Crate rustyline 

Readline for Rust

This implementation is based on Antirez’s Linenoise

Example

Usage

let mut rl = rustyline::DefaultEditor::new()?;
let readline = rl.readline(">> ");
match readline {
    Ok(line) => println!("Line: {:?}", line),
    Err(_) => println!("No input"),
}

Re-exports

pub use crate::config::Behavior;

pub use crate::config::ColorMode;

pub use crate::config::CompletionType;

pub use crate::config::Config;

pub use crate::config::EditMode;

pub use crate::config::HistoryDuplicates;

Modules

completion

Completion API

config

Customize line editor

error

Contains error type for handling I/O and Errno errors

highlight

Syntax highlighting

hint

Hints (suggestions at the right of the prompt as you type).

history

History API

line_buffer

Line buffer with current cursor position

validate

Input validation API (Multi-line editing)

Structs

Changeset

Undo manager

Context

Completion/suggestion context

Editor

Line editor

EventContextcustom-bindings

Give access to user input.

KeyEvent

Input key pressed and modifiers

Modifiers

The set of modifier keys that were triggered along with a key press.

Enums

Anchor

Where to paste (relative to cursor position)

At

Where to move with respect to word boundary

CharSearch

character search

Cmd

Commands

Eventcustom-bindings

Input event

EventHandlercustom-bindings

Event handler

GraphemeClusterMode

Tell how grapheme clusters are supported / rendered.

InputMode

Vi input modes

KeyCode

Input key pressed

Movement

Where to move

Word

Different word definitions

Traits

ConditionalEventHandlercustom-bindings

May behave differently depending on:

ExternalPrinter

External printer

Helper

Syntax specific helper.

Prompt

Provide two versions of the prompt:

Type Aliases

DefaultEditor

Default editor with no helper and DefaultHistory

RepeatCount

The number of times one command should be repeated.

Result

The error type for I/O and Linux Syscalls (Errno)

Derive Macros

Completerderive

Helperderive

Highlighterderive

Hinterderive

Validatorderive