* populate next comand line from precmd
@ 2018-06-13 1:44 Pier Paolo Grassi
2018-06-13 2:55 ` dana
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From: Pier Paolo Grassi @ 2018-06-13 1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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hello, I was wondering if it is somehow possibile to populate the command
line within the precmd function. What I am trying to achieve is: from a
normal function (not a zle widget) I would like to set some variable, to be
read in the precmd function where it is used to populate the next command
line and also set the cursor position. I know how to do it from a widget,
but from what I know there is no way of doing this from outside a widget,
am I right?
the desidered behaviour would be:
$ special_function par par2 etc [accept-line]
output
$ special_function par par2 etc (already compiled, some params may be
modified)
I don't want to:
modify the accept-line widget
modify history so that the modified version of the line is at a press of
the up key
this is more of a "can this be done in this way?" question
thanks in advance
--
Pier Paolo Grassi
email: pierpaolog@gmail.com
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pier-paolo-grassi-19300217
founder: https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/Machine-Learning-TO
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* Re: populate next comand line from precmd
2018-06-13 1:44 populate next comand line from precmd Pier Paolo Grassi
@ 2018-06-13 2:55 ` dana
2018-06-13 8:10 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
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From: dana @ 2018-06-13 2:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh; +Cc: Pier Paolo Grassi
On 12 Jun 2018, at 20:44, Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com> wrote:
>hello, I was wondering if it is somehow possibile to populate the command
>line within the precmd function. What I am trying to achieve is: from a
>normal function (not a zle widget) I would like to set some variable, to be
>read in the precmd function where it is used to populate the next command
>line and also set the cursor position.
Maybe print's -z option would help, at least partially?
-z Push the arguments onto the editing buffer stack, separated by spaces.
Example:
% precmd_insert_args() {
> # Check some variable, whatever
> [[ $history[$((HISTCMD - 1))] == *bar* ]] && {
> print 'Saw bar'
> print -z : inserted args ''
> }
> return 0
> }
% precmd_functions+=( precmd_insert_args )
% : foo # Condition not met
% : bar
Saw bar
% : inserted args <CURSOR HERE>
I say 'partially' because i'm not sure if you can affect the cursor position
(besides inserting things in front of it, obv) from outside of a widget.
dana
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* Re: populate next comand line from precmd
2018-06-13 2:55 ` dana
@ 2018-06-13 8:10 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pier Paolo Grassi @ 2018-06-13 8:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dana; +Cc: zsh-users
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thank you dana, I totally overlooked print -z, that's perfect for my use
case
in the meantime I also rediscovered about zle-line-init, which allow the
control of the next zle prompt and can get parameters from global variables.
To only allow it to act when the zle prompt is a PS1 one can set a global
variable in the precmd
Il giorno mer 13 giu 2018 alle ore 04:55 dana <dana@dana.is> ha scritto:
> On 12 Jun 2018, at 20:44, Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com> wrote:
> >hello, I was wondering if it is somehow possibile to populate the command
> >line within the precmd function. What I am trying to achieve is: from a
> >normal function (not a zle widget) I would like to set some variable, to
> be
> >read in the precmd function where it is used to populate the next command
> >line and also set the cursor position.
>
> Maybe print's -z option would help, at least partially?
>
> -z Push the arguments onto the editing buffer stack, separated by
> spaces.
>
> Example:
>
> % precmd_insert_args() {
> > # Check some variable, whatever
> > [[ $history[$((HISTCMD - 1))] == *bar* ]] && {
> > print 'Saw bar'
> > print -z : inserted args ''
> > }
> > return 0
> > }
> % precmd_functions+=( precmd_insert_args )
> % : foo # Condition not met
> % : bar
> Saw bar
> % : inserted args <CURSOR HERE>
>
> I say 'partially' because i'm not sure if you can affect the cursor
> position
> (besides inserting things in front of it, obv) from outside of a widget.
>
> dana
>
>
--
Pier Paolo Grassi
email: pierpaolog@gmail.com
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pier-paolo-grassi-19300217
founder: https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/Machine-Learning-TO
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