From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: kynn@panix.com
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: Advanced scripting Q: notification to tty
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:37:25 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501030832190.32450@toltec.zanshin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200412241809.iBOI9lq12047@panix3.panix.com>
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 kynn@panix.com wrote:
> I want to implement a notification by a function to the terminal
> controlling an interactive zsh
>
> [...] the shell's notification arrives while the user is in the middle
> of typing a multi-line command, so the shell re-creates the
> interrupted line for the user. *Very nicely done*.
>
> Does zsh provide any facilities for programmers to achieve this effect
> in shell scripts?
Yes, look at the "zle" command's -F option which allows you to install an
asynchronous I/O handler function in the line editor. See also "zle -I".
> Absent this, what is the best way to implement "synchronous"
> notification (i.e. one that happens only after the user hits the Enter
> key) in zsh scripts?
Have the notifier write to a named pipe (or use the coproc descriptor) and
examine that for available input in the user-definable precmd function.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-03 16:39 UTC|newest]
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2004-12-24 18:09 kynn
2005-01-03 16:37 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
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