InLine

InLine was created to provide a 100% Ruby alternative to the ReadLine library, providing some of its most popular features such as:

  • Basic line editing operations

  • Word completion

  • History Management

  • Custom key/key sequences bindings

Installation

The simplest method to install InLine is to install the gem:

gem install -r inline

Usage

Editor initialization:

require ‘inline’ editor = InLine::Editor.new

Key binding:

editor.bind(:ctrl_z) { editor.undo } editor.bind(:up_arrow) { editor.history_back } editor.bind(:ctrl_x) { puts “Exiting…”; exit }

Setup word completion

editor.completion_proc = lambda do |word| if word [‘select’, ‘update’, ‘delete’, ‘debug’, ‘destroy’].find_all { |e| e.match(/^#Regexp.escape(word)/) } end end editor.completion_append_string = “ ”

Read input:

editor.read(“=> ”)