EC_EDITLINE_GETS(3)

🌸 EC_EDITLINE_GETS 💖

okay bestie, so this one's from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual, it's a section 3 page, and it's literally just the cute little interactive-line-getter. tiny page, huge vibes. let's go ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_editline_gets — grab a line interactively (with completion, obviously 💅)

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <ecoli/editline.h>

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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this is a lil wrapper around libedit's el_gets(). that's the whole personality ngl.

what it does: it hands you back the edited line without its "0, and then it drops that line into the history. so like, you get the line, history gets the line, everybody's happy 🫶

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

you get back an allocated string holding the edited line. and bestie, listen — the caller has to free it with free(). no cap. it's yours now, you clean it up, that's the rule 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, in order:

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

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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and that's the whole page, periodt. this version came from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and yeah it's page EC_EDITLINE_GETS(3) — mwah, iconic, bye bestie 💅💖✨