On 5/13/16 5:12 PM, Cade Foster wrote:
> Compilation commands:
>
> tar --extract --file readline-master.tar.gz --gzip
> cd readline-master/
> ./configure
> make
> cd ..
>
> gcc -c rl.c -o rl.o
> gcc rl.o ./readline-master/libreadline.a -o rl
>
> Usage of rl:
> rl [-p prompt] [-u unit] [-d default] [-n nchars]
>
> Assume you terminal width is 10 columns.
> When command
>
> ./rl -p '> ' -d '0123456789'
>
> will print single line
>
> 89|01234567
>
> but expected result is printing two lines
>
>> 01234567
> 89|
>
> where vertical bar "|" is cursor position.
>
> Problem: function rl_insert_text()
> can't insert long text on multiple lines.
Try linking with ncurses or termcap/termlib so readline knows how to move
around the terminal.
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [email protected] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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