go-prompt/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
2017-08-15 01:47:46 +09:00

151 lines
4.0 KiB
Markdown

# Developer Guide
## Getting Started
Most simple example is below.
```go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/c-bata/go-prompt"
)
// executor executes command and print the output.
func executor(in string) {
fmt.Println("Your input: " + in)
}
// completer returns the completion items from user input.
func completer(d prompt.Document) []prompt.Suggest {
s := []prompt.Suggest{
{Text: "users", Description: "user table"},
{Text: "sites", Description: "sites table"},
{Text: "articles", Description: "articles table"},
{Text: "comments", Description: "comments table"},
}
return prompt.FilterHasPrefix(s, d.GetWordBeforeCursor(), true)
}
func main() {
p := prompt.New(
executor,
completer,
prompt.OptionPrefix(">>> "),
prompt.OptionTitle("sql-prompt"),
)
p.Run()
}
```
If you want to create CLI using go-prompt, I recommend you to look at the [source code of kube-prompt](https://github.com/c-bata/kube-prompt).
It is the most practical example.
## Options
go-prompt has many color options.
It is difficult to describe by text. So please see below figure:
![options](https://github.com/c-bata/assets/raw/master/go-prompt/prompt-options.png)
* **OptionPrefixTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Blue`
* **OptionPrefixBackgroundColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.DefaultColor`
* **OptionInputTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.DefaultColor`
* **OptionInputBGColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.DefaultColor`
* **OptionPreviewSuggestionTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Green`
* **OptionPreviewSuggestionBGColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.DefaultColor`
* **OptionSuggestionTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.White`
* **OptionSuggestionBGColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Cyan`
* **OptionSelectedSuggestionTextColor(prompt.Color)** : `default prompt.Black`
* **OptionSelectedSuggestionBGColor(prompt.Color)** : `default prompt.DefaultColor`
* **OptionDescriptionTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Black`
* **OptionDescriptionBGColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Turquoise`
* **OptionSelectedDescriptionTextColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.White`
* **OptionSelectedDescriptionBGColor(prompt.Color)** : default `prompt.Cyan`
**Other Options**
#### `OptionTitle(string)` : default `""`
Option to set title displayed at the header bar of terminal.
#### `OptionHistory([]string)` : default `[]string{}`
Option to set history.
#### `OptionPrefix(string)` : default `"> "`
Option to set prefix string.
#### `OptionMaxSuggestions(x uint16)` : default `6`
The max number of displayed suggestions.
#### `OptionParser(prompt.ConsoleParser)` : default `VT100Parser`
To set a custom ConsoleParser object.
An argument should implement ConsoleParser interface.
#### `OptionWriter(prompt.ConsoleWriter)` : default `VT100Writer`
To set a custom ConsoleWriter object.
An argument should implement ConsoleWriter interace.
#### `SwitchKeyBindMode(prompt.KeyBindMode)` : default `prompt.EmacsKeyBindMode`
To set a key bind mode.
#### `OptionAddKeyBind(...KeyBind)` : default `[]KeyBind{}`
To set a custom key bind.
## Architecture of go-prompt
*Caution: This section is WIP.*
This is a short description of go-prompt implementation.
go-prompt consists of three parts.
1. Input parser
2. Emulate user input with Buffer object.
3. Render buffer object.
### Input Parser
![input-parser animation](https://github.com/c-bata/assets/raw/master/go-prompt/input-parser.gif)
Input Parser only supports only vt100 compatible console now.
* Set raw mode.
* Read standard input.
* Parse byte array
### Emulate user input
go-prompt contains Buffer class.
It represents input state by handling user input key.
`Buffer` object has text and cursor position.
**TODO prepare the sample of buffer**
```go
package main
import "github.com/c-bata/go-prompt"
func main() {
b := prompt.NewBuffer()
... wip
}
```
### Renderer
`Renderer` object renders a buffer object.
**TODO prepare the sample of brender**
```go
package main
```
the output is below:
**TODO prepare a screen shot**