Niclas, the api supports configuring the magic completion behavior - so it isn't magic. Looks like the native benefit is just to get better buffering of the incoming stream (this is why System.in by default is pretty ugly)
Having a pure java solution couldn't be too hard (just think of java5/6) but actually haven't been done yet. :-( What currently blocks me from testing jline is the fact that it does not work on my current corporate machine based running winXP. Anyone got that ? (there is a bug at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1671224&group_id=64033&atid=506056) Toni -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:52:52 +0800 > Von: Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: dev@felix.apache.org > Betreff: Re: Felix Shell TUI and JLine > On Wednesday 29 August 2007 15:27, Karl Pauls wrote: > > it used shutdown hooks to switch the tty back to buffered mode; > > and the native code (which is only used for windows btw.) didn't work > > for me under XP. > > I must be dense, but why is such library going down to the shell/native at > all?? > > How does tab completion have any clue that "bun<tab>" means "bundle " and > can > only be followed by bundle IDs of installed bundles?? > > And how hard could it be to do such support directly in Shell TUI?? > > > Cheers > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er > I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc > I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
