# # # Nim's Runtime Library # (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. # ## This module contains code for reading from `stdin`:idx:. On UNIX the ## linenoise library is wrapped and set up to provide default key bindings ## (e.g. you can navigate with the arrow keys). On Windows ``system.readLine`` ## is used. This suffices because Windows' console already provides the ## wanted functionality. ## ## **Examples:** ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## echo readLineFromStdin("Is Nim awesome? (Y/n):") ## var userResponse: string ## doAssert readLineFromStdin("How are you?:", line = userResponse) ## echo userResponse when defined(Windows): proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string): TaintedString {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = ## Reads a line from stdin. stdout.write(prompt) result = readLine(stdin) proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string, line: var TaintedString): bool {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = ## Reads a `line` from stdin. `line` must not be ## ``nil``! May throw an IO exception. ## A line of text may be delimited by ``CR``, ``LF`` or ## ``CRLF``. The newline character(s) are not part of the returned string. ## Returns ``false`` if the end of the file has been reached, ``true`` ## otherwise. If ``false`` is returned `line` contains no new data. stdout.write(prompt) result = readLine(stdin, line) elif defined(genode): proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string): TaintedString {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = stdin.readLine() proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string, line: var TaintedString): bool {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = stdin.readLine(line) else: import linenoise proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string): TaintedString {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = var buffer = linenoise.readLine(prompt) if isNil(buffer): raise newException(IOError, "Linenoise returned nil") result = TaintedString($buffer) if result.string.len > 0: historyAdd(buffer) linenoise.free(buffer) proc readLineFromStdin*(prompt: string, line: var TaintedString): bool {. tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} = var buffer = linenoise.readLine(prompt) if isNil(buffer): line.string.setLen(0) return false line = TaintedString($buffer) if line.string.len > 0: historyAdd(buffer) linenoise.free(buffer) result = true