Re: [Tcllib-devel] tclreadline as part of tcllib?

[Andreas K. <aku...@sh...>]

> Can tcl-linenoise be easily extended?  I've been using Snit for
> objects and it's nice to have the instantiated objects and methods
> completed as well.

linenoise does completion via C callback.

tcl-linenoise exposes this callback at script level.

See also
   http://core.tcl.tk/akupries/linenoise-utilities/index
for REPL code on top, also exposing the completion callback.

And around that
    http://core.tcl.tk/akupries/cmdr/home
to make writing a cli easy.

 
> Bob
> ________________________________________
> From: Andreas Kupries [aku...@sh...]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 7:08 PM
> To: gerald.lester
> Cc: Bob (Robert) McMahon; "tcl...@li..."@hephaistos.local
> Subject: Re: [Tcllib-devel] tclreadline as part of tcllib?
> 
> > I for one think it would make an excellent addition.
> > It would also be a good talk for the annual Tcl/Tk Conference.
> 
> readline and tclreadline are GPL.
> tcllib is BSD.
> 
> tclreadline is also a pure C component.
> 
> For linediting with BSD see
> 
>     tcl-linenoise
>     https://github.com/andreas-kupries/tcl-linenoise
>     based on Antirez' linenoise.
> 

-- 
So long,
	Andreas Kupries <aku...@sh...>
			<http://core.tcl.tk/akupries/>
	Developer @	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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