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authorStefan Zegenhagen <stefan.zegenhagen@arcutronix.com>2013-07-15 17:03:07 +0200
committerFredrik Gustafsson <fredrik@erlang.org>2013-08-07 10:05:04 +0200
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make edlin understand a few important control keys
Hi Fredrik, > I've gotten some feedback from your review, > You need to add documentation under Erts-> "User's Guide" -> "tty - A > command line interface" > > You need to add testcase in interactive_shell_SUITE a simplified > example of how this testcase could look like; > ctrl_w_and_ctrl_u(_Conf) -> > rtnode([{putline,""}, {putline, "2."}, {getline, "2"}, > {putline,"xxx yy"++[$\^w]++"."}, {getline,"xxx"}, {putline,"xxx > yy"++[$\^u]++"z."}, {getline,"z"}],[]). Please find an updated version of the patch attached to this e-mail. I hope that you still accept it via e-mail because the former patch was sent the same way ;-). I have extended the documentation to list the new key combinations and added tests to make sure they work. Kind regards, -- Dr. Stefan Zegenhagen arcutronix GmbH Garbsener Landstr. 10 30419 Hannover Germany Tel: +49 511 277-2734 Fax: +49 511 277-2709 Email: stefan.zegenhagen@arcutronix.com Web: www.arcutronix.com *Synchronize the Ethernet* General Managers: Dipl. Ing. Juergen Schroeder, Dr. Josef Gfrerer - Legal Form: GmbH, Registered office: Hannover, HRB 202442, Amtsgericht Hannover; Ust-Id: DE257551767. Please consider the environment before printing this message. >From ce4b827c78d18f39bb1146fd2959ffd7ae2b4bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Zegenhagen <stefan.zegenhagen@arcutronix.com> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:39:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [EDLIN] support a few more control keys Add support for the following control keys that many users have become accustomed to: - <CTRL>+W : backward kill word - <CTRL>+U : backward kill line - <HOME> : goto start of line - <END> : goto end of line - <CTRL>+<LEFT> : backward word - <CTRL>+<RIGHT> : forward word It seems that the <CTRL>+<LEFT|RIGHT> control key sequences are different between terminal emulators, therefore a few possible combinations were added (similar to how libreadline is configured). Documentation and tests are extended to reflect the new functionality.
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/tty.xml b/erts/doc/src/tty.xml
index 7d662a2849..15b67c8c7d 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/tty.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/tty.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
<section>
<title>Normal Mode</title>
<p>In normal mode keystrokes from the user are collected and interpreted by <c><![CDATA[tty]]></c>. Most of the <em>emacs</em> line editing commands are supported. The following is a complete list of the supported line editing commands.<br></br></p>
- <p><em>Note:</em> The notation <c><![CDATA[C-a]]></c> means pressing the control key and the letter <c><![CDATA[a]]></c> simultaneously. <c><![CDATA[M-f]]></c> means pressing the <c><![CDATA[ESC]]></c> key followed by the letter <c><![CDATA[f]]></c>.
+ <p><em>Note:</em> The notation <c><![CDATA[C-a]]></c> means pressing the control key and the letter <c><![CDATA[a]]></c> simultaneously. <c><![CDATA[M-f]]></c> means pressing the <c><![CDATA[ESC]]></c> key followed by the letter <c><![CDATA[f]]></c>. <c><![CDATA[Home]]></c> and <c><![CDATA[End]]></c> represent the keys with the same name on the keyboard, whereas <c><![CDATA[Left]]></c> and <c><![CDATA[Right]]></c> represent the corresponding cursor keys.
</p>
<table>
<row>
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><em>Function</em></cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Home</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Beginning of line</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">C-a</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Beginning of line</cell>
</row>
@@ -63,6 +67,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Backward character</cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">C-Left</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Backward word</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">M-b</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Backward word</cell>
</row>
@@ -75,6 +83,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Delete word</cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">End</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">End of line</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">C-e</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">End of line</cell>
</row>
@@ -83,6 +95,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Forward character</cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">C-Right</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Forward word</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">M-f</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Forward word</cell>
</row>
@@ -95,6 +111,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Kill line</cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">C-u</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Backward kill line</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">C-l</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Redraw line</cell>
</row>
@@ -111,6 +131,10 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Transpose characters</cell>
</row>
<row>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">C-w</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Backward kill word</cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">C-y</cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Insert previously killed text</cell>
</row>