[Patches] [ python-Patches-1690201 ] Added support for custom readline functions

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Patches item #1690201, was opened at 2007-03-28 21:52
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Ben Timby (btimby)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Added support for custom readline functions

Initial Comment:
This patch allows for binding a key or keyseq to a custom function named custom. A custom handler can be registered and will be called by readline when the registered sequence input.

Example:

rl.py
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import readline

def handler():
    print "need some help?"

readline.set_custom_hook(handler)
readline.parse_and_bind("\"?\": custom")

text = raw_input("type ? for help# ")
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Comment By: Paul Hankin (paulhankin)
Date: 2007-04-01 21:47

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Gnu readline supports custom functions in C - it would be better to adopt
the gnu readline custom function interface to python, rather than using the
'custom' handler which smells of a hack.


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Comment By: Ben Timby (btimby)
Date: 2007-03-28 23:01

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new Example:

rl.py
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#!/usr/bin/python
import readline

def say_hello():
	print
	print "this is my help text..."
	readline.on_new_line()

readline.set_custom_hook(say_hello)
readline.parse_and_bind("\"?\": custom")

while True:
	data = raw_input("input# ")
	print "data: ", data
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Comment By: Ben Timby (btimby)
Date: 2007-03-28 23:00

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File Added: python-2.3.4-readline_custom.patch

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