EC_EDITLINE_SET_PROMPT(3)

💖 EC_EDITLINE_SET_PROMPT — bestie, let's set that prompt 💖

okay so this is a page from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual, section 3 (EC_EDITLINE_SET_PROMPT(3)), and it's genuinely such a small iconic little function. it does ONE thing. it slays at that one thing. periodt. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_editline_set_prompt — Set editline prompt.

like. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? she ate. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/editline.h>

int ec_editline_set_prompt(
    struct ec_editline   *editline,  /* The pointer to the ec_editline structure. */
    const char           *prompt     /* The prompt string to use. */
);

so you pull in the header <ecoli/editline.h>, and then you call the function with two things:

• a pointer to the ec_editline structure — like, which editline are we talking about bestie, there could be several 👀
• the prompt string you wanna use — the lil' text that shows up in front of the cursor

that's the vibe check. two args. no drama. 🦋

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

• 0 — success, we did it, we're so back 🔥
• -1 — error, and not in the fun way 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these too:

• ec_editline_get_el(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_gets(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 bestie, no cap. this manual page came from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and it lives at EC_EDITLINE_SET_PROMPT(3) — so go forth and set those prompts, main character energy only 🫶💜✨