tests/C_C++/ncurses_plus_readline.cpp
2024-07-22 19:37:02 +02:00

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// @COMPILECMD g++ $@ $(pkg-config --libs ncurses readline)
#include <ncurses.h>
#include <readline/readline.h>
#define WINDOW_WIDTH 32
#define WINDOW_HEIGHT 3
int scr_h, scr_w;
WINDOW* myWindow;
int input_available = false; // C style bool to track when to stop reading
char input; // our input; since we read char-by-char this is all the buffering we need
inline void init(){
// Ncurses (nothing special)
initscr();
noecho();
curs_set(0);
getmaxyx(stdscr, scr_h, scr_w);
myWindow = newwin(WINDOW_HEIGHT, WINDOW_WIDTH,
( scr_h / 2 ) - 1, ( scr_w - WINDOW_WIDTH) / 2);
refresh();
box(myWindow, 0, 0);
// Readline
// make readline shut up
rl_bind_key('\t', rl_insert); // make tab insert itself
rl_catch_signals = 0; // do not install signal handlers
rl_catch_sigwinch = 0; // do not care about window change signals
rl_prep_term_function = NULL; // do not initialize the ternimal
rl_deprep_term_function = NULL; // do not clean up
rl_change_environment = 0; // ?!
// bind callbacks, for seemless integration
rl_getc_function = +[](FILE* ignore){ // define how Readline is handed chars
input_available = false; // since we read 1 char at the time we know that there will be no more available
return (int)input;
};
rl_input_available_hook = +[]{ // let Readline know that it shall call it rl_getc_function
return input_available;
};
rl_redisplay_function = +[]{ // instruct Readline what to do after rl_line_buffer has changed
// echo rl_line_buffer (without using the terminals built in echo)
wmove(myWindow, 1, 1);
wclrtoeol(myWindow);
box(myWindow, 0, 0); // wclrtoeol(), screws with the box
waddstr(myWindow, rl_line_buffer);
wrefresh(myWindow);
return;
};
rl_callback_handler_install("", +[](char *line){ // instruct Readline what to do once rl_line_buffer is submitted (enter hit)
// print the submitted line to the top of the screen
wmove(stdscr, 0, 0);
wclrtoeol(stdscr);
waddstr(stdscr, line);
wrefresh(stdscr);
return;
});
}
signed main(){
init();
wrefresh(myWindow);
while(1){
input = wgetch(myWindow);
input_available = true;
rl_callback_read_char();
}
}