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   36
   37:- module(editline,
   38          [ el_wrap/0,                          % wrap user_input, etc.
   39            el_wrap/1,                          % +Options
   40            el_wrap/4,                          % +Prog, +Input, +Output, +Error
   41            el_wrap/5,                          % +Prog, +Input, +Output, +Error, +Options
   42            el_wrapped/1,                       % +Input
   43            el_unwrap/1,                        % +Input
   44
   45            el_source/2,                        % +Input, +File
   46            el_bind/2,                          % +Input, +Args
   47            el_set/2,                           % +Input, +Action
   48            el_addfn/4,                         % +Input, +Name, +Help, :Goal
   49            el_cursor/2,                        % +Input, +Move
   50            el_line/2,                          % +Input, -Line
   51            el_insertstr/2,                     % +Input, +Text
   52            el_deletestr/2,                     % +Input, +Count
   53
   54            el_history/2,                       % +Input, ?Action
   55            el_history_events/2,                % +Input, -Events
   56            el_add_history/2,                   % +Input, +Line
   57            el_write_history/2,                 % +Input, +FileName
   58            el_read_history/2,                  % +Input, +FileName
   59
   60	    el_version/1			% -Version:integer
   61          ]).   62:- autoload(library(apply),[maplist/2,maplist/3]).   63:- autoload(library(lists),[reverse/2,max_list/2,append/3,member/2]).   64:- autoload(library(solution_sequences),[call_nth/2]).   65:- autoload(library(option), [merge_options/3]).   66
   67:- use_foreign_library(foreign(libedit4pl)).   68
   69:- initialization el_wrap_if_ok.   70
   71:- meta_predicate
   72    el_addfn(+,+,+,3).   73
   74:- multifile
   75    el_setup/1,                         % +Input
   76    prolog:complete_input/4.

BSD libedit based command line editing

This library wraps the BSD libedit command line editor. The binding provides a high level API to enable command line editing on the Prolog user streams and low level predicates to apply the library on other streams and program the library. */

   87el_wrap_if_ok :-
   88    \+ current_prolog_flag(readline, readline),
   89    stream_property(user_input, tty(true)),
   90    !,
   91    el_wrap.
   92el_wrap_if_ok.
 el_wrap is det
 el_wrap(+Options) is det
Enable using editline on the standard user streams if user_input is connected to a terminal. This is the high level predicate used for most purposes. The remainder of the library interface deals with low level predicates that allows for applying and programming libedit in non-standard situations.

The library is registered with ProgName set to swipl (see el_wrap/4).

Options processed:

pipes(+Boolean)
Used by Epilog windows to indicate we are reading from a Windows named pipe in overlapped mode. Ignored on other platforms.
history(+Size)
Size of the history. Default is defined by the Prolog flag history or 100 if this flag is not defined.
alert_signo(+Integer)
Signal used for making thread_signal/2 work while the thread is in a blocking system call.
  118el_wrap :-
  119    el_wrap([]).
  120
  121el_wrap(_) :-
  122    el_wrapped(user_input),
  123    !.
  124el_wrap(Options) :-
  125    stream_property(user_input, tty(true)), !,
  126    findall(Opt, el_default(Opt), Defaults),
  127    merge_options(Options, Defaults, Options1),
  128    el_wrap(swipl, user_input, user_output, user_error, Options1),
  129    add_prolog_commands(user_input),
  130    ignore(el_set(user_input, wordchars("_"))),
  131    forall(el_setup(user_input), true).
  132el_wrap(_).
  133
  134el_default(history(Size)) :-
  135    current_prolog_flag(history, Value),
  136    (   integer(Value),
  137        Value >= 0
  138    ->  Size = Value
  139    ;   Value == false
  140    ->  Size = 0
  141    ).
  142:- if(current_predicate(prolog_alert_signal/2)).  143el_default(alert_signo(SigNo)) :-
  144    prolog_alert_signal(SigName, SigName),
  145    current_signal(SigName, SigNo, _Handler).
  146:- endif.  147
  148add_prolog_commands(Input) :-
  149    el_addfn(Input, complete, 'Complete atoms and files', complete),
  150    el_addfn(Input, show_completions, 'List completions', show_completions),
  151    el_addfn(Input, electric, 'Indicate matching bracket', electric),
  152    el_addfn(Input, isearch_history, 'Incremental search in history',
  153             isearch_history),
  154    el_bind(Input, ["^I",  complete]),
  155    el_bind(Input, ["^[?", show_completions]),
  156    el_bind(Input, ["^R",  isearch_history]),
  157    bind_electric(Input),
  158    add_paste_quoted(Input),
  159    el_source(Input, _).
 el_wrap(+ProgName:atom, +In:stream, +Out:stream, +Error:stream) is det
 el_wrap(+ProgName:atom, +In:stream, +Out:stream, +Error:stream, +Options) is det
Enable editline on the stream-triple <In,Out,Error>. From this moment on In is a handle to the command line editor. Options:
pipes(true)
Windows only. Assume the I/O is using pipes rather than a console. This is used for the Epilog terminal.
Arguments:
ProgName- is the name of the invoking program, used when reading the editrc(5) file to determine which settings to use.
  174el_wrap(ProgName, In, Out, Error) :-
  175    el_wrap(ProgName, In, Out, Error, []).
 el_setup(+In:stream) is nondet
This hooks is called as forall(el_setup(Input), true) after the input stream has been wrapped, the default Prolog commands have been added and the default user setup file has been sourced using el_source/2. It can be used to define and bind additional commands.
 el_wrapped(+In:stream) is semidet
True if In is a stream wrapped by el_wrap/3.
 el_unwrap(+In:stream) is det
Remove the libedit wrapper for In and the related output and error streams.
bug
- The wrapper creates FILE* handles that cannot be closed and thus wrapping and unwrapping implies a (modest) memory leak.
 el_source(+In:stream, +File) is det
Initialise editline by reading the contents of File. If File is unbound try $HOME/.editrc
 el_bind(+In:stream, +Args) is det
Invoke the libedit bind command with the given arguments. The example below lists the current key bindings.
?- el_bind(user_input, ['-a']).

The predicate el_bind/2 is typically used to bind commands defined using el_addfn/4. Note that the C proxy function has only the last character of the command as context to find the Prolog binding. This implies we cannot both bind e.g., "^[?" and "?" to a Prolog function.

See also
- editrc(5) for more information.
 el_addfn(+Input:stream, +Command, +Help, :Goal) is det
Add a new command to the command line editor associated with Input. Command is the name of the command, Help is the help string printed with e.g. bind -a (see el_bind/2) and Goal is called of the associated key-binding is activated. Goal is called as
call(:Goal, +Input, +Char, -Continue)

where Input is the input stream providing access to the editor, Char the activating character and Continue must be instantated with one of the known continuation codes as defined by libedit: norm, newline, eof, arghack, refresh, refresh_beep, cursor, redisplay, error or fatal. In addition, the following Continue code is provided.

electric(Move, TimeOut, Continue)
Show electric caret at Move positions to the left of the normal cursor positions for the given TimeOut. Continue as defined by the Continue value.

The registered Goal typically used el_line/2 to fetch the input line and el_cursor/2, el_insertstr/2 and/or el_deletestr/2 to manipulate the input line.

Normally el_bind/2 is used to associate the defined command with a keyboard sequence.

See also
- el_set(3) EL_ADDFN for details.
 el_set(+Input:stream, +Action) is semidet
Interface to el_set() and el_wset(). Currently provided values for Action are:
wordchars(+Text)
Set the characters considered part of a word. This feature depends on el_wsey() EL_WORDCHARS, which is only provided in some recent versions of libedit.

This predicate fails silently of Action is not implemented. Illegal input raises in an exception.

 el_line(+Input:stream, -Line) is det
Fetch the currently buffered input line. Line is a term line(Before, After), where Before is a string holding the text before the cursor and After is a string holding the text after the cursor.
 el_cursor(+Input:stream, +Move:integer) is det
Move the cursor Move character forwards (positive) or backwards (negative).
 el_insertstr(+Input:stream, +Text) is det
Insert Text at the cursor.
 el_deletestr(+Input:stream, +Count) is det
Delete Count characters before the cursor.
 el_history(+In:stream, ?Action) is det
Perform a generic action on the history. This provides an incomplete interface to history() from libedit. Supported actions are:
clear
Clear the history.
setsize(+Integer)
Set size of history to size elements.
getsize(-Integer)
Unify Integer with the maximum size of the history. Note that this is not the same as el_history() using H_GETSIZE, which returns the number of currently saved events. The number of saved events may be computed from first and last or using el_history_events/2.
setunique(+Boolean)
Set flag that adjacent identical event strings should not be entered into the history.
first(-Num, -String)
last(-Num, -String)
curr(-Num, -String)
prev(-Num, -String)
next(-Num, -String)
Retrieve an event. Num is the event number and String is the event string. Note that first is the most recent event and last the oldest.
set(Num)
Set the notion of current to Num.
prev_str(+Search, -Num, -String)
next_str(+Search, -Num, -String)
Retrieve the previous or next event whose String starts with Search.
event(+Num, -String)
True when String represents event Num. This is an extension to the history() API, retrieving a numbered event without changing the current notion.
 el_history_events(+In:stream, -Events:list(pair)) is det
Unify Events with a list of pairs of the form Num-String, where Num is the event number and String is the associated string without terminating newline.
 el_add_history(+In:stream, +Line:text) is det
Add a line to the command line history.
 el_read_history(+In:stream, +File:file) is det
Read the history saved using el_write_history/2.
Arguments:
File- is a file specification for absolute_file_name/3.
 el_write_history(+In:stream, +File:file) is det
Save editline history to File. The history may be reloaded using el_read_history/2.
Arguments:
File- is a file specification for absolute_file_name/3.
 el_version(-Version)
True when Version is LIBEDIT_MAJOR*10000 + LIBEDIT_MINOR*100. The version is generated from the include file histedit.h, which implies that the actual version of the shared library may be different.
 prolog:history(+Input, ?Action) is semidet
Provide the plugable interface into the system command line management.
  353:- multifile
  354    prolog:history/2.  355
  356prolog:history(Input, enabled) :-
  357    !,
  358    el_wrapped(Input),
  359    el_history(Input, getsize(Size)),
  360    Size > 0.
  361prolog:history(Input, add(Line)) :-
  362    !,
  363    el_add_history(Input, Line).
  364prolog:history(Input, load(File)) :-
  365    !,
  366    compat_read_history(Input, File).
  367prolog:history(Input, save(File)) :-
  368    !,
  369    el_write_history(Input, File).
  370prolog:history(Input, events(Events)) :-
  371    !,
  372    el_history_events(Input, Events).
  373prolog:history(Input, Command) :-
  374    public_command(Command),
  375    !,
  376    el_history(Input, Command).
  377
  378public_command(first(_Num, _String)).
  379public_command(curr(_Num, _String)).
  380public_command(event(_Num, _String)).
  381public_command(prev_str(_Search, _Num, _String)).
  382public_command(clear).
 compat_read_history(+Input, +File) is det
Read the saved history. This loads both the LibEdit and old history format used by swipl-win.exe before migrating to SDL.
  389compat_read_history(Input, File) :-
  390    catch(el_read_history(Input, File), error(editline(_),_), fail),
  391    !.
  392compat_read_history(Input, File) :-
  393    access_file(File, read),
  394    setup_call_cleanup(
  395        open(File, read, In, [encoding(utf8)]),
  396        read_old_history(Input, In),
  397        close(In)),
  398    !.
  399compat_read_history(_, _).
  400
  401read_old_history(Input, From) :-
  402    catch('$raw_read'(From, Line), error(_,_), fail),
  403    (   Line == end_of_file
  404    ->  true
  405    ;   string_concat(Line, '.', Event),
  406        el_add_history(Input, Event),
  407        read_old_history(Input, From)
  408    ).
  409
  410		 /*******************************
  411		 *        ELECTRIC CARET	*
  412		 *******************************/
 bind_electric(+Input) is det
Bind known close statements for electric input
  418bind_electric(Input) :-
  419    forall(bracket(_Open, Close), bind_code(Input, Close, electric)),
  420    forall(quote(Close), bind_code(Input, Close, electric)).
  421
  422bind_code(Input, Code, Command) :-
  423    string_codes(Key, [Code]),
  424    el_bind(Input, [Key, Command]).
 electric(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
  429electric(Input, Char, Continue) :-
  430    string_codes(Str, [Char]),
  431    el_insertstr(Input, Str),
  432    el_line(Input, line(Before, _)),
  433    (   string_codes(Before, Codes),
  434        nesting(Codes, 0, Nesting),
  435        reverse(Nesting, [Close|RevNesting])
  436    ->  (   Close = open(_,_)                   % open quote
  437        ->  Continue = refresh
  438        ;   matching_open(RevNesting, Close, _, Index)
  439        ->  string_length(Before, Len),         % Proper match
  440            Move is Index-Len,
  441            Continue = electric(Move, 500, refresh)
  442        ;   Continue = refresh_beep             % Not properly nested
  443        )
  444    ;   Continue = refresh_beep
  445    ).
  446
  447matching_open_index(String, Index) :-
  448    string_codes(String, Codes),
  449    nesting(Codes, 0, Nesting),
  450    reverse(Nesting, [Close|RevNesting]),
  451    matching_open(RevNesting, Close, _, Index).
  452
  453matching_open([Open|Rest], Close, Rest, Index) :-
  454    Open = open(Index,_),
  455    match(Open, Close),
  456    !.
  457matching_open([Close1|Rest1], Close, Rest, Index) :-
  458    Close1 = close(_,_),
  459    matching_open(Rest1, Close1, Rest2, _),
  460    matching_open(Rest2, Close, Rest, Index).
  461
  462match(open(_,Open),close(_,Close)) :-
  463    (   bracket(Open, Close)
  464    ->  true
  465    ;   Open == Close,
  466        quote(Open)
  467    ).
  468
  469bracket(0'(, 0')).
  470bracket(0'[, 0']).
  471bracket(0'{, 0'}).
  472
  473quote(0'\').
  474quote(0'\").
  475quote(0'\`).
  476
  477nesting([], _, []).
  478nesting([H|T], I, Nesting) :-
  479    (   bracket(H, _Close)
  480    ->  Nesting = [open(I,H)|Nest]
  481    ;   bracket(_Open, H)
  482    ->  Nesting = [close(I,H)|Nest]
  483    ),
  484    !,
  485    I2 is I+1,
  486    nesting(T, I2, Nest).
  487nesting([0'0, 0'\'|T], I, Nesting) :-
  488    !,
  489    phrase(skip_code, T, T1),
  490    difflist_length(T, T1, Len),
  491    I2 is I+Len+2,
  492    nesting(T1, I2, Nesting).
  493nesting([H|T], I, Nesting) :-
  494    quote(H),
  495    !,
  496    (   phrase(skip_quoted(H), T, T1)
  497    ->  difflist_length(T, T1, Len),
  498        I2 is I+Len+1,
  499        Nesting = [open(I,H),close(I2,H)|Nest],
  500        nesting(T1, I2, Nest)
  501    ;   Nesting = [open(I,H)]                   % Open quote
  502    ).
  503nesting([_|T], I, Nesting) :-
  504    I2 is I+1,
  505    nesting(T, I2, Nesting).
  506
  507difflist_length(List, Tail, Len) :-
  508    difflist_length(List, Tail, 0, Len).
  509
  510difflist_length(List, Tail, Len0, Len) :-
  511    List == Tail,
  512    !,
  513    Len = Len0.
  514difflist_length([_|List], Tail, Len0, Len) :-
  515    Len1 is Len0+1,
  516    difflist_length(List, Tail, Len1, Len).
  517
  518skip_quoted(H) -->
  519    [H],
  520    !.
  521skip_quoted(H) -->
  522    "\\", [H],
  523    !,
  524    skip_quoted(H).
  525skip_quoted(H) -->
  526    [_],
  527    skip_quoted(H).
  528
  529skip_code -->
  530    "\\", [_],
  531    !.
  532skip_code -->
  533    [_].
  534
  535
  536		 /*******************************
  537		 *           COMPLETION		*
  538		 *******************************/
 complete(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Implementation of the registered complete editline function. The predicate is called with three arguments, the first being the input stream used to access the libedit functions and the second the activating character. The last argument tells libedit what to do. Consult el_set(3), EL_ADDFN for details.
  549:- dynamic
  550    last_complete/2.  551
  552complete(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  553    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  554    ensure_input_completion,
  555    prolog:complete_input(Before, After, Delete, Completions),
  556    (   Completions = [One]
  557    ->  string_length(Delete, Len),
  558        el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  559        complete_text(One, Text),
  560        el_insertstr(Input, Text),
  561        Continue = refresh
  562    ;   Completions == []
  563    ->  Continue = refresh_beep
  564    ;   get_time(Now),
  565        retract(last_complete(TLast, Before)),
  566        Now - TLast < 2
  567    ->  nl(user_error),
  568        list_alternatives(Completions),
  569        Continue = redisplay
  570    ;   retractall(last_complete(_,_)),
  571        get_time(Now),
  572        asserta(last_complete(Now, Before)),
  573        common_competion(Completions, Extend),
  574        (   Delete == Extend
  575        ->  Continue = refresh_beep
  576        ;   string_length(Delete, Len),
  577            el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  578            el_insertstr(Input, Extend),
  579            Continue = refresh
  580        )
  581    ).
  582
  583:- dynamic
  584    input_completion_loaded/0.  585
  586ensure_input_completion :-
  587    input_completion_loaded,
  588    !.
  589ensure_input_completion :-
  590    predicate_property(prolog:complete_input(_,_,_,_),
  591                       number_of_clauses(N)),
  592    N > 0,
  593    !.
  594ensure_input_completion :-
  595    exists_source(library(console_input)),
  596    !,
  597    use_module(library(console_input), []),
  598    asserta(input_completion_loaded).
  599ensure_input_completion.
 show_completions(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Editline command to show possible completions.
  606show_completions(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  607    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  608    prolog:complete_input(Before, After, _Delete, Completions),
  609    nl(user_error),
  610    list_alternatives(Completions),
  611    Continue = redisplay.
  612
  613complete_text(Text-_Comment, Text) :- !.
  614complete_text(Text, Text).
 common_competion(+Alternatives, -Common) is det
True when Common is the common prefix of all candidate Alternatives.
  620common_competion(Alternatives, Common) :-
  621    maplist(atomic, Alternatives),
  622    !,
  623    common_prefix(Alternatives, Common).
  624common_competion(Alternatives, Common) :-
  625    maplist(complete_text, Alternatives, AltText),
  626    !,
  627    common_prefix(AltText, Common).
 common_prefix(+Atoms, -Common) is det
True when Common is the common prefix of all Atoms.
  633common_prefix([A1|T], Common) :-
  634    common_prefix_(T, A1, Common).
  635
  636common_prefix_([], Common, Common).
  637common_prefix_([H|T], Common0, Common) :-
  638    common_prefix(H, Common0, Common1),
  639    common_prefix_(T, Common1, Common).
 common_prefix(+A1, +A2, -Prefix:string) is det
True when Prefix is the common prefix of the atoms A1 and A2
  645common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  646    sub_atom(A1, 0, _, _, A2),
  647    !,
  648    Prefix = A2.
  649common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  650    sub_atom(A2, 0, _, _, A1),
  651    !,
  652    Prefix = A1.
  653common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  654    atom_codes(A1, C1),
  655    atom_codes(A2, C2),
  656    list_common_prefix(C1, C2, C),
  657    string_codes(Prefix, C).
  658
  659list_common_prefix([H|T0], [H|T1], [H|T]) :-
  660    !,
  661    list_common_prefix(T0, T1, T).
  662list_common_prefix(_, _, []).
 list_alternatives(+Alternatives)
List possible completions at the current point.
To be done
- currently ignores the Comment in Text-Comment alternatives.
  672list_alternatives(Alternatives) :-
  673    maplist(atomic, Alternatives),
  674    !,
  675    length(Alternatives, Count),
  676    maplist(atom_length, Alternatives, Lengths),
  677    max_list(Lengths, Max),
  678    tty_size(_, Cols),
  679    ColW is Max+2,
  680    Columns is max(1, Cols // ColW),
  681    RowCount is (Count+Columns-1)//Columns,
  682    length(Rows, RowCount),
  683    to_matrix(Alternatives, Rows, Rows),
  684    (   RowCount > 11
  685    ->  length(First, 10),
  686        Skipped is RowCount - 10,
  687        append(First, _, Rows),
  688        maplist(write_row(ColW), First),
  689        format(user_error, '... skipped ~D rows~n', [Skipped])
  690    ;   maplist(write_row(ColW), Rows)
  691    ).
  692list_alternatives(Alternatives) :-
  693    maplist(complete_text, Alternatives, AltText),
  694    list_alternatives(AltText).
  695
  696to_matrix([], _, Rows) :-
  697    !,
  698    maplist(close_list, Rows).
  699to_matrix([H|T], [RH|RT], Rows) :-
  700    !,
  701    add_list(RH, H),
  702    to_matrix(T, RT, Rows).
  703to_matrix(List, [], Rows) :-
  704    to_matrix(List, Rows, Rows).
  705
  706add_list(Var, Elem) :-
  707    var(Var), !,
  708    Var = [Elem|_].
  709add_list([_|T], Elem) :-
  710    add_list(T, Elem).
  711
  712close_list(List) :-
  713    append(List, [], _),
  714    !.
  715
  716write_row(ColW, Row) :-
  717    length(Row, Columns),
  718    make_format(Columns, ColW, Format),
  719    format(user_error, Format, Row).
  720
  721make_format(N, ColW, Format) :-
  722    format(string(PerCol), '~~w~~t~~~d+', [ColW]),
  723    Front is N - 1,
  724    length(LF, Front),
  725    maplist(=(PerCol), LF),
  726    append(LF, ['~w~n'], Parts),
  727    atomics_to_string(Parts, Format).
  728
  729
  730		 /*******************************
  731		 *             SEARCH		*
  732		 *******************************/
 isearch_history(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Incremental search through the history. The behavior is based on GNU readline.
  739isearch_history(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  740    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  741    string_concat(Before, After, Current),
  742    string_length(Current, Len),
  743    search_print('', "", Current),
  744    search(Input, "", Current, 1, Line),
  745    el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  746    el_insertstr(Input, Line),
  747    Continue = redisplay.
  748
  749search(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  750    el_getc(Input, Next),
  751    Next \== -1,
  752    !,
  753    search(Next, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line).
  754search(_Input, _For, _Current, _Nth, "").
  755
  756search(7, _Input, _, Current, _, Current) :-    % C-g: abort
  757    !,
  758    clear_line.
  759search(18, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-   % C-r: search previous
  760    !,
  761    N2 is Nth+1,
  762    search_(Input, For, Current, N2, Line).
  763search(19, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-   % C-s: search next
  764    !,
  765    N2 is max(1,Nth-1),
  766    search_(Input, For, Current, N2, Line).
  767search(127, Input, For, Current, _Nth, Line) :- % DEL/BS: shorten search
  768    sub_string(For, 0, _, 1, For1),
  769    !,
  770    search_(Input, For1, Current, 1, Line).
  771search(Char, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  772    code_type(Char, cntrl),
  773    !,
  774    search_end(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line),
  775    el_push(Input, Char).
  776search(Char, Input, For, Current, _Nth, Line) :-
  777    format(string(For1), '~w~c', [For,Char]),
  778    search_(Input, For1, Current, 1, Line).
  779
  780search_(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  781    (   find_in_history(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Candidate)
  782    ->  search_print('', For1, Candidate)
  783    ;   search_print('failed ', For1, Current)
  784    ),
  785    search(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Line).
  786
  787search_end(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  788    (   find_in_history(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line)
  789    ->  true
  790    ;   Line = Current
  791    ),
  792    clear_line.
  793
  794find_in_history(_, "", Current, _, Current) :-
  795    !.
  796find_in_history(Input, For, _, Nth, Line) :-
  797    el_history_events(Input, History),
  798    call_nth(( member(_N-Line, History),
  799               sub_string(Line, _, _, _, For)
  800             ),
  801             Nth),
  802    !.
  803
  804search_print(State, Search, Current) :-
  805    format(user_error, '\r(~wreverse-i-search)`~w\': ~w\e[0K',
  806           [State, Search, Current]).
  807
  808clear_line :-
  809    format(user_error, '\r\e[0K', []).
  810
  811
  812                /*******************************
  813                *         PASTE QUOTED         *
  814                *******************************/
  815
  816:- meta_predicate
  817    with_quote_flags(+,+,0).  818
  819add_paste_quoted(Input) :-
  820    current_prolog_flag(gui, true),
  821    !,
  822    el_addfn(Input, paste_quoted, 'Paste as quoted atom', paste_quoted),
  823    el_bind(Input, ["^Y",  paste_quoted]).
  824add_paste_quoted(_).
 paste_quoted(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Paste the selection as quoted Prolog value. The quoting type depends on the quote before the caret. If there is no quote before the caret we paste as an atom.
  832paste_quoted(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  833    clipboard_content(String),
  834    quote_text(Input, String, Quoted),
  835    el_insertstr(Input, Quoted),
  836    Continue = refresh.
  837
  838quote_text(Input, String, Value) :-
  839    el_line(Input, line(Before, _After)),
  840    (   sub_string(Before, _, 1, 0, Quote)
  841    ->  true
  842    ;   Quote = "'"
  843    ),
  844    quote_text(Input, Quote, String, Value).
  845
  846quote_text(Input, "'", Text, Quoted) =>
  847    format(string(Quoted), '~q', [Text]),
  848    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
  849quote_text(Input, "\"", Text, Quoted) =>
  850    atom_string(Text, String),
  851    with_quote_flags(
  852        string, codes,
  853        format(string(Quoted), '~q', [String])),
  854    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
  855quote_text(Input, "`", Text, Quoted) =>
  856    atom_string(Text, String),
  857    with_quote_flags(
  858        codes, string,
  859        format(string(Quoted), '~q', [String])),
  860    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
  861quote_text(_, _, Text, Quoted) =>
  862    format(string(Quoted), '~q', [Text]).
  863
  864with_quote_flags(Double, Back, Goal) :-
  865    current_prolog_flag(double_quotes, ODouble),
  866    current_prolog_flag(back_quotes, OBack),
  867    setup_call_cleanup(
  868        ( set_prolog_flag(double_quotes, Double),
  869          set_prolog_flag(back_quotes, Back) ),
  870        Goal,
  871        ( set_prolog_flag(double_quotes, ODouble),
  872          set_prolog_flag(back_quotes, OBack) )).
  873
  874clipboard_content(Text) :-
  875    current_prolog_flag(gui, true),
  876    !,
  877    autoload_call(in_pce_thread_sync(
  878                      autoload_call(
  879                          get(@(display), paste, primary, string(Text))))).
  880clipboard_content("").
  881
  882
  883                /*******************************
  884                *           MESSAGE            *
  885                *******************************/
  886
  887:- multifile prolog:error_message//1.  888
  889prolog:error_message(editline(Msg)) -->
  890    [ 'editline: ~s'-[Msg] ]