Re: [Bug-readline] programming with readline without terminal

[Chet Ramey]

AL13N wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is not a bug, but i couldn't find any other relevant mailing-list.
>
> I 've made a small 3D game, and i have some console support on it, but i'd 
> like to use readline; i'm wondering what the best approach should be.
>
> Since i don't have a 'terminal' as such; i have functions that read a char and 
> print a char on screen depending on several things; how would i set it up 
> using readline? do i need SIGWINCH or it's callback functions? should i set 
> the input/output FILE* ?
>
> Or should i make a fake terminal?

Look at the readline callback interface.  It's minimal, but fairly
powerful.  There are also hooks that let you do your own redisplay,
input, and output.

Chet
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