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https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-linenoise

A single file multi-platform (Unix, Windows) C++ header-only linenoise-based readline library.
https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-linenoise

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A single file multi-platform (Unix, Windows) C++ header-only linenoise-based readline library.

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cpp-linenoise
=============

Multi-platform (Unix, Windows) C++ header-only linenoise-based readline library.

This library gathered code from following excellent libraries, clean it up, and put it into a C++ header file for convenience.

* `linenoise.h` and `linenoise.c` ([antirez/linenoise](https://github.com/antirez/linenoise))
* `ANSI.c` ([adoxa/ansicon](https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon))
* `Win32_ANSI.h` and `Win32_ANSI.c` ([MSOpenTech/redis](https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis))

The licenses for the libraries are included in `linenoise.hpp`.

Usage
-----

```c++
#include "linenoise.hpp"

...

const auto path = "history.txt";

// Setup completion words every time when a user types
linenoise::SetCompletionCallback([](const char* editBuffer, std::vector& completions) {
if (editBuffer[0] == 'h') {
completions.push_back("hello");
completions.push_back("hello there");
}
});

// Enable the multi-line mode
linenoise::SetMultiLine(true);

// Set max length of the history
linenoise::SetHistoryMaxLen(4);

// Load history
linenoise::LoadHistory(path);

while (true) {
// Read line
std::string line;
auto quit = linenoise::Readline("hello> ", line);

if (quit) {
break;
}

cout << "echo: '" << line << "'" << endl;

// Add text to history
linenoise::AddHistory(line.c_str());
}

// Save history
linenoise::SaveHistory(path);
```

API
---

```c++
namespace linenoise;

std::string Readline(const char* prompt);

void SetMultiLine(bool multiLineMode);

typedef std::function& completions)> CompletionCallback;

void SetCompletionCallback(CompletionCallback fn);

bool SetHistoryMaxLen(size_t len);

bool LoadHistory(const char* path);

bool SaveHistory(const char* path);

bool AddHistory(const char* line);

const std::vector& GetHistory();
```

Tested compilers
----------------

* Visual Studio 2015
* Clang 3.5
* GCC 6.3.1

License
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BSD license (© 2015 Yuji Hirose)