On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 11:56:48AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 11:38:59AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
[...]
> > I don't suppose you know of any shells which have that behavior, even as
> > an option?
> >
> I am not aware of such a shell, though I have a vague recollection of an
> IDE that included an interactive shell component that did something
> similar. However, that was ages ago and I don't even recall what
> language the IDE was for.
Somehow I've got the impression that this isn't the shell's job, but
readline's. I'd look there for inspiration.
Who knows, perhaps there /is/ a way for that. Heck, there's even a
shell variable containing the cursor position. From the bash manual
READLINE_POINT
The position of the insertion point in the readline line
buffer, for use with "bind -x" (see SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
below).
Of course, you'd have to add some fantasy to succeed. Exercise,
reader and that ;-D
Cheers
-- t
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