Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-06 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Fredrik, On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 12:34:00AM +0100, Fredrik Fornwall wrote: > The termcap/terminfo databases try to document which terminals support > something like this in the auto_left_margin/bw variable (see first > entry at http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lpg/node127.html), but I'm unsure of > how

Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-06 Thread Fredrik Fornwall
On 6 March 2016 at 17:36, Alexander Burger wrote: > No, I'm only asking for a humble terminal configuration. And perhaps why > some terminals show such asymmetric behavior. I think this is just a case of different terminal emulators doing things differently, since this kind

Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-06 Thread Alexander Burger
On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 05:47:23PM +0200, Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote: > Would not wrapping the thing with rlwrap help, at least temporarily? Well, we do not need a "temporary" fix. The problem exists for almost 30 years now :) And if so, what then? Implement the PicoLisp REPL behavior in rlwrap

Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-06 Thread Yiorgos Adamopoulos
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Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-05 Thread Jakob Eriksson
Wow that thing looks like a good match. Small, self contained and under a liberal license. (Simplified BSD) On 05/03/16 18:35, Michel Pelletier wrote: > There's also the option of using an optional third party library like > https://github.com/antirez/linenoise > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:02

Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-05 Thread Michel Pelletier
There's also the option of using an optional third party library like https://github.com/antirez/linenoise On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Jakob Eriksson wrote: > A shotgun approach would be to create a screen editor of sorts, > with a repl in it. That is probably

Re: Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-05 Thread Jakob Eriksson
A shotgun approach would be to create a screen editor of sorts, with a repl in it. That is probably overkill. On 05/03/16 16:18, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi all, > > since early versions of PicoLisp I have a problem with the behavior of > terminals. > > It concerns the REPL line editor in

Backspace across wrapped line

2016-03-05 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi all, since early versions of PicoLisp I have a problem with the behavior of terminals. It concerns the REPL line editor in debug mode, the way how a backspace behaves across a wrapped line. To move backwards in the line, the line editor sends a Ctrl-H to the terminal. This happens not only