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A line editing library in pure Nim.
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#minline

A line editing library in pure Nim designed to be easy to use and provide a minimal (but useful) set of features to build interactive CLI applications.

minline provides:

  • Basic line editing functionality, move the cursor left and right, delete characters etc.
  • Support for a simple prompt at the beginning of the line.
  • Support for hiding typed characters (and print asterisks instead).
  • Support for intercepting keypresses before they are printed to stdout.
  • Some Emacs-like keybindings.
  • Customizable line completion.
  • Customizable key bindings (i.e. bind a key or a sequence of keys to a Nim proc).
  • Persistent history management (history entries can be written to a file).

minline does not provide:

  • Support for multiple lines (you will not be able to move to the next line)
  • Support for Unicode or characters other than ASCII.
  • Support for colors in the prompt.
  • Full Emacs or Vi key bindings.

For more information, see the reference docs.