Peter Otten wrote:
Luca wrote:
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Chris Rebert<c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Luca<luca...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all.
I need to use a function like the raw_input to read data from user
command line, but I really like to pre-compile the choice and I'm not
able to do this. There is some other function/module I can use?
I wanna to pre-compile the raw_input input line with the current working
path.
What does "pre-compile" mean in this context? It's not clear at all,
so I can't even understand your question.
I'm really sorry to all that replied... In fact I literally traduced a
With "traduced" you stumbled upon another false friend ;)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falso_amico
concept from italian and the term precompiled was not so clear...
What I mean is this: I wanna that raw_input (or other modules) ask to
the user the data, but some data inserted is already present, to the
user can cancel it with the BACKSPACE key.
Examples below (the "_" is the initial cursor position).
>>> raw_input("Insert the directory to work: ")
Insert the directory to work: _
What I need is:
>>> XXX_raw_input("Insert the directory to work: ",
>>> default="/home/john/")
Insert the directory to work: /home/john_
In the second example a user can cancel the text "/home/john".
I hope this time is more clear, sorry again.
import readline
def input_default(prompt, default):
def startup_hook():
readline.insert_text(default)
readline.set_startup_hook(startup_hook)
try:
return raw_input(prompt)
finally:
readline.set_startup_hook(None)
print input_default("directory? ", default="/home/john")
The cmd module may also be worth having a look.
Peter
The readline module is specific to Unix implementations. I don't know
what OS the OP was using.
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