readline PoC

src/lib/direct.c

@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ char* ncdirect_readline(ncdirect* n, const char* prompt){
   }
   return readline(prompt);
 #else
+  logerror("notcurses was built without readline support\n");
   (void)n;
   (void)prompt;
   return NULL;

src/poc/readline.c

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <notcurses/direct.h>
+
+// play with libreadline as wrapped by notcurses-direct
+
+static int
+rl(struct ncdirect* n){
+  char* l;
+  while( (l = ncdirect_readline(n, "ncdirect")) ){
+    fprintf(stderr, "input: [%s]\n", l);
+    free(l);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int main(void){
+  uint64_t flags = NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_CBREAK;
+  struct ncdirect* n = ncdirect_core_init(NULL, NULL, flags);
+  if(n == NULL){
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  rl(n);
+  if(ncdirect_stop(n)){
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}