* Read line from console (with history)
*
* @v prompt Prompt string
+ * @v prefill Prefill string, or NULL for no prefill
* @v history History buffer, or NULL for no history
* @ret line Line read from console (excluding terminating newline)
*
* The returned line is allocated with malloc(); the caller must
* eventually call free() to release the storage.
*/
-char * readline_history ( const char *prompt,
+char * readline_history ( const char *prompt, const char *prefill,
struct readline_history *history ) {
char buf[READLINE_MAX];
struct edit_string string;
init_editstring ( &string, buf, sizeof ( buf ) );
buf[0] = '\0';
+ /* Prefill string, if applicable */
+ if ( prefill ) {
+ replace_string ( &string, prefill );
+ sync_console ( &string );
+ }
+
while ( 1 ) {
/* Handle keypress */
key = edit_string ( &string, getkey ( 0 ) );
* eventually call free() to release the storage.
*/
char * readline ( const char *prompt ) {
- return readline_history ( prompt, NULL );
+ return readline_history ( prompt, NULL, NULL );
}
/* Read and execute commands */
do {
- line = readline_history ( shell_prompt, &history );
+ line = readline_history ( shell_prompt, NULL, &history );
if ( line ) {
rc = system ( line );
free ( line );
extern void history_free ( struct readline_history *history );
extern char * __malloc readline_history ( const char *prompt,
+ const char *prefill,
struct readline_history *history );
extern char * __malloc readline ( const char *prompt );