From 79378ffd91a38e220a5421a04ff8a593ce4a7c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:53:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add get_line_buffer() and insert_text(), suggested by Michael
McLay.
---
Modules/readline.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index aef51ca977..1231e034cb 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -107,12 +107,52 @@ for i in [0, 1, 2, ...] until it returns a non-string.\n\
It should return the next possible completion starting with 'text'.\
";
+/* Exported function to read the current line buffer */
+
+static PyObject *
+get_line_buffer(self, args)
+ PyObject *self;
+ PyObject *args;
+{
+ if (PyArg_NoArgs(args))
+ return NULL;
+ return PyString_FromString(rl_line_buffer);
+}
+
+static char doc_get_line_buffer[] = "\
+get_line_buffer([function]) -> string\n\
+return the current contents of the line buffer.\
+";
+
+/* Exported function to insert text into the line buffer */
+
+static PyObject *
+insert_text(self, args)
+ PyObject *self;
+ PyObject *args;
+{
+ char *s;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &s))
+ return NULL;
+ rl_insert_text(s);
+ Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+ return Py_None;
+}
+
+
+static char doc_insert_text[] = "\
+insert_text(string) -> None\n\
+Insert text into the command line.\
+";
+
/* Table of functions exported by the module */
static struct PyMethodDef readline_methods[] =
{
{"parse_and_bind", parse_and_bind, 1, doc_parse_and_bind},
+ {"get_line_buffer", get_line_buffer, 1, doc_get_line_buffer},
+ {"insert_text", insert_text, 1, doc_insert_text},
{"read_init_file", read_init_file, 1, doc_read_init_file},
{"set_completer", set_completer, 1, doc_set_completer},
{0, 0}
--
2.40.0