Copyright	(c) unknown
License	GPL (depends on libreadline, which is GPL)
Maintainer	libraries@haskell.org
Stability	provisional
Portability	non-portable (requires libreadline)
Safe Haskell	None
Language	Haskell98

System.Console.Readline

Description

A Haskell binding to the GNU readline library. The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of emacs. A vi-style line editing interface is also available.

An example of a typical use of readline with history functionality is illustrated in the following read, eval, print loop:

readEvalPrintLoop :: IO ()
readEvalPrintLoop = do
  maybeLine <- readline "% "
  case maybeLine of
   Nothing     -> return () -- EOF / control-d
   Just "exit" -> return ()
   Just line -> do addHistory line
                   putStrLn $ "The user input: " ++ (show line)
                   readEvalPrintLoop

Synopsis

readline :: String -> IO (Maybe String)
addHistory :: String -> IO ()
getLineBuffer :: IO String
setLineBuffer :: String -> IO ()
getPoint :: IO Int
setPoint :: Int -> IO ()
getEnd :: IO Int
setEnd :: Int -> IO ()
getMark :: IO Int
setMark :: Int -> IO ()
setDone :: Bool -> IO ()
setPendingInput :: Char -> IO ()
setEraseEmptyLine :: Bool -> IO ()
getPrompt :: IO String
setAlreadyPrompted :: Bool -> IO ()
getLibraryVersion :: IO String
getTerminalName :: IO String
setReadlineName :: String -> IO ()
getInStream :: IO Handle
getOutStream :: IO Handle
setStartupHook :: Maybe (IO ()) -> IO ()
setPreInputHook :: Maybe (IO ()) -> IO ()
setEventHook :: Maybe (IO ()) -> IO ()
setRedisplayFunction :: Maybe (IO ()) -> IO ()
data Keymap
newBareKeymap :: IO Keymap
copyKeymap :: Keymap -> IO Keymap
newKeymap :: IO Keymap
freeKeymap :: Keymap -> IO ()
getKeymap :: IO Keymap
setKeymap :: Keymap -> IO ()
getKeymapByName :: String -> IO Keymap
getKeymapName :: Keymap -> IO (Maybe String)
getExecutingKeymap :: IO Keymap
getBindingKeymap :: IO Keymap
type Callback = Int -> Char -> IO Int
addDefun :: String -> Callback -> Maybe Char -> IO ()
bindKey :: Char -> Callback -> IO ()
bindKeyInMap :: Char -> Callback -> Keymap -> IO ()
unbindKey :: Char -> IO ()
unbindKeyInMap :: Char -> Keymap -> IO ()
unbindCommandInMap :: String -> Keymap -> IO ()
data Entry
- = Function Callback
- | Macro String
- | Keymap Keymap
genericBind :: String -> Entry -> Keymap -> IO ()
parseAndBind :: String -> IO ()
readInitFile :: String -> IO ()
namedFunction :: String -> IO (Maybe Callback)
functionOfKeyseq :: String -> Maybe Keymap -> IO Entry
functionDumper :: Bool -> IO ()
listFunmapNames :: IO ()
funmapNames :: IO [String]
beginUndoGroup :: IO ()
endUndoGroup :: IO ()
data UndoCode
- = UndoDelete
- | UndoInsert
- | UndoBegin
- | UndoEnd
addUndo :: UndoCode -> Int -> Int -> String -> IO ()
freeUndoList :: IO ()
doUndo :: IO Bool
modifying :: Int -> Int -> IO ()
redisplay :: IO ()
forcedUpdateDisplay :: IO ()
onNewLine :: IO ()
onNewLineWithPrompt :: IO ()
resetLineState :: IO ()
message :: String -> IO ()
clearMessage :: IO ()
savePrompt :: IO ()
restorePrompt :: IO ()
insertText :: String -> IO ()
deleteText :: Int -> Int -> IO ()
copyText :: Int -> Int -> IO String
killText :: Int -> Int -> IO ()
readKey :: IO Char
stuffChar :: Char -> IO Bool
initialize :: IO ()
resetTerminal :: Maybe String -> IO ()
ding :: IO Bool
displayMatchList :: [String] -> IO ()
callbackHandlerInstall :: String -> (String -> IO ()) -> IO (IO ())
callbackReadChar :: IO ()
setCatchSignals :: Bool -> IO ()
getCatchSignals :: IO Bool
setCatchSigwinch :: Bool -> IO ()
getCatchSigwinch :: IO Bool
cleanupAfterSignal :: IO ()
freeLineState :: IO ()
resetAfterSignal :: IO ()
resizeTerminal :: IO ()
setSignals :: IO ()
clearSignals :: IO ()
completeInternal :: Char -> IO ()
complete :: Int -> Char -> IO Int
possibleCompletions :: Int -> Char -> IO Int
insertCompletions :: Int -> Char -> IO Int
completionMatches :: String -> (String -> IO [String]) -> IO (Maybe (String, [String]))
filenameCompletionFunction :: String -> IO [String]
usernameCompletionFunction :: String -> IO [String]
setCompletionEntryFunction :: Maybe (String -> IO [String]) -> IO ()
setAttemptedCompletionFunction :: Maybe (String -> Int -> Int -> IO (Maybe (String, [String]))) -> IO ()
setFilenameQuotingFunction :: Maybe (String -> Bool -> Ptr CChar -> IO String) -> IO ()
quoteFilename :: String -> Bool -> Ptr CChar -> IO String
setFilenameDequotingFunction :: Maybe (String -> Maybe Char -> IO String) -> IO ()
setCharIsQuotedP :: Maybe (String -> Int -> IO Bool) -> IO ()
getCompletionQueryItems :: IO Int
setCompletionQueryItems :: Int -> IO ()
getBasicWordBreakCharacters :: IO String
setBasicWordBreakCharacters :: String -> IO ()
getBasicQuoteCharacters :: IO String
setBasicQuoteCharacters :: String -> IO ()
getCompleterWordBreakCharacters :: IO String
setCompleterWordBreakCharacters :: String -> IO ()
getCompleterQuoteCharacters :: IO String
setCompleterQuoteCharacters :: String -> IO ()
getFilenameQuoteCharacters :: IO String
setFilenameQuoteCharacters :: String -> IO ()
getSpecialPrefixes :: IO String
setSpecialPrefixes :: String -> IO ()
getCompletionAppendCharacter :: IO (Maybe Char)
setCompletionAppendCharacter :: Maybe Char -> IO ()
setIgnoreCompletionDuplicates :: Bool -> IO ()
getIgnoreCompletionDuplicates :: IO Bool
setFilenameCompletionDesired :: Bool -> IO ()
getFilenameCompletionDesired :: IO Bool
setFilenameQuotingDesired :: Bool -> IO ()
getFilenameQuotingDesired :: IO Bool
setInhibitCompletion :: Bool -> IO ()
getInhibitCompletion :: IO Bool
setAttemptedCompletionOver :: Bool -> IO ()
getAttemptedCompletionOver :: IO Bool
setIgnoreSomeCompletionsFunction :: Maybe ([String] -> IO [String]) -> IO ()
setDirectoryCompletionHook :: Maybe (String -> IO String) -> IO ()
setCompletionWordBreakHook :: Maybe (IO (Maybe String)) -> IO ()
setCompletionDisplayMatchesHook :: Maybe ([String] -> IO ()) -> IO ()

Documentation

readline Source #

Arguments

:: String	prompt
-> IO (Maybe String)	returns the line the user input, or Nothing if EOF is encountered.

readline is similar to getLine, but with rich edit functionality and history capability. readline will read a line from the terminal and return it, using prompt as a prompt. If prompt is the empty string, no prompt is issued. The line returned has the final newline removed, so only the text of the line remains. A blank line returns the empty string. If EOF is encountered while reading a line, and the line is empty, Nothing is returned. If an EOF is read with a non-empty line, it is treated as a newline.

addHistory :: String -> IO () Source #

Add this command to the history. This allows users to search backward through history with C-r and step through with up and down arrows, among other things.

getLineBuffer :: IO String Source #

setLineBuffer :: String -> IO () Source #

getPoint :: IO Int Source #

setPoint :: Int -> IO () Source #

getEnd :: IO Int Source #

setEnd :: Int -> IO () Source #

getMark :: IO Int Source #

setMark :: Int -> IO () Source #

setDone :: Bool -> IO () Source #

setPendingInput :: Char -> IO () Source #

setEraseEmptyLine :: Bool -> IO () Source #

getPrompt :: IO String Source #