empserver/m4/ax_lib_readline.m4
Martin Haukeli f1fc0df03d client: Add readline support to empire client
Readline provides fancy command line editing such as <Arrow Up> for
previous commands and CTRL+A to jump to the beginning of the line.

This patch does not add any completion on <tab> key, a TODO, if you
will.

A new command line flag, -H, turns on saving the history to disk.
This may have security implications on shared computers, as all
commands are saved as-is.  Thus "change re 1234" would be logged
directly to the file.

Signed-off-by: Martin Haukeli <martin.haukeli@gmail.com>

Rebase on top of preparatory work, fix a few bugs, and tidy up:

* Update the standalone client build, too.

* Fix the Windows build.

* Keep command line options sorted case-insensitively.

* Error out when $HOME is unset and getpwuid() fails, just like we do
  for $LOGNAME.

* Give @input_from_rl, @has_rl_input static linkage.

* @has_rl_input is a flag, not a counter, set and test it accordingly.

* Save all input in history, not just commands.  Martin's attempt to
  recognize commands works only as long as the server sends prompts
  faster than the user sends input.  Drop that part, and update commit
  message accordingly.

* Fix recv_input() not to truncate value of strlen() to int, and to
  use memmove() for updating @input_from_rl in place.

* Clean up whitespace in a few places.

* Tweak commit message.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2017-08-06 11:22:29 +02:00

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# ===========================================================================
# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_lib_readline.html
# ===========================================================================
#
# SYNOPSIS
#
# AX_LIB_READLINE
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
# Searches for a readline compatible library. If found, defines
# `HAVE_LIBREADLINE'. If the found library has the `add_history' function,
# sets also `HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY'. Also checks for the locations of the
# necessary include files and sets `HAVE_READLINE_H' or
# `HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H' and `HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H' or
# 'HAVE_HISTORY_H' if the corresponding include files exists.
#
# The libraries that may be readline compatible are `libedit',
# `libeditline' and `libreadline'. Sometimes we need to link a termcap
# library for readline to work, this macro tests these cases too by trying
# to link with `libtermcap', `libcurses' or `libncurses' before giving up.
#
# Here is an example of how to use the information provided by this macro
# to perform the necessary includes or declarations in a C file:
#
# #ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
# # if defined(HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H)
# # include <readline/readline.h>
# # elif defined(HAVE_READLINE_H)
# # include <readline.h>
# # else /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_H) */
# extern char *readline ();
# # endif /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_H) */
# char *cmdline = NULL;
# #else /* !defined(HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H) */
# /* no readline */
# #endif /* HAVE_LIBREADLINE */
#
# #ifdef HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY
# # if defined(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H)
# # include <readline/history.h>
# # elif defined(HAVE_HISTORY_H)
# # include <history.h>
# # else /* !defined(HAVE_HISTORY_H) */
# extern void add_history ();
# extern int write_history ();
# extern int read_history ();
# # endif /* defined(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H) */
# /* no history */
# #endif /* HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY */
#
# LICENSE
#
# Copyright (c) 2008 Ville Laurikari <vl@iki.fi>
#
# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
# permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
# and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
# warranty.
#serial 6
AU_ALIAS([VL_LIB_READLINE], [AX_LIB_READLINE])
AC_DEFUN([AX_LIB_READLINE], [
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for a readline compatible library],
ax_cv_lib_readline, [
ORIG_LIBS="$LIBS"
for readline_lib in readline edit editline; do
for termcap_lib in "" termcap curses ncurses; do
if test -z "$termcap_lib"; then
TRY_LIB="-l$readline_lib"
else
TRY_LIB="-l$readline_lib -l$termcap_lib"
fi
LIBS="$ORIG_LIBS $TRY_LIB"
AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(readline, ax_cv_lib_readline="$TRY_LIB")
if test -n "$ax_cv_lib_readline"; then
break
fi
done
if test -n "$ax_cv_lib_readline"; then
break
fi
done
if test -z "$ax_cv_lib_readline"; then
ax_cv_lib_readline="no"
fi
LIBS="$ORIG_LIBS"
])
if test "$ax_cv_lib_readline" != "no"; then
LIBS="$LIBS $ax_cv_lib_readline"
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE, 1,
[Define if you have a readline compatible library])
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline.h readline/readline.h)
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether readline supports history],
ax_cv_lib_readline_history, [
ax_cv_lib_readline_history="no"
AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(add_history, ax_cv_lib_readline_history="yes")
])
if test "$ax_cv_lib_readline_history" = "yes"; then
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY, 1,
[Define if your readline library has \`add_history'])
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(history.h readline/history.h)
fi
fi
])dnl