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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_get/2,                           % +Input, ?Property
   49            el_addfn/4,                         % +Input, +Name, +Help, :Goal
   50            el_cursor/2,                        % +Input, +Move
   51            el_line/2,                          % +Input, -Line
   52            el_insertstr/2,                     % +Input, +Text
   53            el_deletestr/2,                     % +Input, +Count
   54
   55            el_history/2,                       % +Input, ?Action
   56            el_history_events/2,                % +Input, -Events
   57            el_add_history/2,                   % +Input, +Line
   58            el_write_history/2,                 % +Input, +FileName
   59            el_read_history/2,                  % +Input, +FileName
   60
   61	    el_version/1			% -Version:integer
   62          ]).   63:- autoload(library(apply),[maplist/2,maplist/3]).   64:- autoload(library(lists),[reverse/2,max_list/2,append/3,member/2]).   65:- autoload(library(solution_sequences),[call_nth/2]).   66:- autoload(library(option), [merge_options/3]).   67
   68:- use_foreign_library(foreign(libedit4pl)).   69
   70:- initialization el_wrap_if_ok.   71
   72:- meta_predicate
   73    el_addfn(+,+,+,3).   74
   75:- multifile
   76    el_setup/1,                         % +Input
   77    el_wcwidth/2,                       % +Code, -Columns
   78    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.

While reading a line, the binding surrounds the prompt and the input with the OSC 133 semantic prompt marks of FinalTerm: ESC]133;A before the prompt, ESC]133;B before the input, ESC]133;C after the line was entered and ESC]133;D where its output ends, which is just before the next line is asked for. A term that takes more than one line is read a line at a time; the prompt of each line after the first is marked ESC]133;A;k=s, which says it continues an input rather than starting one, so that a terminal can keep the whole term together. A terminal that understands them (Epilog, iTerm2, kitty, WezTerm, VS Code) can tell prompt, input and output apart, which is what lets it jump between prompts, act on the output of one command or, in Epilog, move the caret to a click in the line being edited. A read that asks for a single character, as get_single_char/1 and the debugger do, is not marked: there is no line being edited there. A terminal that does not know the marks ignores them; one that prints them instead can be spared them with el_set/2 using prompt_marks(false).

  106el_wrap_if_ok :-
  107    stream_property(user_input, tty(true)),
  108    !,
  109    el_wrap.
  110el_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.
  136el_wrap :-
  137    el_wrap([]).
  138
  139el_wrap(_) :-
  140    el_wrapped(user_input),
  141    !.
  142el_wrap(Options) :-
  143    stream_property(user_input, tty(true)), !,
  144    findall(Opt, el_default(Opt), Defaults),
  145    merge_options(Options, Defaults, Options1),
  146    el_wrap(swipl, user_input, user_output, user_error, Options1),
  147    add_prolog_commands(user_input),
  148    ignore(el_set(user_input, wordchars("_"))),
  149    forall(el_setup(user_input), true),
  150    enable_bracketed_paste(user_input),
  151    enable_word_motion(user_input),
  152    enable_windows_eof(user_input).
  153el_wrap(_).
  154
  155el_default(history(Size)) :-
  156    current_prolog_flag(history, Value),
  157    (   integer(Value),
  158        Value >= 0
  159    ->  Size = Value
  160    ;   Value == false
  161    ->  Size = 0
  162    ).
  163:- if(current_predicate(prolog_alert_signal/2)).  164el_default(alert_signo(SigNo)) :-
  165    prolog_alert_signal(SigName, SigName),
  166    current_signal(SigName, SigNo, _Handler).
  167:- endif.  168
  169add_prolog_commands(Input) :-
  170    el_addfn(Input, complete, 'Complete atoms and files', complete),
  171    el_addfn(Input, show_completions, 'List completions', show_completions),
  172    el_addfn(Input, electric, 'Indicate matching bracket', electric),
  173    el_addfn(Input, isearch_history, 'Incremental search in history',
  174             isearch_history),
  175    el_addfn(Input, bracketed_paste, 'Handle bracketed paste', bracketed_paste),
  176    el_bind(Input, ["^I",  complete]),
  177    el_bind(Input, ["^[?", show_completions]),
  178    el_bind(Input, ["^R",  isearch_history]),
  179    bind_electric(Input),
  180    add_paste_quoted(Input),
  181    el_source(Input, _).
 enable_bracketed_paste(+Input) is det
Sync bracketed paste mode with the current editor: bind ESC[200~ to bracketed_paste/3 and enable the mode in emacs, unbind and disable it in vi. In vi mode ESC leaves insert mode, so the ESC[200~ start marker cannot be dispatched as a key binding. Called from el_wrap/1 after the el_setup/1 hook, since that hook may switch editor with el_bind/2 -v or -e.
  192enable_bracketed_paste(Input) :-
  193    (   el_get(Input, editor(vi))
  194    ->  el_bind(Input, ['-r', "\e[200~"]),
  195        el_set(Input, bracketed_paste(false))
  196    ;   el_bind(Input, ["\e[200~", bracketed_paste]),
  197        el_set(Input, bracketed_paste(true))
  198    ).
 enable_word_motion(+Input) is det
Bind the xterm Ctrl+Left/Ctrl+Right escape sequences to word motion. The Epilog terminal sends ESC[1;5D and ESC[1;5C for these key combinations (see packages/xpce/src/txt/terminal.c); most xterm-compatible terminals use the same sequences. In vi mode the binding is installed in both the insert keymap and the command (alternative) keymap. Called after the el_setup/1 hooks since those may switch editor.

This complements the readline emulation, which already binds these sequences in its initialisation.

  213enable_word_motion(Input) :-
  214    el_bind(Input, ["\e[1;5D", 'ed-prev-word']),
  215    el_bind(Input, ["\e[1;5C", 'em-next-word']),
  216    (   el_get(Input, editor(vi))
  217    ->  el_bind(Input, ['-a', "\e[1;5D", 'vi-prev-word']),
  218        el_bind(Input, ['-a', "\e[1;5C", 'vi-next-word'])
  219    ;   true
  220    ).
 enable_windows_eof(+Input) is det
Bind ^Z to send end-of-file on Windows, matching the platform convention (compare with ^D on Unix). Routed through libedit's built-in em-delete-or-list (emacs) or vi-list-or-eof (vi), both of which return EOF on an empty line.
  229enable_windows_eof(Input) :-
  230    current_prolog_flag(windows, true),
  231    !,
  232    (   el_get(Input, editor(vi))
  233    ->  el_bind(Input, ["^Z", 'vi-list-or-eof'])
  234    ;   el_bind(Input, ["^Z", 'em-delete-or-list'])
  235    ).
  236enable_windows_eof(_).
 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.
  251el_wrap(ProgName, In, Out, Error) :-
  252    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.
bracketed_paste(+Boolean)
Enable or disable bracketed paste mode. When enabled, the terminal is asked to bracket pasted text with ESC[200~ / ESC[201~ before each prompt, which the default bindings route through bracketed_paste/3. Disabling sends the matching ESC[?2004l sequence immediately. enable_bracketed_paste/1 manages this based on the current editor; you normally do not need to set it directly.
prompt_marks(+Boolean)
Enable or disable the OSC 133 prompt marks described with this module. They are enabled by default and are ignored by a terminal that does not know them; disable them for a terminal that prints them instead. Note that Epilog then has neither mark nor bracketed paste to tell it that a line is being edited if bracketed paste is disabled as well, and a click no longer moves the caret.

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

 el_get(+Input:stream, ?Property) is semidet
Interface to el_get(). Currently supported Property terms:
editor(-Editor)
Editor is unified with emacs or vi, reflecting the current keymap selected via el_bind/2 with -e / -v.
bracketed_paste(-Boolean)
Whether bracketed paste mode is currently enabled; see el_set/2.
prompt_marks(-Boolean)
Whether the prompt and the input are marked with OSC 133; see el_set/2.

Any other Property raises a domain_error(editline_property, _).

 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.
  462:- multifile
  463    prolog:history/2.  464
  465prolog:history(Input, enabled) :-
  466    !,
  467    el_wrapped(Input),
  468    el_history(Input, getsize(Size)),
  469    Size > 0.
  470prolog:history(Input, add(Line)) :-
  471    !,
  472    el_add_history(Input, Line).
  473prolog:history(Input, load(File)) :-
  474    !,
  475    compat_read_history(Input, File).
  476prolog:history(Input, save(File)) :-
  477    !,
  478    el_write_history(Input, File).
  479prolog:history(Input, events(Events)) :-
  480    !,
  481    el_history_events(Input, Events).
  482prolog:history(Input, Command) :-
  483    public_command(Command),
  484    !,
  485    el_history(Input, Command).
  486
  487public_command(first(_Num, _String)).
  488public_command(curr(_Num, _String)).
  489public_command(event(_Num, _String)).
  490public_command(prev_str(_Search, _Num, _String)).
  491public_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.
  498compat_read_history(Input, File) :-
  499    catch(el_read_history(Input, File), error(editline(_),_), fail),
  500    !.
  501compat_read_history(Input, File) :-
  502    access_file(File, read),
  503    setup_call_cleanup(
  504        open(File, read, In, [encoding(utf8)]),
  505        read_old_history(Input, In),
  506        close(In)),
  507    !.
  508compat_read_history(_, _).
  509
  510read_old_history(Input, From) :-
  511    catch('$raw_read'(From, Line), error(_,_), fail),
  512    (   Line == end_of_file
  513    ->  true
  514    ;   string_concat(Line, '.', Event),
  515        el_add_history(Input, Event),
  516        read_old_history(Input, From)
  517    ).
  518
  519		 /*******************************
  520		 *        ELECTRIC CARET	*
  521		 *******************************/
 bind_electric(+Input) is det
Bind known close statements for electric input
  527bind_electric(Input) :-
  528    forall(bracket(_Open, Close), bind_code(Input, Close, electric)),
  529    forall(quote(Close), bind_code(Input, Close, electric)).
  530
  531bind_code(Input, Code, Command) :-
  532    string_codes(Key, [Code]),
  533    el_bind(Input, [Key, Command]).
 electric(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
  538electric(Input, Char, Continue) :-
  539    string_codes(Str, [Char]),
  540    el_insertstr(Input, Str),
  541    el_line(Input, line(Before, _)),
  542    (   string_codes(Before, Codes),
  543        nesting(Codes, 0, Nesting),
  544        reverse(Nesting, [Close|RevNesting])
  545    ->  (   Close = open(_,_)                   % open quote
  546        ->  Continue = refresh
  547        ;   matching_open(RevNesting, Close, _, Index)
  548        ->  string_length(Before, Len),         % Proper match
  549            Move is Index-Len,
  550            Continue = electric(Move, 500, refresh)
  551        ;   Continue = refresh_beep             % Not properly nested
  552        )
  553    ;   Continue = refresh_beep
  554    ).
  555
  556matching_open_index(String, Index) :-
  557    string_codes(String, Codes),
  558    nesting(Codes, 0, Nesting),
  559    reverse(Nesting, [Close|RevNesting]),
  560    matching_open(RevNesting, Close, _, Index).
  561
  562matching_open([Open|Rest], Close, Rest, Index) :-
  563    Open = open(Index,_),
  564    match(Open, Close),
  565    !.
  566matching_open([Close1|Rest1], Close, Rest, Index) :-
  567    Close1 = close(_,_),
  568    matching_open(Rest1, Close1, Rest2, _),
  569    matching_open(Rest2, Close, Rest, Index).
  570
  571match(open(_,Open),close(_,Close)) :-
  572    (   bracket(Open, Close)
  573    ->  true
  574    ;   Open == Close,
  575        quote(Open)
  576    ).
  577
  578bracket(0'(, 0')).
  579bracket(0'[, 0']).
  580bracket(0'{, 0'}).
  581
  582quote(0'\').
  583quote(0'\").
  584quote(0'\`).
  585
  586nesting([], _, []).
  587nesting([H|T], I, Nesting) :-
  588    (   bracket(H, _Close)
  589    ->  Nesting = [open(I,H)|Nest]
  590    ;   bracket(_Open, H)
  591    ->  Nesting = [close(I,H)|Nest]
  592    ),
  593    !,
  594    I2 is I+1,
  595    nesting(T, I2, Nest).
  596nesting([0'0, 0'\'|T], I, Nesting) :-
  597    !,
  598    phrase(skip_code, T, T1),
  599    difflist_length(T, T1, Len),
  600    I2 is I+Len+2,
  601    nesting(T1, I2, Nesting).
  602nesting([H|T], I, Nesting) :-
  603    quote(H),
  604    !,
  605    (   phrase(skip_quoted(H), T, T1)
  606    ->  difflist_length(T, T1, Len),
  607        I2 is I+Len+1,
  608        Nesting = [open(I,H),close(I2,H)|Nest],
  609        nesting(T1, I2, Nest)
  610    ;   Nesting = [open(I,H)]                   % Open quote
  611    ).
  612nesting([_|T], I, Nesting) :-
  613    I2 is I+1,
  614    nesting(T, I2, Nesting).
  615
  616difflist_length(List, Tail, Len) :-
  617    difflist_length(List, Tail, 0, Len).
  618
  619difflist_length(List, Tail, Len0, Len) :-
  620    List == Tail,
  621    !,
  622    Len = Len0.
  623difflist_length([_|List], Tail, Len0, Len) :-
  624    Len1 is Len0+1,
  625    difflist_length(List, Tail, Len1, Len).
  626
  627skip_quoted(H) -->
  628    [H],
  629    !.
  630skip_quoted(H) -->
  631    "\\", [H],
  632    !,
  633    skip_quoted(H).
  634skip_quoted(H) -->
  635    [_],
  636    skip_quoted(H).
  637
  638skip_code -->
  639    "\\", [_],
  640    !.
  641skip_code -->
  642    [_].
  643
  644
  645		 /*******************************
  646		 *           COMPLETION		*
  647		 *******************************/
 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.
  658:- dynamic
  659    last_complete/2.  660
  661complete(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  662    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  663    ensure_input_completion,
  664    prolog:complete_input(Before, After, Delete, Completions),
  665    (   Completions = [One]
  666    ->  string_length(Delete, Len),
  667        el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  668        complete_text(One, Text),
  669        el_insertstr(Input, Text),
  670        Continue = refresh
  671    ;   Completions == []
  672    ->  Continue = refresh_beep
  673    ;   get_time(Now),
  674        retract(last_complete(TLast, Before)),
  675        Now - TLast < 2
  676    ->  plain_style,
  677        nl(user_error),
  678        list_alternatives(Completions),
  679        Continue = redisplay
  680    ;   retractall(last_complete(_,_)),
  681        get_time(Now),
  682        asserta(last_complete(Now, Before)),
  683        common_competion(Completions, Extend),
  684        (   Delete == Extend
  685        ->  Continue = refresh_beep
  686        ;   string_length(Delete, Len),
  687            el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  688            el_insertstr(Input, Extend),
  689            Continue = refresh
  690        )
  691    ).
  692
  693:- dynamic
  694    input_completion_loaded/0.  695
  696ensure_input_completion :-
  697    input_completion_loaded,
  698    !.
  699ensure_input_completion :-
  700    predicate_property(prolog:complete_input(_,_,_,_),
  701                       number_of_clauses(N)),
  702    N > 0,
  703    !.
  704ensure_input_completion :-
  705    exists_source(library(console_input)),
  706    !,
  707    use_module(library(console_input), []),
  708    asserta(input_completion_loaded).
  709ensure_input_completion.
 show_completions(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Editline command to show possible completions.
  716show_completions(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  717    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  718    prolog:complete_input(Before, After, _Delete, Completions),
  719    plain_style,
  720    nl(user_error),
  721    list_alternatives(Completions),
  722    Continue = redisplay.
 prolog:line_editor_attributes(+Off, +On) is det
Tell libedit how to switch the decoration of the line being edited off and on again. The toplevel leaves the attributes of the colour class input in effect while the user is typing (see decorate_prompt/2 in boot/toplevel.pl). Erasing part of the screen paints it with the current background colour, so libedit must switch these attributes off before it erases the rows the line no longer uses, e.g. after unwrapping a long line or moving from a multi-line history entry to a shorter one. See EL_ATTRS in libedit.

The toplevel calls this each time it builds a prompt, so a theme loaded at run time is picked up. Does nothing if libedit is too old to support this.

  739prolog:line_editor_attributes(Off, On) :-
  740    el_wrapped(user_input),
  741    ignore(el_set(user_input, attrs(Off, On))).
 plain_style is det
Reset the terminal attributes before writing text that is not part of the line being edited, such as the completion alternatives or the incremental search prompt.

The toplevel decorates the input line by leaving the attributes of the colour class input in effect while the user is typing (see decorate_prompt/2 in boot/toplevel.pl). Without this reset that decoration also applies to the text below, and if the class has a background colour it paints whatever we erase with `\e[K` as well.

The commands that write this text end with redisplay, which makes libedit redraw the line from scratch and thus re-install the style.

  758plain_style :-
  759    format(user_error, '\e[0m', []).
  760
  761complete_text(Text-_Comment, Text) :- !.
  762complete_text(Text, Text).
 common_competion(+Alternatives, -Common) is det
True when Common is the common prefix of all candidate Alternatives.
  768common_competion(Alternatives, Common) :-
  769    maplist(atomic, Alternatives),
  770    !,
  771    common_prefix(Alternatives, Common).
  772common_competion(Alternatives, Common) :-
  773    maplist(complete_text, Alternatives, AltText),
  774    !,
  775    common_prefix(AltText, Common).
 common_prefix(+Atoms, -Common) is det
True when Common is the common prefix of all Atoms.
  781common_prefix([A1|T], Common) :-
  782    common_prefix_(T, A1, Common).
  783
  784common_prefix_([], Common, Common).
  785common_prefix_([H|T], Common0, Common) :-
  786    common_prefix(H, Common0, Common1),
  787    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
  793common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  794    sub_atom(A1, 0, _, _, A2),
  795    !,
  796    Prefix = A2.
  797common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  798    sub_atom(A2, 0, _, _, A1),
  799    !,
  800    Prefix = A1.
  801common_prefix(A1, A2, Prefix) :-
  802    atom_codes(A1, C1),
  803    atom_codes(A2, C2),
  804    list_common_prefix(C1, C2, C),
  805    string_codes(Prefix, C).
  806
  807list_common_prefix([H|T0], [H|T1], [H|T]) :-
  808    !,
  809    list_common_prefix(T0, T1, T).
  810list_common_prefix(_, _, []).
 list_alternatives(+Alternatives)
List possible completions at the current point.
To be done
- currently ignores the Comment in Text-Comment alternatives.
  820list_alternatives(Alternatives) :-
  821    maplist(atomic, Alternatives),
  822    !,
  823    length(Alternatives, Count),
  824    maplist(atom_length, Alternatives, Lengths),
  825    max_list(Lengths, Max),
  826    tty_size(_, Cols),
  827    ColW is Max+2,
  828    Columns is max(1, Cols // ColW),
  829    RowCount is (Count+Columns-1)//Columns,
  830    length(Rows, RowCount),
  831    to_matrix(Alternatives, Rows, Rows),
  832    (   RowCount > 11
  833    ->  length(First, 10),
  834        Skipped is RowCount - 10,
  835        append(First, _, Rows),
  836        maplist(write_row(ColW), First),
  837        format(user_error, '... skipped ~D rows~n', [Skipped])
  838    ;   maplist(write_row(ColW), Rows)
  839    ).
  840list_alternatives(Alternatives) :-
  841    maplist(complete_text, Alternatives, AltText),
  842    list_alternatives(AltText).
  843
  844to_matrix([], _, Rows) :-
  845    !,
  846    maplist(close_list, Rows).
  847to_matrix([H|T], [RH|RT], Rows) :-
  848    !,
  849    add_list(RH, H),
  850    to_matrix(T, RT, Rows).
  851to_matrix(List, [], Rows) :-
  852    to_matrix(List, Rows, Rows).
  853
  854add_list(Var, Elem) :-
  855    var(Var), !,
  856    Var = [Elem|_].
  857add_list([_|T], Elem) :-
  858    add_list(T, Elem).
  859
  860close_list(List) :-
  861    append(List, [], _),
  862    !.
  863
  864write_row(ColW, Row) :-
  865    length(Row, Columns),
  866    make_format(Columns, ColW, Format),
  867    format(user_error, Format, Row).
  868
  869make_format(N, ColW, Format) :-
  870    format(string(PerCol), '~~w~~t~~~d+', [ColW]),
  871    Front is N - 1,
  872    length(LF, Front),
  873    maplist(=(PerCol), LF),
  874    append(LF, ['~w~n'], Parts),
  875    atomics_to_string(Parts, Format).
  876
  877
  878		 /*******************************
  879		 *             SEARCH		*
  880		 *******************************/
 isearch_history(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Incremental search through the history. The behavior is based on GNU readline.
  887isearch_history(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  888    el_line(Input, line(Before, After)),
  889    string_concat(Before, After, Current),
  890    string_length(Current, Len),
  891    search_print('', "", Current),
  892    search(Input, "", Current, 1, Line),
  893    el_deletestr(Input, Len),
  894    el_insertstr(Input, Line),
  895    Continue = redisplay.
  896
  897search(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  898    el_getc(Input, Next),
  899    Next \== -1,
  900    !,
  901    search(Next, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line).
  902search(_Input, _For, _Current, _Nth, "").
  903
  904search(7, _Input, _, Current, _, Current) :-    % C-g: abort
  905    !,
  906    clear_line.
  907search(18, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-   % C-r: search previous
  908    !,
  909    N2 is Nth+1,
  910    search_(Input, For, Current, N2, Line).
  911search(19, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-   % C-s: search next
  912    !,
  913    N2 is max(1,Nth-1),
  914    search_(Input, For, Current, N2, Line).
  915search(127, Input, For, Current, _Nth, Line) :- % DEL/BS: shorten search
  916    sub_string(For, 0, _, 1, For1),
  917    !,
  918    search_(Input, For1, Current, 1, Line).
  919search(Char, Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  920    code_type(Char, cntrl),
  921    !,
  922    search_end(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line),
  923    el_push(Input, Char).
  924search(Char, Input, For, Current, _Nth, Line) :-
  925    format(string(For1), '~w~c', [For,Char]),
  926    search_(Input, For1, Current, 1, Line).
  927
  928search_(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  929    (   find_in_history(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Candidate)
  930    ->  search_print('', For1, Candidate)
  931    ;   search_print('failed ', For1, Current)
  932    ),
  933    search(Input, For1, Current, Nth, Line).
  934
  935search_end(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line) :-
  936    (   find_in_history(Input, For, Current, Nth, Line)
  937    ->  true
  938    ;   Line = Current
  939    ),
  940    clear_line.
  941
  942find_in_history(_, "", Current, _, Current) :-
  943    !.
  944find_in_history(Input, For, _, Nth, Line) :-
  945    el_history_events(Input, History),
  946    call_nth(( member(_N-Line, History),
  947               sub_string(Line, _, _, _, For)
  948             ),
  949             Nth),
  950    !.
  951
  952%   Note that we reset the attributes  (see   plain_style/0):  the search
  953%   prompt is not the line being edited and, more importantly, `\e[0K'
  954%   erases using the current background colour.
  955
  956search_print(State, Search, Current) :-
  957    format(user_error, '\r\e[0m(~wreverse-i-search)`~w\': ~w\e[0K',
  958           [State, Search, Current]).
  959
  960clear_line :-
  961    format(user_error, '\r\e[0m\e[0K', []).
  962
  963
  964                /*******************************
  965                *         PASTE QUOTED         *
  966                *******************************/
  967
  968:- meta_predicate
  969    with_quote_flags(+,+,0).  970
  971add_paste_quoted(Input) :-
  972    current_prolog_flag(gui, true),
  973    !,
  974    el_addfn(Input, paste_quoted, 'Paste as quoted atom', paste_quoted),
  975    el_bind(Input, ["^Y",  paste_quoted]).
  976add_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.
  984paste_quoted(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
  985    clipboard_content(String),
  986    quote_text(Input, String, Quoted),
  987    el_insertstr(Input, Quoted),
  988    Continue = refresh.
  989
  990quote_text(Input, String, Value) :-
  991    el_line(Input, line(Before, _After)),
  992    (   sub_string(Before, _, 1, 0, Quote)
  993    ->  true
  994    ;   Quote = "'"
  995    ),
  996    quote_text(Input, Quote, String, Value).
  997
  998quote_text(Input, "'", Text, Quoted) =>
  999    format(string(Quoted), '~q', [Text]),
 1000    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
 1001quote_text(Input, "\"", Text, Quoted) =>
 1002    atom_string(Text, String),
 1003    with_quote_flags(
 1004        string, codes,
 1005        format(string(Quoted), '~q', [String])),
 1006    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
 1007quote_text(Input, "`", Text, Quoted) =>
 1008    atom_string(Text, String),
 1009    with_quote_flags(
 1010        codes, string,
 1011        format(string(Quoted), '~q', [String])),
 1012    el_deletestr(Input, 1).
 1013quote_text(_, _, Text, Quoted) =>
 1014    format(string(Quoted), '~q', [Text]).
 1015
 1016with_quote_flags(Double, Back, Goal) :-
 1017    setup_call_cleanup(
 1018        ( push_prolog_flag(double_quotes, Double),
 1019          push_prolog_flag(back_quotes, Back) ),
 1020        Goal,
 1021        ( pop_prolog_flag(back_quotes),
 1022          pop_prolog_flag(double_quotes) )).
 1023
 1024clipboard_content(Text) :-
 1025    current_prolog_flag(gui, true),
 1026    !,
 1027    autoload_call(in_pce_thread_sync(
 1028                      autoload_call(
 1029                          get(@(display), paste, primary, string(Text))))).
 1030clipboard_content("").
 1031
 1032
 1033                /*******************************
 1034                *       BRACKETED PASTE        *
 1035                *******************************/
 bracketed_paste(+Input, +Char, -Continue) is det
Handler for the bracketed paste start sequence ESC[200~. Reads characters until the end sequence ESC[201~ is received and inserts the collected text literally, bypassing per-character key dispatch.

The terminal is asked to enable bracketed paste mode (ESC[?2004h) from the C layer each time a prompt is issued.

 1046bracketed_paste(Input, _Char, Continue) :-
 1047    collect_paste(Input, [], RevCodes),
 1048    reverse(RevCodes, Codes),
 1049    string_codes(Text, Codes),
 1050    el_insertstr(Input, Text),
 1051    Continue = refresh.
 collect_paste(+Input, +RevAcc, -RevResult) is det
Read characters one at a time, accumulating them in reverse order. Stop when the reversed accumulator starts with the end sequence ESC[201~ (27,91,50,48,49,126) and return the reversed content that precedes it.
 1060collect_paste(Input, RevCodes, Result) :-
 1061    el_getc(Input, Char),
 1062    (   Char == -1                          % EOF / error
 1063    ->  Result = RevCodes
 1064    ;   paste_char(Char, Char1),
 1065        RevCodes1 = [Char1|RevCodes],
 1066        (   RevCodes1 = [0'~,0'1,0'0,0'2,0'[,0'\e|Rest]  % ESC[201~ reversed
 1067        ->  Result = Rest
 1068        ;   collect_paste(Input, RevCodes1, Result)
 1069        )
 1070    ).
 paste_char(+Raw, -Char) is det
Translate a raw character code from bracketed paste to the intended code. The tty line discipline in edit mode has INLCR set, which maps LF (10) to CR (13) before libedit reads it. We reverse that here so pasted newlines are inserted as actual newlines.
 1079paste_char(0'\r, 0'\n) :- !.               % CR → LF (INLCR maps \n to \r in edit mode)
 1080paste_char(C,   C).
 1081
 1082
 1083                /*******************************
 1084                *           MESSAGE            *
 1085                *******************************/
 1086
 1087:- multifile prolog:error_message//1. 1088
 1089prolog:error_message(editline(Msg)) -->
 1090    [ 'editline: ~s'-[Msg] ]