-- ffi/readline.lua — GNU readline binding. -- Phase 0: readline + add_history + EOF handling. -- Phase 1: custom key bindings via rl_bind_keyseq. -- See docs/PHASE0.md §9 and docs/PHASE1.md §7. local ffi = require("ffi") ffi.cdef[[ char *readline(const char *prompt); void add_history(const char *line); void free(void *ptr); typedef int (*rl_command_func_t)(int, int); int rl_bind_keyseq(const char *keyseq, rl_command_func_t function); ]] -- libreadline-dev (which ships the unversioned `libreadline.so` symlink) is -- not assumed to be installed on the runtime host; fall back to versioned -- sonames so a base Debian/Arch with just libreadline runtime works. local function load_readline() local errs = {} for _, name in ipairs({"readline", "readline.so.8", "readline.so.7"}) do local ok, lib = pcall(ffi.load, name) if ok then return lib end errs[#errs+1] = name .. ": " .. tostring(lib) end error("libreadline not loadable: " .. table.concat(errs, "; ")) end local rl = load_readline() local C = ffi.C local M = {} -- Read one line of input. -- Returns: -- string : the line (no trailing newline) -- nil : EOF (Ctrl-D on empty line) function M.readline(prompt) local cstr = rl.readline(prompt) if cstr == nil then return nil end local s = ffi.string(cstr) C.free(cstr) return s end -- Append a non-empty line to readline's in-memory history. function M.add_history(line) if line and #line > 0 then rl.add_history(line) end end -- Bind `seq` (e.g. "\\C-n") to a Lua function that runs when the user types -- that key sequence at the readline prompt. The Lua fn takes no arguments -- (readline passes count + key, but Phase 1 consumers don't need them). -- Callback trampolines are pinned in module-local state so they outlive the -- M.bind call — readline retains the function pointer indefinitely. local _bound = {} function M.bind(seq, fn) if _bound[seq] then _bound[seq]:free() end local cb = ffi.cast("rl_command_func_t", function(_count, _key) local ok, err = pcall(fn) if not ok then io.stderr:write("ffi/readline bind handler error: " .. tostring(err) .. "\n") end return 0 end) _bound[seq] = cb return rl.rl_bind_keyseq(seq, cb) == 0 end return M