ec_editline_gets - Man Page

#include <ecoli/editline.h>

char * ec_editline_gets(
    struct ec_editline   *editline   /* The pointer to the ec_editline structure. */
);

Get a line interactively (with completion).

Wrapper to libedit el_gets(). It returns the edited line without its "0, and adds it to the history.

An allocated string containing the edited line, that must be freed by the caller using free().

ec_editline_get_el(3), ec_editline_set_prompt(3), ec_editline_complete(3), ec_editline_set_prompt_esc(3), ec_editline_parse(3), ec_editline_free(3), ec_editline_term_size(3), ec_editline_interact(3), ec_editline_set_node(3), ec_editline_set_history(3), ec_editline(3), ec_editline_get_node(3), ec_editline_curline(3)

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ec_editline(3), ec_editline_complete(3), ec_editline_curline(3), ec_editline_free(3), ec_editline_get_el(3), ec_editline_get_node(3), ec_editline_interact(3), ec_editline_parse(3), ec_editline_set_history(3), ec_editline_set_node(3), ec_editline_set_prompt(3), ec_editline_set_prompt_esc(3), ec_editline_term_size(3).