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use 5.010; package IO::Prompter; use utf8; use warnings; no if $] >= 5.018000, warnings => 'experimental'; use strict; use Carp; use Contextual::Return qw< PUREBOOL BOOL SCALAR METHOD VOID LIST RETOBJ >; use Scalar::Util qw< openhandle looks_like_number >; use Symbol qw< qualify_to_ref >; use match::smart qw< match >; our $VERSION = '0.005002'; my $fake_input; # Flag that we're faking input from the source my $DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH = 80; my $DEFAULT_VERBATIM_KEY = "\cV"; # Completion control... my $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_FIELDS = 4; #...per line my $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_GAP = 3; #...spaces my $COMPLETE_KEY = $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_KEY} // qq{\t}; my $COMPLETE_HIST = $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_KEY} // qq{\cR}; my $COMPLETE_NEXT = qq{\cN}; my $COMPLETE_PREV = qq{\cP}; my $COMPLETE_INIT = qr{ [\Q$COMPLETE_KEY$COMPLETE_HIST\E] }xms; my $COMPLETE_CYCLE = qr{ [$COMPLETE_NEXT$COMPLETE_PREV] }xms; my %COMPLETE_MODE = ( $COMPLETE_KEY => [split /\s+/, $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_MODES}//q{list+longest full}], $COMPLETE_HIST => [split /\s+/, $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_MODES} // q{full}], ); my $FAKE_ESC = "\e"; my $FAKE_INSERT = "\cF"; my $MENU_ESC = "\e"; my $MENU_MK = '__M_E_N_U__'; my %EDIT = ( BACK => qq{\cB}, FORWARD => qq{\cF}, START => qq{\cA}, END => qq{\cE}, ); my $EDIT_KEY = '['.join(q{},values %EDIT).']'; # Extracting key letters... my $KL_EXTRACT = qr{ (?| \[ ( [[:alnum:]]++ ) \] | \( ( [[:alnum:]]++ ) \) | \< ( [[:alnum:]]++ ) \> | \{ ( [[:alnum:]]++ ) \} ) }xms; my $KL_DEF_EXTRACT = qr{ \[ ( [[:alnum:]]++ ) \] }xms; # Auxiliary prompts for -Yes => N construct... my @YESNO_PROMPTS = ( q{Really?}, q{You're quite certain?}, q{Definitely?}, q{You mean it?}, q{You truly mean it?}, q{You're sure?}, q{Have you thought this through?}, q{You understand the consequences?}, ); # Remember returned values for history completion... my %history_cache; # Track lexically-scoped default options and wrapper subs... my @lexical_options = []; my @lexical_wrappers = []; # Export the prompt() sub... sub import { my (undef, $config_data, @other_args) = @_; # Handle -argv requests... if (defined $config_data && $config_data eq '-argv') { scalar prompt(-argv, @other_args); } # Handle lexical options... elsif (ref $config_data eq 'ARRAY') { push @lexical_options, $config_data; $^H{'IO::Prompter::scope_number'} = $#lexical_options; } # Handle lexical wrappers... elsif (ref $config_data eq 'HASH') { push @lexical_options, []; $lexical_wrappers[ $#lexical_options ] = $config_data; $^H{'IO::Prompter::scope_number'} = $#lexical_options; for my $subname (keys %{$config_data}) { my @args = @{$config_data->{$subname}}; no strict 'refs'; no warnings 'redefine'; *{caller().'::'.$subname} = sub { my $scope_number = (caller 0)[10]{'IO::Prompter::scope_number'}; return prompt(@{$lexical_wrappers[$scope_number]{$subname}//[]}, @_); }; } } # Handler faked input specifications... elsif (defined $config_data) { $fake_input = $config_data; } no strict 'refs'; *{caller().'::prompt'} = \&prompt; } # Prompt for, read, vet, and return input... sub prompt { # Reclaim full control of print statements while prompting... local $\ = ''; # Locate any lexical default options... my $hints_hash = (caller 0)[10] // {}; my $scope_num = $hints_hash->{'IO::Prompter::scope_number'} // 0; # Extract and sanitize configuration arguments... my $opt_ref = _decode_args(@{$lexical_options[$scope_num]}, @_); _warn( void => 'Useless use of prompt() in void context' ) if VOID && !$opt_ref->{-void}; # Set up yesno prompts if required... my @yesno_prompts = ($opt_ref->{-yesno}{count}//0) > 1 ? @YESNO_PROMPTS : (); # Work out where the prompts go, and where the input comes from... my $in_filehandle = $opt_ref->{-in} // _open_ARGV(); my $out_filehandle = $opt_ref->{-out} // qualify_to_ref(select); if (!openhandle $in_filehandle) { open my $fh, '<', $in_filehandle or _opt_err('Unacceptable', '-in', 'valid filehandle or filename'); $in_filehandle = $fh; } if (!openhandle $out_filehandle) { open my $fh, '>', $out_filehandle or _opt_err('Unacceptable', '-out', 'valid filehandle or filename'); $out_filehandle = $fh; } # Track timeouts... my $in_pos = do { no warnings; tell $in_filehandle } // 0; # Short-circuit if not valid handles... return if !openhandle($in_filehandle) || !openhandle($out_filehandle); # Work out how they're arriving and departing... my $outputter_ref = -t $in_filehandle && -t $out_filehandle ? _std_printer_to($out_filehandle, $opt_ref) : _null_printer() ; my $inputter_ref = _generate_unbuffered_reader_from( $in_filehandle, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref ); # Clear the screen if requested to... if ($opt_ref->{-wipe}) { $outputter_ref->(-nostyle => "\n" x 1000); } # Handle menu structures... my $input; eval { REPROMPT_YESNO: if ($opt_ref->{-menu}) { # Remember top of (possibly nested) menu... my @menu = ( $opt_ref->{-menu} ); my $top_prompt = $opt_ref->{-prompt}; $top_prompt =~ s{$MENU_MK}{$opt_ref->{-menu}{prompt}}xms; $menu[-1]{prompt} = $top_prompt; MENU: while (1) { # Track the current level... $opt_ref->{-menu_curr_level} = $menu[-1]{value_for}; # Show menu and retreive choice... $outputter_ref->(-style => $menu[-1]{prompt}); my $tag = $inputter_ref->($menu[-1]{constraint}); # Handle a failure by exiting the loop... last MENU if !defined $tag; $tag =~ s{\A\s*(\S*).*}{$1}xms; # Handle <ESC> by moving up menu stack... if ($tag eq $MENU_ESC) { $input = undef; last MENU if @menu <= 1; pop @menu; next MENU; } # Handle defaults by selecting and ejecting... if ($tag =~ /\A\R?\Z/ && exists $opt_ref->{-def}) { $input = $tag; last MENU; } # Otherwise, retrieve value for selected tag and exit if not a nested menu... $input = $menu[-1]{value_for}{$tag}; last MENU if !ref $input; # Otherwise, go down the menu one level... push @menu, _build_menu($input, "Select from $menu[-1]{key_for}{$tag}: ", $opt_ref->{-number} || $opt_ref->{-integer} ); $menu[-1]{prompt} .= '> '; } } # Otherwise, simply ask and ye shall receive... else { $outputter_ref->(-style => $opt_ref->{-prompt}); $input = $inputter_ref->(); } 1; } // do { # Supply the missing newline if requested... $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-return}(q{})) if exists $opt_ref->{-return}; # Rethrow any other exception... my $error = $@; die $@ unless ref($error) eq 'IO::Prompter::Cancellation'; # Return failure on cancellation... return if $opt_ref->{-verbatim}; return PUREBOOL { 0 } BOOL { 0 } SCALAR { ${$error} } METHOD { defaulted => sub { 0 }, timedout => sub { 0 } }; }; # Provide default value if available and necessary... my $defaulted = 0; { no warnings 'uninitialized'; if (defined $input && $input =~ /\A\R?\Z/ && exists $opt_ref->{-def}) { $input = $opt_ref->{-def}; $defaulted = 1; } # The input line is usually chomped before being returned... if (defined $input && !$opt_ref->{-line}) { chomp $input; } } # Check for a value indicating failure... if (exists $opt_ref->{-fail} && match($input, $opt_ref->{-fail})) { $input = undef; } # Setting @ARGV is a special case; process it like a command-line... if ($opt_ref->{-argv}) { @ARGV = map { _shell_expand($_) } grep {defined} $input =~ m{ ( ' [^'\\]* (?: \\. [^'\\]* )* ' ) | ( " [^"\\]* (?: \\. [^"\\]* )* " ) | (?: ^ | \s) ( [^\s"'] \S* ) }gxms; return 1; } # "Those who remember history are enabled to repeat it"... if (defined $input and $opt_ref->{-history} ne 'NONE') { no warnings 'uninitialized'; my $history_set = $history_cache{ $opt_ref->{-history} } //= [] ; @{ $history_set } = ($input, grep { $_ ne $input } @{ $history_set }); } # If input timed out insert the default, if any... my $timedout = $in_pos == do{ no warnings; tell $in_filehandle } // 0; if ($timedout && exists $opt_ref->{-def}) { $input = $opt_ref->{-def}; $defaulted = 1; } # A defined input is a successful input... my $succeeded = defined $input; # The -yesno variants also need a 'y' to be successful... if ($opt_ref->{-yesno}{count}) { $succeeded &&= $input =~ m{\A \s* y}ixms; if ($succeeded && $opt_ref->{-yesno}{count} > 1) { my $count = --$opt_ref->{-yesno}{count}; $opt_ref->{-prompt} = @yesno_prompts ? shift(@yesno_prompts) . q{ } : $count > 1 ? qq{Please confirm $count more times } : q{Please confirm one last time } ; goto REPROMPT_YESNO; # Gasp, yes goto is the cleanest way! } } # Verbatim return doesn't do fancy tricks... if ($opt_ref->{-verbatim}) { return $input // (); } # Failure in a list context returns nothing... return if LIST && !$succeeded; # Otherwise, be context sensitive... return PUREBOOL { $_ = RETOBJ; next handler; } BOOL { $succeeded; } SCALAR { $input; } METHOD { defaulted => sub { $defaulted }, timedout => sub { return q{} if !$timedout; return "timed out after $opt_ref->{-timeout} second" . ($opt_ref->{-timeout} == 1 ? q{} : q{s}); }, }; } # Simulate a command line expansion for the -argv option... sub _shell_expand { my ($text) = @_; # Single-quoted text is literal... if ($text =~ m{\A ' (.*) ' \z}xms) { return $1; } # Everything else has shell variables expanded... my $ENV_PAT = join '|', reverse sort keys %ENV; $text =~ s{\$ ($ENV_PAT)}{$ENV{$1}}gxms; # Double-quoted text isn't globbed... if ($text =~ m{\A " (.*) " \z}xms) { return $1; } # Everything else is... return glob($text); } # No completion is the default... my $DEFAULT_COMPLETER = sub { q{} }; # Translate std constraints... my %STD_CONSTRAINT = ( positive => sub { $_ > 0 }, negative => sub { $_ < 0 }, zero => sub { $_ == 0 }, even => sub { $_ % 2 == 0 }, odd => sub { $_ % 2 != 0 }, ); # Create abbreviations... $STD_CONSTRAINT{pos} = $STD_CONSTRAINT{positive}; $STD_CONSTRAINT{neg} = $STD_CONSTRAINT{negative}; # Create antitheses... for my $constraint (keys %STD_CONSTRAINT) { my $implementation = $STD_CONSTRAINT{$constraint}; $STD_CONSTRAINT{"non$constraint"} = sub { ! $implementation->(@_) }; } # Special style specifications require decoding... sub _decode_echo { my $style = shift; # Not a special style... return $style if ref $style || $style !~ m{/}; # A slash means yes/no echoes... my ($yes, $no) = split m{/}, $style; return sub{ /y/i ? $yes : $no }; } sub _decode_echostyle { my $style = shift; # Not a special style... return $style if ref $style || $style !~ m{/}; # A slash means yes/no styles... my ($yes, $no) = split m{/}, $style; return sub{ /y/i ? $yes : $no }; } sub _decode_style { # No special prompt styles (yet)... return shift; } # Generate safe closure around active sub... sub _gen_wrapper_for { my ($arg) = @_; return ref $arg ne 'CODE' ? sub { $arg } : sub { eval { for (shift) { no warnings; return $arg->($_) // $_ } } }; } # Create recognizer... my $STD_CONSTRAINT = '^(?:' . join('|', reverse sort keys %STD_CONSTRAINT) . ')'; # Translate name constraints to implementations... sub _standardize_constraint { my ($option_type, $constraint_spec) = @_; return ("be an acceptable $option_type", $constraint_spec) if ref $constraint_spec; my @constraint_names = split /\s+/, $constraint_spec; my @constraints = map { $STD_CONSTRAINT{$_} // _opt_err('invalid',-$option_type,'"pos", "neg", "even", etc.', qq{"$_"}) } @constraint_names; return ( 'be ' . join(' and ', @constraint_names), sub { my ($compare_val) = @_; for my $constraint (@constraints) { return 0 if !$constraint->($compare_val); } return 1; } ); } # Convert args to prompt + options hash... sub _decode_args { my %option = ( -prompt => undef, -complete => $DEFAULT_COMPLETER, -must => {}, -history => 'DEFAULT', -style => sub{ q{} }, -nostyle => sub{ q{} }, -echostyle => sub{ q{} }, -echo => sub { my $char = shift; $char eq "\t" ? q{ } : $char }, -return => sub { "\n" }, ); DECODING: while (defined(my $arg = shift @_)) { if (my $type = ref $arg) { _warn( reserved => 'prompt(): Unexpected argument (' . lc($type) . ' ref) ignored' ); } else { state $already_wiped; my $redo; # The sound of one hand clapping... if ($arg =~ /^-_/) { $redo = 1; } # Non-chomping option... elsif ($arg =~ /^-line$/) { $option{-line}++; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-l/) { $option{-line}++; $redo = 1; } # The -yesno variants... elsif ($arg =~ /^-YesNo$/) { my $count = @_ && looks_like_number($_[0]) ? shift @_ : 1; $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[YN]' => qr{\A \s* [YN] }xms }, count => $count, }; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-YN/) { $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[YN]' => qr{\A \s* [YN] }xms }, count => 1, }; $redo = 2; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-yesno$/) { my $count = @_ && looks_like_number($_[0]) ? shift @_ : 1; $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[yn]' => qr{\A \s* [YN] }ixms }, count => $count, }; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-yn/) { $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[yn]' => qr{\A \s* [YN] }ixms }, count => 1, }; $redo = 2; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-Yes$/) { my $count = @_ && looks_like_number($_[0]) ? shift @_ : 1; $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[Y for yes]' => qr{\A \s* (?: [^y] | \Z) }xms }, count => $count, }; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-Y/) { $option{-yesno} = { must => { '[Y for yes]' => qr{\A \s* (?: [^y] | \Z) }xms }, count => 1, }; $redo = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-yes$/) { my $count = @_ && looks_like_number($_[0]) ? shift @_ : 1; $option{-yesno} = { count => $count }; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-y/) { $option{-yesno} = { count => 1 }; $redo = 1; } # Load @ARGV... elsif ($arg =~ /^-argv$/) { $option{-argv} = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-a/) { $option{-argv} = 1; $redo = 1; } # Clear screen before prompt... elsif ($arg =~ /^-wipe(first)?$/) { $option{-wipe} = $1 ? !$already_wiped : 1; $already_wiped = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-w/) { $option{-wipe} = 1; $already_wiped = 1; $redo = 1; } # Specify a failure condition... elsif ($arg =~ /^-fail$/) { _opt_err('Missing', -fail, 'failure condition') if !@_; $option{-fail} = shift @_; } # Specify an immediate failure condition... elsif ($arg =~ /^-cancel/) { _opt_err('Missing', -cancel, 'cancellation condition') if !@_; $option{-cancel} = shift @_; } # Specify a file request... elsif ($arg =~ /^-f(?:ilenames?)?$/) { $option{-must}{'0: be an existing file'} = sub { -e $_[0] }; $option{-must}{'1: be readable'} = sub { -r $_[0] }; $option{-complete} = 'filenames'; } # Specify prompt echoing colour/style... elsif ($arg =~ /^-style/) { _opt_err('Missing -style specification') if !@_; my $style = _decode_style(shift @_); $option{-style} = _gen_wrapper_for($style); } # Specify input colour/style... elsif ($arg =~ /^-echostyle/) { _opt_err('Missing -echostyle specification') if !@_; my $style = _decode_echostyle(shift @_); $option{-echostyle} = _gen_wrapper_for($style); } # Specify input and output filehandles... elsif ($arg =~ /^-stdio$/) { $option{-in} = *STDIN; $option{-out} = *STDOUT; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-in$/) { $option{-in} = shift @_; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-out$/) { $option{-out} = shift @_; } # Specify integer and number return value... elsif ($arg =~ /^-integer$/) { $option{-integer} = 1; if (@_ && (ref $_[0] || $_[0] =~ $STD_CONSTRAINT)) { my ($errmsg, $constraint) = _standardize_constraint('integer',shift); $option{-must}{$errmsg} = $constraint; } } elsif ($arg =~ /^-num(?:ber)?$/) { $option{-number} = 1; if (@_ && (ref $_[0] || $_[0] =~ $STD_CONSTRAINT)) { my ($errmsg, $constraint) = _standardize_constraint('number',shift); $option{-must}{$errmsg} = $constraint; } } elsif ($arg =~ /^-i/) { $option{-integer} = 1; $redo = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-n/) { $option{-number} = 1; $redo = 1; } # Specify void context is okay... elsif ($arg =~ /^-void$/) { $option{-void} = 1; } # Specify verbatim return value... elsif ($arg =~ /^-verb(?:atim)?$/) { $option{-verbatim} = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-v/) { $option{-verbatim} = 1; $redo = 1;} # Specify single character return... elsif ($arg =~ /^-sing(?:le)?$/) { $option{-single} = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-[s1]/) { $option{-single} = 1; $redo = 1; } # Specify a default... elsif ($arg =~ /^-DEF(?:AULT)?/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-DEFAULT', 'string') if !@_; $option{-def} = shift @_; $option{-def_nocheck} = 1; _opt_err('Invalid', '-DEFAULT', 'string', 'reference') if ref($option{-def}); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-def(?:ault)?/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-default', 'string') if !@_; $option{-def} = shift @_; _opt_err('Invalid', '-default', 'string', 'reference') if ref($option{-def}); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-d(.+)$/) { $option{-def} = $1; } # Specify a timeout... elsif ($arg =~ /^-t(\d+)/) { $option{-timeout} = $1; $arg =~ s{\d+}{}xms; $redo = 1; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-timeout$/) { _opt_err('Missing', -timeout, 'number of seconds') if !@_; $option{-timeout} = shift @_; _opt_err('Invalid', -timeout,'number of seconds', qq{'$option{-timeout}'}) if !looks_like_number($option{-timeout}); } # Specify a set of input constraints... elsif ($arg =~ /^-g.*/) { _opt_err('Missing', -guarantee, 'input restriction') if !@_; my $restriction = shift @_; my $restriction_type = ref $restriction; $option{-must}{'be a valid input'} = $restriction; # Hashes restrict input to their keys... if ($restriction_type eq 'HASH') { $restriction_type = 'ARRAY'; $restriction = [ keys %{$restriction} ]; } # Arrays of strings matched (and completed) char-by-char... if ($restriction_type eq 'ARRAY') { my @restrictions = @{$restriction}; $option{-guarantee} = '\A(?:' . join('|', map { join(q{}, map { "(?:\Q$_\E" } split(q{}, $_)) . ')?' x length($_) } @restrictions) . ')\z' ; if ($option{-complete} == $DEFAULT_COMPLETER) { $option{-complete} = \@restrictions; } } # Regexes matched as-is... elsif ($restriction_type eq 'Regexp') { $option{-guarantee} = $restriction; } else { _opt_err( 'Invalid', -guarantee, 'array or hash reference, or regex' ); } } # Specify a set of key letters... elsif ($arg =~ '-keyletters_implement') { # Extract all keys and default keys... my @keys = ($option{-prompt} =~ m{$KL_EXTRACT}gxms); # Convert default to a -default... my @defaults = ($option{-prompt} =~ m{$KL_DEF_EXTRACT}gxms); if (@defaults > 1) { _warn( ambiguous => "prompt(): -keyletters found too many defaults" ) } elsif (@defaults) { push @_, -default => $defaults[0]; } # Convert key letters to a -guarantee... @keys = ( map({uc} @keys), map({lc} @keys) ); if (@defaults == 1) { push @keys, q{}; } push @_, -guarantee => \@keys; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-key(?:let(?:ter)?)(?:s)?/) { push @_, '-keyletters_implement'; } elsif ($arg =~ /^-k/) { push @_, '-keyletters_implement'; $redo = 1; } # Specify a set of return constraints... elsif ($arg =~ /^-must$/) { _opt_err('Missing', -must, 'constraint hash') if !@_; my $must = shift @_; _opt_err('Invalid', -must, 'hash reference') if ref($must) ne 'HASH'; for my $errmsg (keys %{$must}) { $option{-must}{$errmsg} = $must->{$errmsg}; } } # Specify a history set... elsif ($arg =~ /^-history/) { $option{-history} = @_ && $_[0] !~ /^-/ ? shift @_ : undef; _opt_err('Invalid', -history, 'history set name', qq{'$option{-history}'}) if ref($option{-history}); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-h(.*)/) { $option{-history} = length($1) ? $1 : undef; } # Specify completions... elsif ($arg =~ /^-comp(?:lete)?/) { _opt_err('Missing', -complete, 'completions') if !@_; my $comp_spec = shift @_; my $comp_type = ref($comp_spec) || $comp_spec || '???'; if ($comp_type =~ m{\A(?: file\w* | dir\w* | ARRAY | HASH | CODE )\Z}xms) { $option{-complete} = $comp_spec; } else { _opt_err( 'Invalid', -complete, '"filenames", "dirnames", or reference to array, hash, or subroutine'); } } # Specify what to echo when a character is keyed... elsif ($arg =~ /^-(echo|ret(?:urn)?)$/) { my $flag = $1 eq 'echo' ? '-echo' : '-return'; if ($flag eq '-echo' && !eval { no warnings 'deprecated'; require Term::ReadKey }) { _warn( bareword => "Warning: next input will be in plaintext\n"); } my $arg = @_ && $_[0] !~ /^-/ ? shift(@_) : $flag eq '-echo' ? q{} : qq{\n}; $option{$flag} = _gen_wrapper_for(_decode_echo($arg)); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-e(.*)/) { if (!eval { no warnings 'deprecated'; require Term::ReadKey }) { _warn( bareword => "Warning: next input will be in plaintext\n"); } my $arg = $1; $option{-echo} = _gen_wrapper_for(_decode_echo($arg)); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-r(.+)/) { my $arg = $1; $option{-return} = _gen_wrapper_for(_decode_echo($arg)); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-r/) { $option{-return} = sub{ "\n" }; } # Specify an initial input... elsif ($arg =~ /^-prefill/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-prefill', 'string') if !@_; $option{-prefill} = shift @_; _opt_err('Invalid', '-prefill', 'string', 'reference') if ref($option{-prefill}); } # Explicit prompt replaces implicit prompts... elsif ($arg =~ /^-prompt$/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-prompt', 'prompt string') if !@_; $option{-prompt} = shift @_; _opt_err('Invalid', '-prompt', 'string', 'reference') if ref($option{-prompt}); } elsif ($arg =~ /^-p(\S*)$/) { $option{-prompt} = $1; } # Menus inject a placeholder in the prompt string... elsif ($arg =~ /^-menu$/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-menu', 'menu specification') if !@_; $option{-menu} = ref $_[0] ? shift(@_) : \shift(@_); $option{-prompt} .= $MENU_MK; $option{-def_nocheck} = 1; } # A monitoring sub is called on every input character... elsif ($arg =~ /^-monitor/) { _opt_err('Missing', '-monitor', 'a monitor subref') if !@_ || ref $_[0] ne 'CODE'; $option{-monitor} = shift(@_); } # Anything else of the form '-...' is a misspelt option... elsif ($arg =~ /^-\w+$/) { _warn(misc => "prompt(): Unknown option $arg ignored"); } # Anything else is part fo the prompt... else { $option{-prompt} .= $arg; } # Handle option bundling... redo DECODING if $redo && $arg =~ s{\A -.{$redo} (?=.)}{-}xms; } } # Precompute top-level menu, if menuing... if (exists $option{-menu}) { $option{-menu} = _build_menu($option{-menu}, undef, $option{-number}||$option{-integer} ); } # Handle return magic on -single... if (defined $option{-single} && length($option{-echo}('X')//'echoself')) { $option{-return} //= sub{ "\n" }; } # Adjust prompt as necessary... if ($option{-argv}) { my $progname = $option{-prompt} // $0; $progname =~ s{^.*/}{}xms; my $HINT = '[enter command line args here]'; $option{-prompt} = "> $progname $HINT\r> $progname "; $option{-complete} = 'filenames'; my $not_first; $option{-echo} = sub{ my $char = shift; $option{-prompt} = "> $progname "; # Sneaky resetting to handle completions return $char if $not_first++; return "\r> $progname " . (q{ } x length $HINT) . "\r> $progname $char"; } } elsif (!defined $option{-prompt}) { $option{-prompt} = '> '; } elsif ($option{-prompt} =~ m{ \S \z}xms) { # If prompt doesn't end in whitespace, make it so... $option{-prompt} .= ' '; } elsif ($option{-prompt} =~ m{ (.*) \n \z}xms) { # If prompt ends in a newline, remove it... $option{-prompt} = $1; } # Steal history set name if -h given without a specification... $option{-history} //= $option{-prompt}; # Verify any default satisfies any constraints... if (exists $option{-def} && !$option{-def_nocheck}) { if (!_verify_input_constraints(\q{},undef,undef,\%option)) { _warn( misc => 'prompt(): -default value does not satisfy -must constraints' ); } } return \%option; } #====[ Error Handlers ]========================================= sub _opt_err { my ($problem, $option, $expectation, $found) = @_; if (@_ > 3) { Carp::croak "prompt(): $problem value for $option (expected $expectation, but found $found)"; } else { Carp::croak "prompt(): $problem value for $option (expected $expectation)"; } } sub _warn { my ($category, @message) = @_; return if !warnings::enabled($category); my $message = join(q{},@message); warn $message =~ /\n$/ ? $message : Carp::shortmess($message); } #====[ Utility subroutines ]==================================== # Return the *ARGV filehandle, "magic-opening" it if necessary... sub _open_ARGV { if (!openhandle \*ARGV) { $ARGV = shift @ARGV // '-'; open *ARGV or Carp::croak(qq{prompt(): Can't open *ARGV: $!}); } return \*ARGV; } my $INTEGER_PAT = qr{ \A \s*+ [+-]?+ \d++ (?: [Ee] \+? \d+ )? \s*+ \Z }xms; my $NUMBER_PAT = qr{ \A \s*+ [+-]?+ (?: \d++ (?: [.,] \d*+ )? | [.,] \d++ ) (?: [eE] [+-]?+ \d++ )? \s*+ \Z }xms; # Verify interactive constraints... sub _verify_input_constraints { my ($input_ref, $local_fake_input_ref, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref, $extras) = @_; # Use default if appropriate (but short-circuit checks if -DEFAULT set)... my $input = ${$input_ref}; if (${$input_ref} =~ m{^\R?$}xms && exists $opt_ref->{-def}) { return 1 if $opt_ref->{-def_nocheck}; $input = $opt_ref->{-def} } chomp $input; my $failed; # Integer constraint is hard-coded... if ($opt_ref->{-integer} && $input !~ $INTEGER_PAT) { $failed = $opt_ref->{-prompt} . "(must be an integer) "; } # Numeric constraint is hard-coded... if (!$failed && $opt_ref->{-number} && $input !~ $NUMBER_PAT) { $failed = $opt_ref->{-prompt} . "(must be a number) "; } # Sort and clean up -must list... my $must_ref = $opt_ref->{-must} // {}; my @must_keys = sort keys %{$must_ref}; my %clean_key_for = map { $_ => (/^\d+[.:]?\s*(.*)/s ? $1 : $_) } @must_keys; my @must_kv_list = map { $clean_key_for{$_} => $must_ref->{$_} } @must_keys; # Combine -yesno and -must constraints... my %constraint_for = ( %{ $extras // {} }, %{ $opt_ref->{-yesno}{must} // {} }, @must_kv_list, ); my @constraints = ( keys %{ $extras // {} }, keys %{ $opt_ref->{-yesno}{must} // {} }, @clean_key_for{@must_keys}, ); # User-specified constraints... if (!$failed && keys %constraint_for) { CONSTRAINT: for my $msg (@constraints) { my $constraint = $constraint_for{$msg}; next CONSTRAINT if eval { no warnings; local $_ = $input; match($input, $constraint); }; $failed = $msg =~ m{\A [[:upper:]] }xms ? "$msg " : $msg =~ m{\A \W }xms ? $opt_ref->{-prompt} . "$msg " : $opt_ref->{-prompt} . "(must $msg) " ; last CONSTRAINT; } } # If any constraint not satisfied... if ($failed) { # Return failure if not actually prompting at the moment... return 0 if !$outputter_ref; # Redraw post-menu prompt with failure message appended... $failed =~ s{.*$MENU_MK}{}xms; $outputter_ref->(-style => _wipe_line(), $failed); # Reset input collector... ${$input_ref} = q{}; # Reset faked input, if any... if (defined $fake_input && length($fake_input) > 0) { $fake_input =~ s{ \A (.*) \R? }{}xm; ${$local_fake_input_ref} = $1; } no warnings 'exiting'; next INPUT; } # Otherwise succeed... return 1; } # Build a sub to read from specified filehandle, with or without timeout... sub _generate_buffered_reader_from { my ($in_fh, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref) = @_; # Set-up for timeouts... my $fileno = fileno($in_fh) // -1; my $has_timeout = exists $opt_ref->{-timeout} && $fileno >= 0; my $timeout = $opt_ref->{-timeout}; my $readbits = q{}; if ($has_timeout && $fileno >= 0) { vec($readbits,$fileno,1) = 1; } # Set up local faked input, if any... my $local_fake_input; my $orig_fake_input; if (defined $fake_input && length($fake_input) > 0) { $fake_input =~ s{ \A (.*) \R? }{}xm; $orig_fake_input = $local_fake_input = $1; } return sub { my ($extra_constraints) = @_; INPUT: while (1) { if (!$has_timeout || select $readbits, undef, undef, $timeout) { my $input; # Real input comes from real filehandles... if (!defined $local_fake_input) { $input = readline $in_fh; } # Fake input has to be typed... else { $input = $local_fake_input; sleep 1; for ($local_fake_input =~ m/\X/g) { _simulate_typing(); $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echo}($_)); } readline $in_fh; # Check for simulated EOF... if ($input =~ m{^ \s* (?: \cD | \cZ ) }xms) { $input = undef; } } if (exists $opt_ref->{-cancel}) { for my $nextchar (split q{}, $input) { die bless \$input, 'IO::Prompter::Cancellation' if match($nextchar, $opt_ref->{-cancel}); } } if (defined $input) { _verify_input_constraints( \$input, \$local_fake_input, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref, $extra_constraints ); } return defined $input && $opt_ref->{-single} ? substr($input, 0, 1) : $input; } else { return; } } } } sub _autoflush { my ($fh) = @_; my $prev_selected = select $fh; $| = 1; select $prev_selected; return; } sub _simulate_typing { state $TYPING_SPEED = 0.07; # seconds per character select undef, undef, undef, rand $TYPING_SPEED; } sub _term_width { my ($term_width) = eval { no warnings 'deprecated'; Term::ReadKey::GetTerminalSize(\*STDERR) }; return $term_width // $DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH; } sub _wipe_line { return qq{\r} . q{ } x (_term_width()-1) . qq{\r}; } # Convert a specification into a list of possible completions... sub _current_completions_for { my ($input_text, $opt_ref) = @_; my $completer = $opt_ref->{-complete}; # Isolate the final whitespace-separated word... my ($prefix, $lastword) = $input_text =~ m{ (?| ^ (.*\s+) (.*) | ^ () (.*) ) }xms; # Find candidates... my @candidates; for my $completer_type (ref($completer) || $completer // q{}) { # If completer is sub, recursively call it with input words... if ($completer_type eq 'CODE') { ($prefix, @candidates) = _current_completions_for( $input_text, { %{$opt_ref}, -complete => $completer->(split /\s+/, $input_text, -1) } ); } # If completer is array, grep the appropriate elements... elsif ($completer_type eq 'ARRAY') { @candidates = grep { /\A\Q$lastword\E/ } @{$completer}; } # If completer is hash, grep the appropriate keys... elsif ($completer_type eq 'HASH') { @candidates = grep { /\A\Q$lastword\E/ } keys %{$completer}; } # If completer is 'file...', glob up the appropriate filenames... elsif ($completer_type eq /^file\w*$/) { @candidates = glob($lastword.'*'); } # If completer is 'dir...', glob up the appropriate directories... elsif ($completer_type eq /^dir\w*$/) { @candidates = grep {-d} glob($lastword.'*'); } } chomp @candidates; return ($prefix, @candidates); } sub _current_history_for { my ($prefix, $opt_ref) = @_; my $prefix_len = length($prefix); return q{}, map { /\A (.*?) \R \Z/x ? $1 : $_ } grep { substr($_,0,$prefix_len) eq $prefix } @{ $history_cache{$opt_ref->{-history}} }; } sub _longest_common_prefix_for { my $prefix = shift @_; for my $comparison (@_) { ($comparison ^ $prefix) =~ m{ \A (\0*) }xms; my $common_length = length($1); return q{} if !$common_length; $prefix = substr($prefix, 0, $common_length); } return $prefix; } sub _display_completions { my ($input, @candidates) = @_; return q{} if @candidates <= 1; # How big is each field in the table? my $field_width = _term_width() / $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_FIELDS - $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_GAP; # Crop the possibilities intelligently to that width... for my $candidate (@candidates) { substr($candidate, 0, length($input)) =~ s{ \A .* [/\\] }{}xms; $candidate = sprintf "%-*s", $field_width, substr($candidate,0,$field_width); } # Collect them into rows... my $display = "\n"; my $gap = q{ } x $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_GAP; while (@candidates) { $display .= $gap . join($gap, splice(@candidates, 0, $COMPLETE_DISPLAY_FIELDS)) . "\n"; } return $display; } sub _generate_unbuffered_reader_from { my ($in_fh, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref) = @_; my $has_readkey = eval { no warnings 'deprecated'; require Term::ReadKey }; # If no per-character reads, fall back on buffered input... if (!-t $in_fh || !$has_readkey) { return _generate_buffered_reader_from($in_fh, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref); } # Adapt to local control characters... my %ctrl = eval { Term::ReadKey::GetControlChars($in_fh) }; delete $ctrl{$_} for grep { $ctrl{$_} eq "\cA" } keys %ctrl; $ctrl{EOF} //= "\4"; $ctrl{INTERRUPT} //= "\3"; $ctrl{ERASE} //= $^O eq 'MSWin32' ? "\10" : "0177"; my $ctrl = join '|', values %ctrl; my $VERBATIM_KEY = $ctrl{QUOTENEXT} // $DEFAULT_VERBATIM_KEY; # Translate timeout for ReadKey (with 32-bit MAXINT workaround for Windows)... my $timeout = !defined $opt_ref->{-timeout} ? 0x7FFFFFFF # 68 years : $opt_ref->{-timeout} == 0 ? -1 : $opt_ref->{-timeout} ; return sub { my ($extra_constraints) = @_; # Short-circuit on unreadable filehandle... return if !openhandle($in_fh); # Set up direct reading, and prepare to clean up on abnormal exit... Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('raw', $in_fh); my $prev_SIGINT = $SIG{INT}; local $SIG{INT} = sub { return if defined $prev_SIGINT && $prev_SIGINT eq 'IGNORE'; Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore', $in_fh); exit(1) if !defined $prev_SIGINT || $prev_SIGINT eq 'DEFAULT'; { package main; no strict 'refs'; $prev_SIGINT->() } }; # Set up local faked input, if any... my $local_fake_input; my $orig_fake_input; if (defined $fake_input && length($fake_input) > 0) { $fake_input =~ s{ \A (.*) \R? }{}xm; $orig_fake_input = $local_fake_input = $1; } my $input = exists $opt_ref->{-prefill} ? $opt_ref->{-prefill} : q{}; if (exists $opt_ref->{-prefill}) { if (exists $opt_ref->{-monitor}) { my %opts = ( -cursor_pos => length($input), -prompt => $opt_ref->{-prompt}, -style => $opt_ref->{-style}->(), -echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echostyle}->(), ); my $input_copy = $input; eval { $opt_ref->{-monitor}->($input_copy, \%opts) }; } $outputter_ref->( -style => $opt_ref->{-style}, _wipe_line(), $opt_ref->{-prompt}); $outputter_ref->( -echostyle => join(q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input =~ m/\X/g) ); } my $insert_offset = 0; INPUT: while (1) { state $prev_was_verbatim = 0; state $completion_level = 0; state $completion_type = q{}; # Get next character entered... my $next = Term::ReadKey::ReadKey($timeout, $in_fh); # Check for cancellation... if (exists $opt_ref->{-cancel} && match($next, $opt_ref->{-cancel})) { Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore', $in_fh); die bless \$input, 'IO::Prompter::Cancellation'; } # Finished with completion mode? if (($next//q{}) !~ m{ $COMPLETE_INIT | $COMPLETE_CYCLE }xms) { $completion_level = 0; $completion_type = q{}; } # Are we faking input? my $faking = defined $local_fake_input; # If not EOF... if (defined $next) { # Remember where we were parked... my $prev_insert_offset = $insert_offset; # Handle interrupts... if ($next eq $ctrl{INTERRUPT}) { $SIG{INT}(); next INPUT; } # Handle verbatim quoter... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && $next eq $VERBATIM_KEY) { $prev_was_verbatim = 1; next INPUT; } # Handle completions... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && ( $next =~ $COMPLETE_INIT || $completion_level > 0 && $next =~ $COMPLETE_CYCLE ) ) { state @completion_list; # ...all candidates for completion state @completion_ring; # ..."next" candidate cycle state $completion_ring_first; # ...special case first time state $completion_prefix; # ...skipped before completing # Track completion type and level (switch if necessary)... if ($next =~ $COMPLETE_INIT && index($completion_type, $next) < 0) { $completion_type = index($COMPLETE_KEY, $next) >= 0 ? $COMPLETE_KEY : $COMPLETE_HIST; $completion_level = 1; } else { $completion_level++; } # If starting completion, cache completions... if ($completion_level == 1) { ($completion_prefix, @completion_list) = index($COMPLETE_KEY, $next) >= 0 ? _current_completions_for($input, $opt_ref) : _current_history_for($input, $opt_ref); @completion_ring = (@completion_list, q{}); $completion_ring_first = 1; } # Can only complete if there are completions to be had... if (@completion_list) { # Select the appropriate mode... my $mode = $COMPLETE_MODE{$completion_type}[$completion_level-1] // $COMPLETE_MODE{$completion_type}[-1]; # 'longest mode' finds longest consistent prefix... if ($mode =~ /longest/) { $input = $completion_prefix . _longest_common_prefix_for(@completion_list); } # 'full mode' suggests next full match... elsif ($mode =~ /full/) { if (!$completion_ring_first) { if ($next eq $COMPLETE_PREV) { unshift @completion_ring, pop @completion_ring; } else { push @completion_ring, shift @completion_ring; } } $input = $completion_prefix . $completion_ring[0]; $completion_ring_first = 0; } # 'list mode' lists all possibilities... my $list_display = $mode =~ /list/ ? _display_completions($input, @completion_list) : q{}; # Update prompt with selected completion... $outputter_ref->( -style => $list_display, _wipe_line(), $opt_ref->{-prompt}, $input ); # If last completion was unique choice, completed... if (@completion_list <= 1) { $completion_level = 0; } } next INPUT; } # Handle erasures (including pushbacks if faking)... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && $next eq $ctrl{ERASE}) { if (!length $input) { # Do nothing... } elsif ($insert_offset) { # Can't erase past start of input... next INPUT if $insert_offset >= length($input); # Erase character just before cursor... substr($input, -$insert_offset-1, 1, q{}); # Redraw... my $input_pre = substr($input.' ',0,length($input)-$insert_offset+1); my $input_post = substr($input.' ',length($input)-$insert_offset); my $display_pre = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_pre =~ m/\X/g; my $display_post = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_post =~ m/\X/g; $outputter_ref->( -echostyle => "\b" x length($display_pre) . join(q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input =~ m/\X/g) . q{ } x length($opt_ref->{-echo}(q{ })) . "\b" x length($display_post) ); } else { my $erased = substr($input, -1, 1, q{}); if ($faking) { substr($local_fake_input,0,0,$erased); } $outputter_ref->( -nostyle => map { $_ x (length($opt_ref->{-echo}($_)//'X')) } "\b", ' ', "\b" ); } next INPUT; } # Handle EOF (including cancelling any remaining fake input)... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && $next eq $ctrl{EOF}) { Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore', $in_fh); close $in_fh; undef $fake_input; return length($input) ? $input : undef; } # Handle escape from faking... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && $faking && $next eq $FAKE_ESC) { my $lookahead = Term::ReadKey::ReadKey(0, $in_fh); # Two <ESC> implies the current faked line is deferred... if ($lookahead eq $FAKE_ESC) { $fake_input =~ s{ \A }{$orig_fake_input\n}xm; } # Only one <ESC> implies the current faked line is replaced... else { $in_fh->ungetc(ord($lookahead)); } undef $local_fake_input; $faking = 0; next INPUT; } # Handle returns... elsif (!$prev_was_verbatim && $next =~ /\A\R\z/) { # Complete faked line, if faked input incomplete... if ($faking && length($local_fake_input)) { for ($local_fake_input =~ m/\X/g) { _simulate_typing(); $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echo}($_)); } $input .= $local_fake_input; } # Add newline to the accumulated input string... $input .= $next; # Check that input satisfied any constraints... _verify_input_constraints( \$input, \$local_fake_input, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref, $extra_constraints, ); # Echo a default value if appropriate... if ($input =~ m{\A\R?\Z}xms && defined $opt_ref->{-def}) { my $def_val = $opt_ref->{-def}; # Try to find the key, for a menu... if (exists $opt_ref->{-menu_curr_level}) { for my $key ( keys %{$opt_ref->{-menu_curr_level}}) { if (match($def_val, $opt_ref->{-menu_curr_level}{$key})) { $def_val = $key; last; } } } # Echo it as if it had been typed... $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echo}($def_val)); } # Echo the return (or otherwise, as specified)... $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-return}($next)); # Clean up, and return the input... Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore', $in_fh); # Handle fake EOF... if ($faking && $input =~ m{^ (?: \cD | \cZ) }xms) { return undef; } return $input; } # Handle anything else... elsif ($prev_was_verbatim || $next !~ /$ctrl/) { # If so, get the next fake character... if ($faking) { $next = length($local_fake_input) ? substr($local_fake_input,0,1,q{}) : q{}; } # Handle editing... if ($next eq $EDIT{BACK}) { $insert_offset += ($insert_offset < length $input) ? 1 : 0; } elsif ($next eq $EDIT{FORWARD}) { $insert_offset += ($insert_offset > 0) ? -1 : 0; } elsif ($next eq $EDIT{START}) { $insert_offset = length($input); } elsif ($next eq $EDIT{END}) { $insert_offset = 0; } # Handle non-editing... else { # Check for input restrictions... if (exists $opt_ref->{-guarantee}) { next INPUT if ($input.$next) !~ $opt_ref->{-guarantee}; } # Add the new input char to the accumulated input string... if ($insert_offset) { substr($input, -$insert_offset, 0) = $next; $prev_insert_offset++; } else { $input .= $next; } } # Display the character (or whatever was specified)... if ($insert_offset || $prev_insert_offset) { my $input_pre = substr($input,0,length($input)-$prev_insert_offset); my $input_post = substr($input,length($input)-$insert_offset); my $display_pre = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_pre =~ m/\X/g; my $display_post = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_post =~ m/\X/g; $outputter_ref->( -echostyle => "\b" x length($display_pre) . join(q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input =~ m/\X/g) . "\b" x length($display_post) ); } elsif ($next !~ $EDIT_KEY) { $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echo}($next)); } # Not verbatim after this... $prev_was_verbatim = 0; } else { # Not verbatim after mysterious ctrl input... $prev_was_verbatim = 0; next INPUT; } } if ($opt_ref->{-single} || !defined $next || $input =~ m{\Q$/\E$}) { # Did we get an acceptable value? if (defined $next) { _verify_input_constraints( \$input, \$local_fake_input, $outputter_ref, $opt_ref, $extra_constraints, ); } # Reset terminal... Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore', $in_fh); # Return failure if failed before input or cancelled... if (!defined $next && length($input) == 0 || exists $opt_ref->{-cancel} && match($next, $opt_ref->{-cancel})) { return if $opt_ref->{-verbatim}; return PUREBOOL { 0 } BOOL { 0 } SCALAR { undef } METHOD { defaulted => sub { 0 }, timedout => sub { 0 } }; } # Otherwise supply a final newline if necessary... if ( $opt_ref->{-single} && exists $opt_ref->{-return} && $input !~ /\A\R\z/ ) { $outputter_ref->(-echostyle => $opt_ref->{-return}(q{})); } return $input; } } continue { # Perform monitor (if any) and redraw prompt (if required)... if ($opt_ref->{-monitor}) { my %opts = ( -cursor_pos => length($input) - $insert_offset, -prompt => $opt_ref->{-prompt}, -style => $opt_ref->{-style}->(), -echostyle => $opt_ref->{-echostyle}->(), ); my $input_copy = $input; my $output_pos = $outputter_ref->(-tell); if (!defined eval { $opt_ref->{-monitor}->($input_copy, \%opts) } || $output_pos != $outputter_ref->(-tell)) { my $input_pre = substr($input.' ',0,length($input)-$insert_offset+1); my $input_post = substr($input.' ',length($input)-$insert_offset); my $display_pre = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_pre =~ m/\X/g; my $display_post = join q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input_post =~ m/\X/g; $outputter_ref->( -style => $opt_ref->{-style}, _wipe_line(), $opt_ref->{-prompt}); $outputter_ref->( -echostyle => join(q{}, map { $opt_ref->{-echo}($_) } $input =~ m/\X/g) . "\b" x (length($display_post)-1) ); } } } } } # Build a menu... sub _build_menu { my ($source_ref, $initial_prompt, $is_numeric) = @_; my $prompt = ($initial_prompt//q{}) . qq{\n}; my $final = q{}; my %value_for; my %key_for; my @selectors; my $source_type = ref $source_ref; if ($source_type eq 'HASH') { my @sorted_keys = sort(keys(%{$source_ref})); @selectors = $is_numeric ? (1..@sorted_keys) : ('a'..'z','A'..'Z'); @key_for{@selectors} = @sorted_keys; @value_for{@selectors} = @{$source_ref}{@sorted_keys}; $source_ref = \@sorted_keys; } elsif ($source_type eq 'SCALAR') { $source_ref = [ split "\n", ${$source_ref} ]; } my @source = @{$source_ref}; @selectors = $is_numeric ? (1..@source) : ('a'..'z','A'..'Z'); if (!keys %value_for) { @value_for{@selectors} = @source; } ITEM: for my $tag (@selectors) { my $item = shift(@source) // last ITEM; chomp $item; $prompt .= sprintf("%4s. $item\n", $tag); $final = $tag; } if (@source) { _warn( misc => "prompt(): Too many menu items. Ignoring the final " . @source ); } my $constraint = $is_numeric ? '(?:' . join('|',@selectors) .')' : $final =~ /[A-Z]/ ? "[a-zA-$final]" : "[a-$final]"; my $constraint_desc = $is_numeric ? "[1-$selectors[-1]]" : $constraint; $constraint = '\A\s*' . $constraint . '\s*\Z'; return { data => $source_ref, key_for => \%key_for, value_for => \%value_for, prompt => "$prompt\n", is_numeric => $is_numeric, constraint => { "Enter $constraint_desc: " => qr/$constraint|$MENU_ESC/ }, }; } # Vocabulary that _stylize understands... my %synonyms = ( bold => [qw<boldly strong heavy emphasis emphatic highlight highlighted fort forte>], dark => [qw<darkly dim deep>], faint => [qw<faintly light soft>], underline => [qw<underlined underscore underscored>], italic => [qw<italics>], blink => [qw<blinking flicker flickering flash flashing>], reverse => [qw<reversed inverse inverted>], concealed => [qw<hidden blank invisible>], reset => [qw<normal default standard usual ordinary regular>], bright_ => [qw< bright\s+ vivid\s+ >], red => [qw< scarlet vermilion crimson ruby cherry cerise cardinal carmine burgundy claret chestnut copper garnet geranium russet salmon titian coral cochineal rose cinnamon ginger gules >], yellow => [qw< gold golden lemon cadmium daffodil mustard primrose tawny amber aureate canary champagne citrine citron cream goldenrod honey straw >], green => [qw< olive jade pea emerald lime chartreuse forest sage vert >], cyan => [qw< aqua aquamarine teal turquoise ultramarine >], blue => [qw< azure cerulean cobalt indigo navy sapphire >], magenta => [qw< amaranthine amethyst lavender lilac mauve mulberry orchid periwinkle plum pomegranate violet purple aubergine cyclamen fuchsia modena puce purpure >], black => [qw< charcoal ebon ebony jet obsidian onyx raven sable slate >], white => [qw< alabaster ash chalk ivory milk pearl silver argent >], ); # Back-mapping to standard terms... my %normalize = map { join('|', map { "$_\\b" } reverse sort @{$synonyms{$_}}) => $_ } keys %synonyms; my $BACKGROUND = qr{ (\S+) \s+ (?: behind | beneath | below | under(?:neath)? )\b | \b (?:upon|over|on) \s+ (?:an?)? \s+ (.*?) \s+ (?:background|bg|field) \b | \b (?:upon\s+ | over\s+ | (?:(on|upon|over)\s+a\s+)? (?:background|bg|field) \s+ (?:of\s+|in\s+)? | on\s+) (\S+) }ixms; # Convert a description to ANSI colour codes... sub _stylize { my $spec = shift // q{}; # Handle arrays and hashes as args... if (ref($spec) eq 'ARRAY') { $spec = join q{ }, @{$spec}; } elsif (ref($spec) eq 'HASH') { $spec = join q{ }, keys %{$spec}; } # Ignore punctuation... $spec =~ s/[^\w\s]//g; # Handle backgrounds... $spec =~ s/$BACKGROUND/on_$+/g; # Apply standard translations... for my $pattern (keys %normalize) { $spec =~ s{\b(on_|\b) $pattern}{($1//q{}).$normalize{$pattern}}geixms; } # Ignore anything unknown... $spec =~ s{((?:on_)?(?:(ansi\d+|rgb\d+)|(\S+)))}{ $2 || exists $synonyms{$3} ? $1 : q{} }gxmse; # Build ANSI terminal codes around text... my $raw_text = join q{}, @_; my ($prews, $text, $postws) = $raw_text =~ m{\A (\s*) (.*?) (\s*) \Z}xms; my @style = split /\s+/, $spec; return $prews . ( @style ? Term::ANSIColor::colored(\@style, $text) : $text ) . $postws; } # Build a subroutine that prints printable chars to the specified filehandle... sub _std_printer_to { my ($out_filehandle, $opt_ref) = @_; no strict 'refs'; _autoflush($out_filehandle); if (eval { require Term::ANSIColor}) { return sub { my $style = shift; return tell($out_filehandle) if $style eq -tell; my @loc = (@_); s{\e}{^}gxms for @loc; print {$out_filehandle} _stylize($opt_ref->{$style}(@loc), @loc); }; } else { return sub { my $style = shift; return tell($out_filehandle) if $style eq -tell; my @loc = (@_); s{\e}{^}gxms for @loc; print {$out_filehandle} @loc; }; } } # Build a subroutine that prints to nowhere... sub _null_printer { return sub {}; } 1; # Magic true value required at end of module __END__ =head1 NAME IO::Prompter - Prompt for input, read it, clean it, return it. =head1 VERSION This document describes IO::Prompter version 0.005002 =head1 SYNOPSIS use IO::Prompter; while (prompt -num, 'Enter a number') { say "You entered: $_"; } my $passwd = prompt 'Enter your password', -echo=>'*'; my $selection = prompt 'Choose wisely...', -menu => { wealth => [ 'moderate', 'vast', 'incalculable' ], health => [ 'hale', 'hearty', 'rude' ], wisdom => [ 'cosmic', 'folk' ], }, '>'; =head1 CAVEATS =over =item 1. Several features of this module are known to have problems under Windows. If using that platform, you may have more success (and less distress) by trying IO::Prompt::Tiny, IO::Prompt::Simple, or IO::Prompt::Hooked first. =item 2. By default the C<prompt()> subroutine does not return a string; it returns an object with overloaded string and boolean conversions. This object B<I<always>> evaluates true in boolean contexts, unless the read operation actually failed. This means that the object evaluates true I<even when the input value is zero or an empty string.> See L<"Returning raw data"> to turn off this (occasionally counter-intuitive) behaviour. =back =head1 DESCRIPTION IO::Prompter exports a single subroutine, C<prompt>, that prints a prompt (but only if the program's selected input and output streams are connected to a terminal), then reads some input, then chomps it, and finally returns an object representing that text. The C<prompt()> subroutine expects zero-or-more arguments. Any argument that starts with a hyphen (C<->) is treated as a named option (many of which require an associated value, that may be passed as the next argument). See L<"Summary of options"> and L<"Options reference"> for details of the available options. Any other argument that is a string is treated as (part of) the prompt to be displayed. All such arguments are concatenated together before the prompt is issued. If no prompt string is provided, the string C<< '> ' >> is used instead. Normally, when C<prompt()> is called in either list or scalar context, it returns an opaque object that autoconverts to a string. In scalar boolean contexts this return object evaluates true if the input operation succeeded. In list contexts, if the input operation fails C<prompt()> returns an empty list instead of a return object. This allows failures in list context to behave correctly (i.e. be false). If you particularly need a list-context call to C<prompt()> to always return a value (i.e. even on failure), prefix the call with C<scalar>: # Only produces as many elements # as there were successful inputs... my @data = ( prompt(' Name:'), prompt(' Age:'), prompt('Score:'), ); # Always produces exactly three elements # (some of which may be failure objects)... my @data = ( scalar prompt(' Name:'), scalar prompt(' Age:'), scalar prompt('Score:'), ); In void contexts, C<prompt()> still requests input, but also issues a warning about the general uselessness of performing an I/O operation whose results are then immediately thrown away. See L<"Useful useless uses of C<prompt()>"> for an exception to this. The C<prompt()> function also sets C<$_> if it is called in a boolean context but its return value is not assigned to a variable. Hence, it is designed to be a drop-in replacement for C<readline> or C<< <> >>. =head1 INTERFACE All the options for C<prompt()> start with a hyphen (C<->). Most have both a short and long form. The short form is always the first letter of the long form. Most options have some associated value. For short-form options, this value is specified as a string appended to the option itself. The associated value for long-form options is always specified as a separated argument, immediately following the option (typically separated from it by a C<< => >>). Note that this implies that short-form options may not be able to specify every possible associated value (for example, the short-form C<-d> option cannot specify defaults with values C<'efault'> or C<'$%^!'>). In such cases, just use the long form of the option (for example: S<< C<< -def => 'efault' >> >> or C<< -default=>'$%^!' >>). =head2 Summary of options Note: For options preceded by an asterisk, the short form is actually a Perl file operator, and hence cannot be used by itself. Either use the long form of these options, or L<bundle them with another option|"Bundling short-form options">, or add a L<"no-op"|"Escaping otherwise magic options"> to them. Short Long form form Effect ===== ============= ====================================== -a -argv Prompt for @ARGV data if !@ARGV -cancel=>SPEC Immediately fail if input char smartmatches value -comp[lete]=>SPEC Complete input on <TAB>, as specified -dSTR -def[ault]=>STR What to return if only <ENTER> typed -DEF[AULT]=>STR (as above, but skip any -must checking) * -e[STR] -echo=>STR Echo string for each character typed -echostyle=>SPEC What colour/style to echo input in * -f -filenames Input should be name of a readable file -fail=>VALUE Return failure if completed input smartmatches value -guar[antee]=>SPEC Only allow the specified words to be entered -h[STR] -hist[ory][=>SPEC] Specify the history set this call belongs to -in=>HANDLE Read from specified handle -i -integer[=>SPEC] Accept only valid integers (that smartmatch SPEC) -k -keyletters Accept only keyletters (as specified in prompt) * -l -line Don't autochomp -menu=>SPEC Specify a menu of responses to be displayed -must=>HASHREF Specify requirements/constraints on input -monitor=>SUBREF Specify a sub to be called on every character input -n -num[ber][=>SPEC] Accept only valid numbers (that smartmatch SPEC) -out=>HANDLE Prompt to specified handle -prefill=>STR Start with the specified string pre-entered -prompt=>STR Specify prompt explicitly * -rSTR -ret[urn]=>STR After input, echo this string instead of <CR> * -s -1 -sing[le] Return immediately after first key pressed -stdio Use STDIN and STDOUT for prompting -style=>SPEC What colour/style to display the prompt text in -tNUM -time[out]=>NUM Specify a timeout on the input operation -v -verb[atim] Return the input string (no context sensitivity) -void Don't complain in void context * -w -wipe Clear screen -wipefirst Clear screen on first prompt() call only * -y -yes [=> NUM] Return true if [yY] entered, false otherwise -yn -yesno [=> NUM] Return true if [yY] entered, false if [nN] -Y -Yes [=> NUM] Return true if Y entered, false otherwise -YN -YesNo [=> NUM] Return true if Y entered, false if N * -_ No-op (handy for bundling ambiguous short forms) =head2 Automatic options Any of the options listed above (and described in detail below) can be automatically applied to every call to C<prompt()> in the current lexical scope, by passing them (via an array reference) as the arguments to a C<use IO::Prompter> statement. For example: use IO::Prompter; # This call has no automatically added options... my $assent = prompt "Do you wish to take the test?", -yn; { use IO::Prompter [-yesno, -single, -style=>'bold']; # These three calls all have: -yesno, -single, -style=>'bold' options my $ready = prompt 'Are you ready to begin?'; my $prev = prompt 'Have you taken this test before?'; my $hints = prompt 'Do you want hints as we go?'; } # This call has no automatically added options... scalar prompt 'Type any key to start...', -single; The current scope's lexical options are always I<prepended> to the argument list of any call to C<prompt()> in that scope. To turn off any existing automatic options for the rest of the current scope, use: use IO::Prompter []; =head2 Prebound options You can also ask IO::Prompter to export modified versions of C<prompt()> with zero or more options prebound. For example, you can request an C<ask()> subroutine that acts exactly like C<prompt()> but has the C<- yn> option pre-specified, or a C<pause()> subroutine that is C<prompt()> with a "canned" prompt and the C<-echo>, C<-single>, and C<-void> options. To specify such subroutines, pass a single hash reference when loading the module: use IO::Prompter { ask => [-yn], pause => [-prompt=>'(Press any key to continue)', -echo, -single, -void], } Each key will be used as the name of a separate subroutine to be exported, and each value must be an array reference, containing the arguments that are to be automatically supplied. The resulting subroutines are simply lexically scoped wrappers around C<prompt()>, with the specified arguments prepended to the normal argument list, equivalent to something like: my sub ask { return prompt(-yn, @_); } my sub pause { return prompt(-prompt=>'(Press any key to continue)', -echo, -single, -void, @_); } Note that these subroutines are lexically scoped, so if you want to use them throughtout a source file, they should be declared in the outermost scope of your program. =head2 Options reference =head3 Specifying what to prompt =over 4 C<< -prompt => I<STRING> >> C<< -pI<STRING> >> =back By default, any argument passed to C<prompt()> that does not begin with a hyphen is taken to be part of the prompt string to be displayed before the input operation. Moreover, if no such string is specified in the argument list, the function supplies a default prompt (C<< '> ' >>) automatically. The C<-prompt> option allows you to specify a prompt explicitly, thereby enabling you to use a prompt that starts with a hyphen: my $input = prompt -prompt=>'-echo'; or to disable prompting entirely: my $input = prompt -prompt => ""; Note that the use of the C<-prompt> option doesn't override other string arguments, it merely adds its argument to the collective prompt. =head4 Prompt prettification If the specified prompt ends in a non-whitespace character, C<prompt()> adds a single space after it, to better format the output. On the other hand, if the prompt ends in a newline, C<prompt()> removes that character, to keep the input position on the same line as the prompt. You can use that second feature to override the first, if necessary. For example, if you wanted your prompt to look like: Load /usr/share/dict/_ (where the _ represents the input cursor), then a call like: $filename = prompt 'Load /usr/share/dict/'; would not work because it would automatically add a space, producing: Load /usr/share/dict/ _ But since a terminal newline is removed, you could achieve the desired effect with: $filename = prompt "Load /usr/share/dict/\n"; If for some reason you I<do> want a newline at the end of the prompt (i.e. with the input starting on the next line) just put two newlines at the end of the prompt. Only the very last one will be removed. =head3 Specifying how the prompt looks =over 4 C<< -style => I<SPECIFICATION> >> =back If the C<Term::ANSIColor> module is available, this option can be used to specify the colour and styling (e.g. bold, inverse, underlined, etc.) in which the prompt is displayed. You can can specify that styling as a single string: prompt 'next:' -style=>'bold red on yellow'; or an array of styles: prompt 'next:' -style=>['bold', 'red', 'on_yellow']; The range of styles and colour names that the option understands is quite extensive. All of the following work as expected: prompt 'next:' -style=>'bold red on yellow'; prompt 'next:' -style=>'strong crimson on gold'; prompt 'next:' -style=>'highlighted vermilion, background of cadmium'; prompt 'next:' -style=>'vivid russet over amber'; prompt 'next:' -style=>'gules fort on a field or'; However, because C<Term::ANSIColor> sometmes maps everything back to the standard eight ANSI text colours and seven ANSI text styles, all of the above may also be rendered identically. See that module's documentation for details. If C<Term::ANSIColor> is not available, this option is silently ignored. Please bear in mind that up to 10% of people using your interface will have some form of colour vision impairment, so its always a good idea to differentiate information by style I<and> colour, rather than by colour alone. For example: if ($dangerous_action) { prompt 'Really proceed?', -style=>'bold red underlined'; } else { prompt 'Proceed?', -style=>'green'; } Also bear in mind that (even though C<-style> does support the C<'blink'> style) up to 99% of people using your interface will have Flashing Text Tolerance Deficiency. Just say "no". =head3 Specifying where to prompt =over 4 C<< -out => FILEHANDLE >> C<< -in => FILEHANDLE >> C<< -stdio >> =back The C<-out> option (which has no short form) is used to specify where the prompt should be written to. If this option is not specified, prompts are written to the currently C<select>-ed filehandle. The most common usage is: prompt(out => *STDERR) The C<-in> option (which also has no short form) specifies where the input should be read from. If this option is not specified, input is read from the C<*ARGV> filehandle. The most common usage is: prompt(in => *STDIN) in those cases where C<*ARGV> has been opened to a file, but you still wish to interact with the terminal (assuming C<*STDIN> is opened to that terminal). The C<-stdio> option (which again has no short form) is simply a shorthand for: C<< -in => *STDIN, -out => *STDOUT >>. This is particularly useful when there are arguments on the commandline, but you don't want prompt to treat those arguments as filenames for magic C<*ARGV> reads. =head3 Specifying how long to wait for input =over 4 C<< -timeout => I<N> >> C<< -tI<N> >> =back Normally, the C<prompt()> function simply waits for input. However, you can use this option to specify a timeout on the read operation. If no input is received within the specified I<N> seconds, the call to C<prompt()> either returns the value specified by L<the C<-default> option|"Specifying what to return by default"> (if any), or else an object indicating the read failed. Note that, if the short form is used, I<N> must be an integer. If the long form is used, I<N> may be an integer or floating point value. You can determine whether an input operation timed out, even if a default value was returned, by calling the C<timedout()> method on the object returned by C<prompt()>: if (prompt('Continue?', -y1, -timeout=>60) && !$_->timedout) { ... } If a time-out occurred, the return value of C<timedout()> is a string describing the timeout, such as: "timed out after 60 seconds" =head3 Prefilling the input =over =item C<< -prefill => I<STRING> >> =back Normally, the cursor is placed immediately after the prompt in preparation for input. Initially, of course, there is no input. However, using the C<-prefill> option it is possible to initialize the input buffer with an arbitrary string of text (rather than the usual empty string)...as if that text had already been entered. This is useful when a prompt is re-issued so as to allow the user to extend, truncate, or otherwise edit a previous input. =head3 Providing a menu of responses =over =item C<< -menu => I<SPECIFICATION> >> =back You can limit the allowable responses to a prompt, by providing a menu. A menu is specified using the C<-menu> option, and the menu choices are specified as an argument to the option, either as a reference to an array, hash, or string, or else as a literal string. If the menu is specified in a hash, C<prompt()> displays the keys of the hash, sorted alphabetically, and with each alternative marked with a single alphabetic character (its "selector key"). For example, given: prompt 'Choose...', -menu=>{ 'live free'=>1, 'die'=>0, 'transcend'=>-1 }, '>'; C<prompt()> will display: Choose... a. die b. live free c. transcend > _ It will then only permit the user to enter a valid selector key (in the previous example: 'a', 'b', or 'c'). Once one of the alternatives is selected, C<prompt()> will return the corresponding value from the hash (0, 1, or -1, respectively, in this case). Note that the use of alphabetics as selector keys inherently limits the number of usable menu items to 52. See L<"Numeric menus"> for a way to overcome this limitation. A menu is treated like a special kind of prompt, so that any other prompt strings in the C<prompt()> call will appear either before or after the menu of choices, depending on whether they appear before or after the menu specification in the call to C<prompt()>. If an array is used to specify the choices: prompt 'Choose...', -menu=>[ 'live free', 'die', 'transcend' ], '>'; then each array element is displayed (in the original array order) with a selector key: Choose... a. live free b. die c. transcend > _ and C<prompt()> returns the element corresponding to the selection (i.e. it returns 'live free' if 'a' is entered, 'die' if 'b' is entered, or 'transcend' if 'c' is entered). Hence, the difference between using an array and a hash is that the array allows you to control the order of items in the menu, whereas a hash allows you to show one thing (i.e. keys) but have something related (i.e. values) returned instead. If the argument after C<-menu> is a string or a reference to a string, the option splits the string on newlines, and treats the resulting list as if it were an array of choices. This is useful, for example, to request the user select a filename: my $files = `ls`; prompt 'Select a file...', -menu=>$files, '>'; =head4 Numbered menus As the previous examples indicate, each menu item is given a unique alphabetic selector key. However, if the C<-number> or C<-integer> option is specified as well: prompt 'Choose...', -number, -menu=>{ 'live free'=>1, 'die'=>0, 'transcend'=>-1 }, '>'; C<prompt()> will number each menu item instead, using consecutive integers as the selector keys: Choose... 1. die 2. live free 3. transcend > _ This allows for an unlimited number of alternatives in a single menu, but prevents the use of C<-single> for one-key selection from menus if the menu has more than nine items. =head4 Hierarchical menus If you use a hash to specify a menu, the values of the hash do not have to be strings. Instead, they can be references to nested hashes or arrays. This allows you to create hierarchical menus, where a selection at the top level may lead to a secondary menu, etc. until an actual choice is possible. For example, the following call to prompt: my $choices = { animates => { animals => { felines => [qw<cat lion lynx>], canines => [qw<dog fox wolf>], bovines => [qw<cow ox buffalo>], }, fish => [qw<shark carp trout bream>], }, inanimates => { rocks => [qw<igneous metamorphic sedimentary>], languages => [qw<Perl Python Ruby Tcl>], }, }; my $result = prompt -1, 'Select a species...', -menu=>$choices, '> '; might result in an interaction like this: Select a species... a. animates b. inanimates > a Select from animates: a. animals b. fish > b Select from fish: a. shark b. carp c. trout d. bream > c At which point, C<prompt()> would return the string C<'trout'>. Note that you can nest an arbitrary number of hashes, but that each "bottom" level choice has to be either a single string, or an array of strings. =head4 Navigating hierarchical menus Within a hierarchical menu, the user must either select a valid option (by entering the corresponding letter), or else may request that they be taken back up a level in the hierarchy, by entering C<< <ESC> >>. Pressing C<< <ESC> >> at the top level of a menu causes the call to C<prompt()> to immediately return with failure. =head3 Simulating a command-line =over 4 C<< -argv >> C<< -a >> =back The C<prompt()> subroutine can be used to request that the user provide command-line arguments interactively. When requested, the input operation is only carried out if C<@ARGV> is empty. Whatever the user enters is broken into a list and assigned to C<@ARGV>. The input is first C<glob>bed for file expansions, and has any environment variables (of the form C<$VARNAME> interpolated). The resulting string is then broken into individual words, except where parts of it contain single or double quotes, the contents of which are always treated as a single string. This feature is most useful during development, to allow a program to be run from within an editor, and yet pass it a variety of command-lines. The typical usage is (at the start of a program): use IO::Prompter; BEGIN { prompt -argv } However, because this pattern is so typical, there is a shortcut: use IO::Prompter -argv; You can also specify the name with which the program args, are to be prompted, in the usual way (i.e. by providing a prompt): use IO::Prompter -argv, 'demo.pl'; Note, however, the critical difference between that shortcut (which calls C<prompt -argv> when the module is loaded) and: use IO::Prompter [-argv]; (which sets C<-argv> as an automatic option for every subsequent call to C<prompt()> in the current lexical scope). Note too that the C<-argv> option also implies C<-complete=>'filenames'>. =head3 Input autocompletion =over 4 C<< -comp[lete] => I<SPECIFICATION> >> =back When this option is specified, the C<prompt()> subroutine will complete input using the specified collection of strings. By default, when completion is active, word completion is requested using the C<< <TAB> >> key, but this can be changed by setting the C<$IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_KEY> environment variable. Once completion has been initiated, you can use the completion key or else C<< <CTRL-N> >> to advance to the next completion candidate. You can also use C<< <CTRL-P> >> to back up to the previous candidate. The specific completion mechanism can be defined either using a subroutine, an array reference, a hash reference, or a special string: Specification Possible completions supplied by... sub {...} ...whatever non-subroutine specification (as listed below) is returned when the subroutine is called. The subroutine is passed the words of the current input text, split on whitespace, as its argument list. [...] ...the elements of the array {...} ...the keys of the hash 'filenames' ...the list of files supplied by globbing the last whitespace-separated word of the input text 'dirnames' ...the list of directories supplied by globbing the last whitespace-separated word of the input text If an array or hash is used, only those elements or keys that begin with the last whitespace-separated word of the current input are offered as completions. For example: # Complete with the possible commands... my $next_cmd = prompt -complete => \%cmds; # Complete with valid usernames... my $user = prompt -complete => \@usernames; # Complete with valid directory names... my $file = prompt -complete => 'dirnames'; # Complete with cmds on the first word, and filenames on the rest... my $cmdline = prompt -complete => sub { @_ <= 1 ? \%cmds : 'filenames' }; =head4 Completing from your own input history The C<prompt()> subroutine also tracks previous input and allows you to complete with that instead. No special option is required, as the feature is enabled by default. At the start of a prompted input, the user can cycle backwards through previous inputs by pressing C<< <CTRL-R> >> (this can be changed externally by setting the C<$IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_KEY> environment variable, or internally by assigning a new keyname to C<$ENV{IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_KEY}>). After the first C<< <CTRL-R> >>, subsequent C<< <CTRL-R> >>'s will recall earlier inputs. You can also use C<< <CTRL-N> >> and C<< <CTRL-P> >> (as in L<user-specified completions|"Input autocompletion">) to move back and forth through your input history. If the user has already typed some input, the completion mechanism will only show previous inputs that begin with that partial input. =head4 History sets =over 4 =item C<< -h[NAME] >> =item C<< -hist[ory] [=> NAME] >> =back By default, IO::Prompter tracks every call to C<prompt()> within a program, and accumulates a single set of history completions for all of them. That means that, at any prompt, C<< <CTRL-R> >> will take the user back through I<every> previous input, regardless of which call to C<prompt()> originally retrieved it. Sometimes that's useful, but sometimes you might prefer that different calls to C<prompt()> retained distinct memories. For example, consider the following input loop: while (my $name = prompt 'Name:') { my $grade = prompt 'Grade:', -integer; my $comment = prompt 'Comment:'; ... } If you're entering a name, there's no point in C<prompt()> offering to complete it with previous grades or comments. In fact, that's just annoying. IO::Prompter allows you to specify that a particular call to C<prompt()> belongs to a particular "history set". Then it completes input history using only the history of those calls belonging to the same history set. So the previous example could be improved like so: while (my $name = prompt 'Name:', -hNAME) { my $grade = prompt 'Grade:', -hGRADE, -integer; my $comment = prompt 'Comment:', -hOTHER; ... } Now, when prompting for a name, only those inputs in the C<'NAME'> history set will be offered as history completions. Likewise only previous grades will be recalled when prompting for grades and earlier only comments when requesting comments. If you specify the C<-h> or C<-history> option without providing the name of the required history set, C<prompt()> uses the prompt text itself as the name of the call's history set. So the previous example would work equally well if written: while (my $name = prompt 'Name:', -h) { my $grade = prompt 'Grade:', -h, -integer; my $comment = prompt 'Comment:', -h; ... } though now the names of the respective history sets would now be C<'Name: '>, C<'Grade: '>, and C<'Comment: '>. This is by far the more common method of specifying history sets, with explicitly named sets generally only being used when two or more separate calls to C<prompt()> have to share a common history despite using distinct prompts. For example: for my $n (1..3) { $address .= prompt "Address (line $n):", -hADDR; } If you specify C<'NONE'> as the history set, the input is not recorded in the history. This is useful when inputting passwords. =head4 Configuring the autocompletion interaction By default, when user-defined autocompletion is requested, the C<prompt()> subroutine determines the list of possible completions, displays it above the prompt, and completes to the longest common prefix. If the completion key is pressed again immediately, the subroutine then proceeds to complete with each possible completion in a cyclic sequence. This is known as "list+longest full" mode. On the other hand, when historical completion is requested, C<prompt()> just immediately cycles through previous full inputs. This is known as "full" mode. You can change these behaviours by setting the C<$IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_MODES> and C<$IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_MODES> environment variables I<before the module is loaded> (either in your shell, or in a C<BEGIN> block before the module is imported). Specifically, you can set the individual string values of either of these variables to a whitespace-separated sequence containing any of the following: list List all options above the input line longest Complete to the longest common prefix full Complete with each full match in turn For example: # Just list options without actually completing... BEGIN{ $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_MODES} = 'list'; } # Just cycle full alternatives on each <TAB>... BEGIN{ $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_MODES} = 'full'; } # For history completion, always start with the # longest common prefix on the first <CTRL-R>, # then just list the alternatives on a subsequent press... BEGIN{ $ENV{IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_MODES} = 'longest list'; } =head3 Specifying what to return by default =over C<< -DEF[AULT] => I<STRING> >> C<< -def[ault] => I<STRING> >> C<< -dI<STRING> >> =back If a default value is specified, that value will be returned if the user enters an empty string at the prompt (i.e. if they just hit C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> immediately) or if the input operation times out under L<the C<timeout> option|"Specifying how long to wait for input">. Note that the default value is not added to the prompt, unless you do so yourself. A typical usage might therefore be: my $frequency = prompt "Enter polling frequency [default: $DEF_FREQ]", -num, -def=>$DEF_FREQ; You can determine if the default value was autoselected (as opposed to the same value being typed in explicitly) by calling the C<defaulted()> method on the object returned by C<prompt()>, like so: if ($frequency->defaulted) { say "Using default frequency"; } If you use the L<< C<-must> option|"Constraining what can be returned" >> any default value must also satisfy all the constraints you specify, unless you use the C<-DEFAULT> form, which skips constraint checking when the default value is selected. If you use the L<< C<-menu> option|"Providing a menu of responses" >>, the specified default value will be returned immediately C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> is pressed, regardless of the depth you are within the menu. Note that the default value specifies the value to be returned, not the selector key to be entered. The default value does not even have to be one of the menu choices. =head3 Specifying what to echo on input =over C<< -echo => I<STR> >> C<< -eI<STR> >> =back When this option is specified, the C<prompt()> subroutine will echo the specified string once for each character that is entered. Typically this would be used to shroud a password entry, like so: # Enter password silently: my $passwd = prompt 'Password:', -echo=>""; # Echo password showing only asterisks: my $passwd = prompt 'Password:', -echo=>"*"; As a special case, if the C<-echo> value contains a slash (C</>) and the any of the <-yesno> options is also specified, the substring before the slash is taken as the string to echo for a 'yes' input, and the substring after the slash is echoed for a 'no' input. Note that this option is only available when the Term::ReadKey module is installed. If it is used when that module is not available, a warning will be issued. =head4 Specifying how to echo on input C<< -echostyle => I<SPECIFICATION> >> The C<-echostyle> option works for the text the user types in the same way that the C<-style> option works for the prompt. That is, you can specify the style and colour in which the user's input will be rendered like so: # Echo password showing only black asterisks on a red background: my $passwd = prompt 'Password:', -echo=>"*", -echostyle=>'black on red'; Note that C<-echostyle> is completely independent of C<-echo>: # Echo user's name input in bold white: my $passwd = prompt 'Name:', -echostyle=>'bold white'; The C<-echostyle> option requires C<Term::ANSIColor>, and will be silently ignored if that module is not available. =head4 Input editing When the Term::ReadKey module is available, C<prompt()> also honours a subset of the usual input cursor motion commands: =over =item C<CTRL-B> Move the cursor back one character =item C<CTRL-F> Move the cursor forward one character =item C<CTRL-A> Move the cursor to the start of the input =item C<CTRL-E> Move the cursor to the end of the input =back =head3 Specifying when input should fail =over 4 C<< -fail => I<VALUE> >> C<< -fI<STRING> >> =back If this option is specified, the final input value is compared with the associated string or value, by smartmatching just before the call to C<prompt()> returns. If the two match, C<prompt()> returns a failure value. This means that instead of writing: while (my $cmd = prompt '>') { last if $cmd eq 'quit'; ... } you can just write: while (my $cmd = prompt '>', -fail=>'quit') { ... } =head3 Specifying when input should fail immediately =over 4 C<< -cancel => I<VALUE> >> C<< -fI<STRING> >> =back If this option is specified, then each individual input character is compared with the associated string or value, by smartmatching during the input process. If any individual input character matches the string/value, C<prompt()> immediately returns a failure value. Note that this is not the same as the behaviour C<-fail> option. A C<-fail> waits for the entire input to be completed (typically for a RETURN to be entered) and I<then> tests for failure. A C<-cancel> tests each input character as it is entered and fails immediately if any input matches the cancellation condition. Do, for example, to cancel a prompt whenever an ESCAPE character is entered: my $input = prompt '>', -cancel => "\e"; Note that (as long as Term::ReadKey is available) the cancellation test is performed before any other internal processing, so you can set the cancellation criterion to be any character, including characters like CNTL-A or TAB, which otherwise have special meanings to C<prompt()>. Note too that the cancellation criterion is tested against each individual character as it is entered, B<not> against the cumulative input so far. If you need to cancel a call to C<prompt()> based on accumulated input, you need to track that yourself. For example, if your cancellation test is the presence of three consecutive exclamation marks: my $input = prompt '>', -cancel => sub ($nextchar) { state $input; $input .= $nextchar; return $input =~ /!!!/; }; =head3 Constraining what can be typed =over 4 =item C<< -guar[antee] => SPEC >> =back This option allows you to control what input users can provide. The specification can be a regex or a reference to an array or a hash. If the specification is a regex, that regex is matched against the input so far, every time an extra character is input. If the regex ever fails to match, the guarantee fails. If the specification is an array, the input so far is matched against the same number of characters from the start of each of the (string) elements of the array. If none of these substrings match the input, the guarantee fails. If the specification is a hash, the input so far is matched against the same number of characters from the start of each key of the hash. If none of these substrings match the input, the guarantee fails. If the guarantee fails, the input is rejected (just as L<< the C<-must> option|"Constraining what can be returned" >> does). However, unlike C<-must>, C<-guarantee> rejects the input character-by-character as it typed, and I<before> it is even echoed. For example, if your call to C<prompt()> is: my $animal = prompt -guarantee=>['cat','dog','cow']; then at the prompt: > _ you will only be able to type in 'c' or 'd'. If you typed 'c', then you would only be able to type 'a' or 'o'. If you then typed 'o', you would only be able to type 'w'. In other words, C<-guarantee> ensures that you can only type in a valid input, and simply ignores any typing that would not lead to such an input. To help users get the input right, specifying C<-guarantee> as an array or hash reference also automatically specifies a L<< C<-complete> option|"Input autocompletion" >> with the array or hash as its completion list as well. So, whenever a C<-guarantee> is in effect, the user can usually autocomplete the acceptable inputs. Note, however, that C<-guarantee> can only reject (or autocomplete) input as it is typed if the Term::ReadKey module is available. If that module cannot be loaded, C<-guarantee> only applies its test after the C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> key is pressed, and there will be no autocompletion available. =head4 Constraining input to numbers =over 4 =item C<< -i >> =item C<< -integer [=> SPEC] >> =item C<< -n >> =item C<< -num[ber] [=> SPEC] >> =back If any of these options are specified, C<prompt()> will only accept a valid integer or number as input, and will reprompt until one is entered. If you need to restrict the kind of number further (say, to positive integers), you can supply an extra constraint as an argument to the long-form option. Any number entered must satisfy this constraint by successfully smart-matching it. For example: $rep_count = prompt 'How many reps?', -integer => sub{ $_ > 0 }; $die_roll = prompt 'What did you roll?', -integer => [1..6]; $factor = prompt 'Prime factor:', -integer => \&is_prime; $score = prompt 'Enter score:', -number => sub{ 0 <= $_ && $_ <= 100 }; If the constraint is specified as a subroutine, the entered number will be passed to it both as its single argument and in C<$_>. You cannot pass a scalar value directly as a constraint, except those strings listed below. If you want a scalar value as a constraint, use a regex or array reference instead: # Wrong... $answer = prompt "What's the ultimate answer?", -integer => 42; # Use this instead... $answer = prompt "What's the ultimate answer?", -integer => qr/^42$/; # Or this... $answer = prompt "What's the ultimate answer?", -integer => [42]; Only the following strings may be passed directly as scalar value constraints. They do mot match exactly, but instead act as specifiers for one or more built-in constraints. You can also pass a string that contains two or more of them, separated by whitespace, in which case they must all be satisfied. The specifiers are: =over 4 =item C<'pos'> or C<'positive'> The number must be greater than zero =item C<'neg'> or C<'negative'> The number must be less than zero =item C<'zero'> The number must be equal to zero =item C<'even'> or C<'odd'> The number must have the correct parity =back You can also prepend C<"non"> to any of the above to reverse their meaning. For example: $rep_count = prompt 'How much do you bid?', -number => 'positive'; $step_value = prompt 'Next step:', -integer => 'even nonzero'; =head4 Constraining input to filenames =over 4 =item C<< -f >> =item C<< -filenames >> =back You can tell C<prompt()> to accept only valid filenames, using the C<-filenames> option (or its shortcut: C<-f>). This option is equivalent to the options: -must => { 'File must exist' => sub { -e }, 'File must be readable' => sub { -r }, }, -complete => 'filenames', In other words C<-filenames> requires C<prompt()> to accept only the name of an existing, readable file, and it also activates filename completion. =head4 Constraining input to "keyletters" =over =item C<< -k >> =item C<< -key[let[ter]][s] >> =back A common interaction is to offer the user a range of actions, each of which is specified by keying a unique letter, like so: INPUT: given (prompt '[S]ave, (R)evert, or (D)iscard:', -default=>'S') { when (/R/i) { revert_file() } when (/D/i) { discard_file() } when (/S/i) { save_file() } default { goto INPUT; } } This can be cleaned up (very slightly) by using a guarantee: given (prompt '[S]ave, (R)evert, or (D)iscard:', -default=>'S', -guarantee=>qr/[SRD]/i ) { when (/R/i) { revert_file() } when (/D/i) { discard_file() } default { save_file() } } However, it's still annoying to have to specify the three key letters twice (and the default choice three times) within the call to C<prompt()>. So IO::Prompter provides an option that extracts this information directly from the prompt itself: given (prompt '[S]ave, (R)evert, or (D)iscard:', -keyletters) { when (/R/i) { revert_file() } when (/D/i) { discard_file() } default { save_file() } } This option scans the prompt string and extracts any purely alphanumeric character sequences that are enclosed in balanced brackets of any kind (square, angle, round, or curly). It then makes each of these character sequences a valid input (by implicitly setting the C<-guarantee> option), and adds the first option in square brackets (if any) as the C<-default> value of the prompt. Note that the key letters don't have to be at the start of a word, don't have to be a single character, and can be either upper or lower case. For example: my $action = prompt -k, '(S)ave, Save(a)ll, (Ex)it without saving'; Multi-character key letters are often a good choice for options with serious or irreversible consequences. A common idiom with key letters is to use the C<-single> option as well, so that pressing any key letter immediately completes the input, without the user having to also press C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >>: given (prompt -k1, '[S]ave, (R)evert, or (D)iscard:') { when (/R/i) { revert_file() } when (/D/i) { discard_file() } default { save_file() } } =head3 Monitoring input =over 4 =item C<< -monitor => SUBREF >> =back This option allows you to specify a subroutine that will be called after each character is input. This subroutine will be passed two arguments: a string containing the input so far, and a hash reference containing various options passed into the call to C<prompt()> (specifically: C<-prompt>, C<-style>, and C<-echostyle>). The hashref contains an extra key (C<-cursor_pos>) whose value is the current location of the input cursor within the string. This is typically one character past the end of the string, but see L<"Input editing">. The subroutine can perform any actions you choose: set variables, validate input, print out a response to each input character. If the subroutine prints anything out that will, of course, mess up the prompt and input echoing, so in that case the prompt will automatically be redrawn. The prompt is also redrawn if the monitor subroutine throws an exception. Monitor subroutines are useful for prvoding extra information during an input process. For example, when prompting for a filepath, as the path is being typed in you could echo all (partially) matching files with something like: my $path = prompt 'File path:', -monitor => sub ($path, $opts) { clear_screen(); say for glob("$path*"); }; =head3 Preserving terminal newlines =over 4 =item C<< -l >> =item C<< -line >> =back The (encapsulated) string returned by C<prompt()> is automatically chomped by default. To prevent that chomping, specify this option. =head3 Constraining what can be returned =over 4 =item C<< -must => HASHREF >> =back This option allows you to specify requirements and constraints on the input string that is returned by C<prompt()>. These limitations are specified as the values of a hash. If the C<-must> option is specified, once input is complete every value in the specified hash is smartmatched against the input text. If any of them fail to match, the input is discarded, the corresponding hash key is printed as an error message, and the prompt is repeated. Note that the values of the constraint hash cannot be single strings or numbers, except for certain strings (such as C<'pos'>, C<'nonzero'>, or C<'even'>, as described in L<"Constraining input to numbers">). If you want to constrain the input to a single string or number (a very unusual requirement), just place the value in an array, or match it with a regex: # This doesn't work... my $magic_word = prompt "What's the magic word?", -must => { 'be polite' => 'please' }; # Use this instead... my $magic_word = prompt "What's the magic word?", -must => { 'be polite' => ['please'] }; # Or, better still... my $magic_word = prompt "What's the magic word?", -must => { 'be polite' => qr/please/i }; The C<-must> option allows you to test inputs against multiple conditions and have the appropriate error messages for each displayed. It also ensures that, when C<prompt()> eventually returns, you are guaranteed that the input meets all the specified conditions. For example, suppose the user is required to enter a positive odd prime number less than 100. You could enforce that with: my $opnlt100 = prompt 'Enter your guess:', -integer, -must => { 'be odd' => 'odd', 'be in range' => [1..100], 'It must also be prime:' => \&isprime, }; Note that, if the error message begins with anything except an uppercase character, the prompt is reissued followed by the error message in parentheses with the word "must" prepended (where appropriate). Otherwise, if the error message does start with an uppercase character, the prompt is not reissued and the error message is printed verbatim. So a typical input sequence for the previous example might look like: Enter your guess: 101 Enter your guess: (must be in range) 42 It must also be prime: 2 Enter your guess: (must be odd) 7 at which point, the call to C<prompt()> would accept the input and return. See also L<the C<-guarantee> option|"Constraining what can be typed">, which allows you to constrain inputs as they are typed, rather than after they are entered. =head3 Changing how returns are echoed =over 4 =item C<< -r[STR] >> =item C<< -ret[urn] [=> STR] >> =back When C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> is pressed, C<prompt()> usually echoes a carriage return. However, if this option is given, C<prompt()> echoes the specified string instead. If the string is omitted, it defaults to C<"\n">. For example: while (1) { my $expr = prompt 'Calculate:', -ret=>' = '; say evaluate($expr); } would prompt for something like this: Calculate: 2*3+4^5_ and when the C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> key is pressed, respond with: Calculate: 2*3+4^5 = 1030 Calculate: _ The string specified with C<-return> is also automatically echoed if the L<< C<-single> option|"Single-character input" >> is used, or if an input is cancelled via the L<< C<-cancel> option|"Specifying when input should fail immediately" >>. So if you don't want the automatic carriage return that C<-single> mode or C<-cancel> supplies, specify C<< -return=>"" >>. =head3 Single-character input =over 4 =item C<< -s >> =item C<< -1 >> =item C<< -sing[le] >> =back This option causes C<prompt()> to return immediately once any single character is input. The user does not have to push the C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> key to complete the input operation. C<-single> mode input is only available if the Term::ReadKey module can be loaded. By default, C<prompt()> echoes the single character that is entered. Use the L<C<-echo> option|"Specifying what to echo on input"> to change or prevent that. # Let user navigate through maze by single, silent keypresses... while ($nextdir = prompt "\n", -single, -echo, -guarantee=>qr/[nsew]/) { move_player($nextdir); } Unless echoing has been disabled, by default C<prompt()> also supplies a carriage return after the input character. Use L<the C<-return> option|"Changing how returns are echoed"> to change that behaviour. For example, this: my $question = <<END_QUESTION; Bast is the goddess of: (a) dogs (b) cats (c) cooking (d) war? Your answer: END_QUESTION my $response = prompt $question, -1, -return=>' is ', -g=>['a'..'d']; say $response eq $answer ? 'CORRECT' : 'incorrect'; prompts like this: Bast is the goddess of: (a) dogs (b) cats (c) cooking (d) war? Your answer: _ accepts a single character, like so: Bast is the goddess of: (a) dogs (b) cats (c) cooking (d) war? Your answer: b_ and completes the line thus: Bast is the goddess of: (a) dogs (b) cats (c) cooking (d) war? Your answer: b is CORRECT _ =head3 Returning raw data =over 4 =item C<< -v >> =item C<< -verb[atim] >> =back Normally, C<prompt()> returns a special object that contains the text input, the success value, and other information such as whether the default was selected and whether the input operation timed out. However, if you prefer to have C<prompt()> just return the input text string directly, you can specify this option. Note however that, under C<-verbatim>, the input is still autochomped (unless you also specify L<the C<-line> option|"Preserving terminal newlines">. =head3 Prompting on a clear screen =over 4 =item C<< -w >> =item C<< -wipe[first] >> =back If this option is present, C<prompt()> prints 1000 newlines before printing its prompt, effectively wiping the screen clear of other text. If the C<-wipefirst> variant is used, the wipe will only occur if the particular call to C<prompt()> is the first such call anywhere in your program. This is useful if you'd like the screen cleared at the start of input only, but you're not sure which call to C<prompt()> will happen first: just use C<-wipefirst> on all possible initial calls and only the actual first call will wipe the screen. =head3 Requesting confirmations =over 4 =item C<< -y[n] >> or C<< -Y[N] >> =item C<< -yes[no] >> or C<< -Yes[No] >> =item C<< -yes[no] => COUNT >> or C<< -Yes[No] => COUNT >> =back This option invokes a special mode that can be used to confirm (or deny) something. If one of these options is specified, C<prompt> still returns the user's input, but the success or failure of the object returned now depends on what the user types in. A true result is returned if C<'y'> is the first character entered. If the flag includes an C<n> or C<N>, a false result is returned if C<'n'> is the first character entered (and any other input causes the prompt to be reissued). If the option doesn't contain an C<n> or C<N>, any input except C<'y'> is treated as a "no" and a false value is returned. If the option is capitalized (C<-Y> or C<-YN>), the first letter of the input must be likewise a capital (this is a handy means of slowing down automatic unthinking C<y>..."Oh no!" responses to potentially serious decisions). This option is most often used in conjunction with the C<-single> option, like so: $continue = prompt("Continue? ", -yn1); so that the user can just hit C<y> or C<n> to continue, without having to hit C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> as well. If the optional I<COUNT> argument is supplied, the prompting is repeated that many times, with increasingly insistent requests for confirmation. The answer must be "yes" in each case for the final result to be true. For example: $rm_star = prompt("Do you want to delete all files? ", -Yes=>3 ); might prompt: Do you want to delete all files? Y Really? Y Are you sure? Y =head3 Bundling short-form options You can bundle together any number of short-form options, including those that take string arguments. For example, instead of writing: if (prompt "Continue? ", -yes, -1, -t10, -dn) { you could just write: if (prompt "Continue? ", -y1t10dn) {...} This often does I<not> improve readability (as the preceding example demonstrates), but is handy for common usages such as C<-y1> ("ask for confirmation, don't require an C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >>) or C<-vl> ("Return a verbatim and unchomped string"). =head3 Escaping otherwise-magic options =over 4 C<< -_ >> =back The C<-_> option exists only to be an explicit no-op. It allows you to specify short-form options that would otherwise be interpreted as Perl file operators or other special constructs, simply by prepending or appending a C<_> to them. For example: my $input = prompt -l_; # option -l, not the -l file operator. The following single-letter options require an underscore to chaperone them when they're on their own: C<-e>, C<-l>, C<-r>, C<-s>, C<-w>, and C<-y>. However, an underscore is not required if two or more are bundled together. =head2 Useful useless uses of C<prompt()> Normally, in a void context, a call to C<prompt()> issues a warning that you are doing an input operation whose input is immediately thrown away. There is, however, one situation where this useless use of C<prompt()> in a void context is actually useful: say $data; prompt('END OF DATA. Press any key to exit', -echo, -single); exit; Here, we're using prompt simply to pause the application after the data is printed. It doesn't matter what the user types in; the typing itself is the message (and the message is "move along"). In such cases, the "useless use..." warning can be suppressed using the C<< -void >> option: say $data; prompt('END OF DATA. Press any key to exit', -echo, -single, -void); exit; =head2 Simulating input IO::Prompter provides a mechanism with which you can "script" a sequence of inputs to an application. This is particularly useful when demonstrating software during a presentation, as you do not have to remember what to type, or concentrate on typing at all. If you pass a string as an argument to C<use IO::Prompter>, the individual lines of that string are used as successive input lines to any call to C<prompt()>. So for example, you could specify several sets of input data, like so: use IO::Prompter <<END_DATA Leslie 45 165 Jessie 28 178 Dana 12 120 END_DATA and then read this data in an input loop: while (my $name = prompt 'Name:') { my $age = prompt 'Age:'; my $height = prompt 'Height:'; process($name, $age, $height); } Because the C<use IO::Prompter> supplies input data, the three calls to C<prompt()> will no longer read data from C<*ARGV>. Instead they will read it from the supplied input data. Moreover, each call to C<prompt()> will simulate the typing-in process automatically. That is, C<prompt()> uses a special input mode where, each time you press a keyboard letter, it echoes not that character, but rather the next character from the specified input. The effect is that you can just type on the keyboard at random, but have the correct input appear. This greatly increases the convincingness of the simulation. If at any point, you hit C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> on the keyboard, C<prompt()> finishes typing in the input for you (using a realistic typing speed), and returns the input string. So you can also just hit C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> when the prompt first appears, to have the entire line of input typed for you. Alternatively, if you hit C<< <ESC> >> at any point, C<prompt()> escapes from the simulated input mode for that particular call to C<prompt()>, and allows you to (temporarily) type text in directly. If you enter only a single C<< <ESC> >>, then C<prompt()> throws away the current line of simulated input; if you enter two C<< <ESC> >>'s, the simulated input is merely deferred to the next call to C<prompt()>. All these keyboard behaviours require the Term::ReadKey module to be available. If it isn't, C<prompt()> falls back on a simpler simulation, where it just autotypes each entire line for you and pauses at the end of the line, waiting for you to hit C<< <ENTER>/<RETURN> >> manually. Note that any line of the simulated input that begins with a <CTRL-D> or <CTRL-Z> is treated as an input failure (just as if you'd typed that character as input). =head1 DIAGNOSTICS All non-fatal diagnostics can be disabled using a C<no warnings> with the appropriate category. =over =item C<< prompt(): Can't open *ARGV: %s >> (F) By default, C<prompt()> attempts to read input from the C<*ARGV> filehandle. However, it failed to open that filehandle. The reason is specified at the end of the message. =item C<< prompt(): Missing value for %s (expected %s) >> (F) A named option that requires an argument was specified, but no argument was provided after the option. See L<"Summary of options">. =item C<< prompt(): Invalid value for %s (expected %s) >> (F) The named option specified expects an particular type of argument, but found one of an incompatible type instead. See L<"Summary of options">. =item C<< prompt(): Unknown option %s ignored >> (W misc) C<prompt()> was passed a string starting with a hyphen, but could not parse that string as a valid option. The option may have been misspelt. Alternatively, if the string was supposed to be (part of) the prompt, it will be necessary to use L<the C<-prompt> option|"Specifying what to prompt"> to specify it. =item C<< prompt(): Unexpected argument (% ref) ignored >> (W reserved) C<prompt()> was passed a reference to an array or hash or subroutine in a position where an option flag or a prompt string was expected. This may indicate that a string variable in the argument list didn't contain what was expected, or a reference variable was not properly dereferenced. Alternatively, the argument may have been intended as the argument to an option, but has become separated from it somehow, or perhaps the option was deleted without removing the argument as well. =item C<< Useless use of prompt() in void context >> (W void) C<prompt()> was called but its return value was not stored or used in any way. Since the subroutine has no side effects in void context, calling it this way achieves nothing. Either make use of the return value directly or, if the usage is deliberate, put a C<scalar> in front of the call to remove the void context. =item C<< prompt(): -default value does not satisfy -must constraints >> (W misc) The C<-must> flag was used to specify one or more input constraints. The C<-default> flag was also specified. Unfortunately, the default value provided did not satisfy the requirements specified by the C<-must> flag. The call to C<prompt()> will still go ahead (after issuing the warning), but the default value will never be returned, since the constraint check will reject it. It is probably better simply to include the default value in the list of constraints. =item C<< prompt(): -keyletters found too many defaults >> (W ambiguous) The C<-keyletters> option was specified, but analysis of the prompt revealed two or more character sequences enclosed in square brackets. Since such sequences are taken to indicate a default value, having two or more makes the default ambiguous. The prompt should be rewritten with no more than one set of square brackets. =item C<< Warning: next input will be in plaintext >> (W bareword) The C<prompt()> subroutine was called with the C<-echo> flag, but the Term::ReadKey module was not available to implement this feature. The input will proceed as normal, but this warning is issued to ensure that the user doesn't type in something secret, expecting it to remain hidden, which it won't. =item C<< prompt(): Too many menu items. Ignoring the final %d >> (W misc) A C<-menu> was specified with more than 52 choices. Because, by default, menus use upper and lower- case alphabetic characters as their selectors, there were no available selectors for the extra items after the first 52. Either reduce the number of choices to 52 or less, or else add the C<-number> option to use numeric selectors instead. =back =head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT IO::Prompter can be configured by setting any of the following environment variables: =over =item C<$IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_KEY> Specifies the key used to initiate L<user-specified completions|"Input autocompletion">. Defaults to <TAB> =item C<$IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_KEY> Specifies the key used to initiate L<history completions|"Completing from your input history">. Defaults to <CTRL-R> =item C<$IO_PROMPTER_COMPLETE_MODES> Specifies the L<response sequence|"Configuring the autocompletion interaction"> for user-defined completions. Defaults to C<'list+longest full'> =item C<$IO_PROMPTER_HISTORY_MODES> Specifies the L<response sequence|"Configuring the autocompletion interaction"> for history completions. Defaults to C<'full'>. =back =head1 DEPENDENCIES Requires the Contextual::Return module. The module also works much better if Term::ReadKey is available (though this is not essential). =head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES This module does not play well with Moose (or more specifically, with Moose::Exporter) because both of them try to play sneaky games with Scalar::Util::blessed. The current solution is to make sure that you load Moose before loading IO::Prompter. Even just doing this: use Moose (); use IO::Prompter; is sufficient. =head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No unresolved bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-io-prompter@rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org>. =head1 AUTHOR Damian Conway C<< <DCONWAY@CPAN.org> >> =head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2009, Damian Conway C<< <DCONWAY@CPAN.org> >>. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 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