Re: [9front] Patch: snarf paste support for (e)enter, and refactoring

[thedaemon@thedaemon.space]

Quoth sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de>:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch adds snarf and paste support to the two library functions enter and eenter. It also adds an internal function _genenter to share lots of the code. This does not change the interfaces of (e)enter though, for compatibility reasons.
> 
> In total, this adds 100 lines of code, but removes duplicate code for drawing and interpreting input.
> 
> I did test it with standard ascii, as well as some simple sequences of greek letters, but there could still be bugs. UTF-8 handling code is mostly inspired by/copied from acme.
> 
> More importantly, I can imagine you don't like the structure here and there, as it's more complex than the simple approach we currently have. Just let me know and I'll adjust it accordingly.
> 
> The patch is pretty long, so here's just a link to the file. If needed, I can also paste the data directly, just let me know.
> 
> https://sirjofri.de/oat/patches/eesp.diff
> 
> sirjofri
Thank you!  I
will try this out as soon as I can figure out how to apply this.  One
day I'll use diff enough to memorize the command, that is not today.