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* How to read into variable with readline support?
@ 2018-01-16 18:42 Andy Spiegl
  2018-01-16 19:44 ` Eric Cook
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andy Spiegl @ 2018-01-16 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zsh Users

I would like to read input from the keyboard (like "read $VAR") but
with editing and history support.  I'm sure zsh offers this but I am
too stupid to find out how.

Thanks!
 Andy

-- 
 Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn't expect to be paid back.


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* Re: How to read into variable with readline support?
  2018-01-16 18:42 How to read into variable with readline support? Andy Spiegl
@ 2018-01-16 19:44 ` Eric Cook
  2018-01-18 16:29   ` Andy Spiegl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Cook @ 2018-01-16 19:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: zsh-users

On 01/16/2018 01:42 PM, Andy Spiegl wrote:
> I would like to read input from the keyboard (like "read $VAR") but
> with editing and history support.  I'm sure zsh offers this but I am
> too stupid to find out how.
> 
> Thanks!
>  Andy
> 

People normally use vared, which uses zle for line editing.

vared -c var

you can even change the completion used with it:

() {
  local compcontext='hosts:hostname:_hosts'
  vared -cp 'choose a host ' ans
}


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* Re: How to read into variable with readline support?
  2018-01-16 19:44 ` Eric Cook
@ 2018-01-18 16:29   ` Andy Spiegl
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andy Spiegl @ 2018-01-18 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: zsh-users

> People normally use vared, which uses zle for line editing.

Thanks, Eric, exactly what I was looking for!
 Andy


-- 
 It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
   (Aeschylus)


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