SNOBOL4READLINE(3)

💖 SNOBOL4READLINE(3) 💖

the CSNOBOL4 manual, bestie edition ✨ — yes it's a section 3 page, yes it's giving library-interface energy, and yes we're gonna read the whole thing together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

snobol4readline — the SNOBOL4 readline interface, aka your little gateway to line editing, history, and that sweet sweet prompt glow-up 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

    -INCLUDE 'readline.sno'
            INPUT_STRING = READLINE(PROMPT_STRING)
            ADD_HISTORY(STRING)
            STRING = HISTORY_EXPAND(STRING)

okay so first you gotta pull it in with that -INCLUDE 'readline.sno', and then the three little functions are yours to play with 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

• READLINE(prompt) — this one does user input, but with line editing. like, actual editing. at the prompt. iconic behavior fr fr 👑
• ADD_HISTORY(string) — pushes string into the input history, so it's there for you later via the editing commands. it's giving "saving it for later" but make it terminal 💾
• HISTORY_EXPAND(string) — expands string, and typically that string is a !command. expansion hours, periodt ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• snobol4(1)
• readline(3)

go read those too, iykyk 📚

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Philip L. Budne — the mastermind, the main character, the one who wrote this whole thing 🫶

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mwah 💖 that's the whole page, no cap. this came from CSNOBOL4B 2.3.1, dated March 31, 2022 — so go forth and readline responsibly, bestie 🌸🦋✨