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C1C6E1D7; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:37 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp2B18.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.43.24]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id k8S1eZao006151; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:36 +1000 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GSksy-0000Mj-7J; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:24 +1000 Original-To: Jon Wilson In-Reply-To: <451AEC75.90200@fastmail.fm> (Jon Wilson's message of "Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:26:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:5554 Archived-At: Jon Wilson writes: > > This prints "prompt: " on a line, and then after a short time, it is > erased. It might be as simple as (readline "foo: ") Not sure if that's meant to be documented, seems like a pretty sensible usage, even if reading current-input-port might be usual. _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user