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29.Dd November 9, 2018
30.Dt EDITLINE 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm editline ,
34.Nm el_init ,
35.Nm el_init_fd ,
36.Nm el_end ,
37.Nm el_reset ,
38.Nm el_gets ,
39.Nm el_wgets ,
40.Nm el_getc ,
41.Nm el_wgetc ,
42.Nm el_push ,
43.Nm el_wpush ,
44.Nm el_parse ,
45.Nm el_wparse ,
46.Nm el_set ,
47.Nm el_wset ,
48.Nm el_get ,
49.Nm el_wget ,
50.Nm el_source ,
51.Nm el_resize ,
52.Nm el_cursor ,
53.Nm el_line ,
54.Nm el_wline ,
55.Nm el_insertstr ,
56.Nm el_winsertstr ,
57.Nm el_deletestr ,
58.Nm el_wdeletestr ,
59.Nm history_init ,
60.Nm history_winit ,
61.Nm history_end ,
62.Nm history_wend ,
63.Nm history ,
64.Nm history_w ,
65.Nm tok_init ,
66.Nm tok_winit ,
67.Nm tok_end ,
68.Nm tok_wend ,
69.Nm tok_reset ,
70.Nm tok_wreset ,
71.Nm tok_line ,
72.Nm tok_wline ,
73.Nm tok_str ,
74.Nm tok_wstr
75.Nd line editor, history and tokenization functions
76.Sh LIBRARY
77.Lb libedit
78.Sh SYNOPSIS
79.In histedit.h
80.Ft EditLine *
81.Fn el_init "const char *prog" "FILE *fin" "FILE *fout" "FILE *ferr"
82.Ft EditLine *
83.Fn el_init_fd "const char *prog" "FILE *fin" "FILE *fout" "FILE *ferr" "int fdin" "int fdout" "int fderr"
84.Ft void
85.Fn el_end "EditLine *e"
86.Ft void
87.Fn el_reset "EditLine *e"
88.Ft const char *
89.Fn el_gets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
90.Ft const wchar_t *
91.Fn el_wgets "EditLine *e" "int *count"
92.Ft int
93.Fn el_getc "EditLine *e" "char *ch"
94.Ft int
95.Fn el_wgetc "EditLine *e" "wchar_t *wc"
96.Ft void
97.Fn el_push "EditLine *e" "const char *mbs"
98.Ft void
99.Fn el_wpush "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *wcs"
100.Ft int
101.Fn el_parse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const char *argv[]"
102.Ft int
103.Fn el_wparse "EditLine *e" "int argc" "const wchar_t *argv[]"
104.Ft int
105.Fn el_set "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
106.Ft int
107.Fn el_wset "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
108.Ft int
109.Fn el_get "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
110.Ft int
111.Fn el_wget "EditLine *e" "int op" "..."
112.Ft int
113.Fn el_source "EditLine *e" "const char *file"
114.Ft void
115.Fn el_resize "EditLine *e"
116.Ft int
117.Fn el_cursor "EditLine *e" "int count"
118.Ft const LineInfo *
119.Fn el_line "EditLine *e"
120.Ft const LineInfoW *
121.Fn el_wline "EditLine *e"
122.Ft int
123.Fn el_insertstr "EditLine *e" "const char *str"
124.Ft int
125.Fn el_winsertstr "EditLine *e" "const wchar_t *str"
126.Ft void
127.Fn el_deletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
128.Ft void
129.Fn el_wdeletestr "EditLine *e" "int count"
130.Ft History *
131.Fn history_init void
132.Ft HistoryW *
133.Fn history_winit void
134.Ft void
135.Fn history_end "History *h"
136.Ft void
137.Fn history_wend "HistoryW *h"
138.Ft int
139.Fn history "History *h" "HistEvent *ev" "int op" "..."
140.Ft int
141.Fn history_w "HistoryW *h" "HistEventW *ev" "int op" "..."
142.Ft Tokenizer *
143.Fn tok_init "const char *IFS"
144.Ft TokenizerW *
145.Fn tok_winit "const wchar_t *IFS"
146.Ft void
147.Fn tok_end "Tokenizer *t"
148.Ft void
149.Fn tok_wend "TokenizerW *t"
150.Ft void
151.Fn tok_reset "Tokenizer *t"
152.Ft void
153.Fn tok_wreset "TokenizerW *t"
154.Ft int
155.Fn tok_line "Tokenizer *t" "const LineInfo *li" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
156.Ft int
157.Fn tok_wline "TokenizerW *t" "const LineInfoW *li" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]" "int *cursorc" "int *cursoro"
158.Ft int
159.Fn tok_str "Tokenizer *t" "const char *str" "int *argc" "const char **argv[]"
160.Ft int
161.Fn tok_wstr "TokenizerW *t" "const wchar_t *str" "int *argc" "const wchar_t **argv[]"
162.Sh DESCRIPTION
163The
164.Nm
165library provides generic line editing, history and tokenization functions,
166similar to those found in
167.Xr sh 1 .
168.Pp
169These functions are available in the
170.Nm libedit
171library (which needs the
172.Nm libtermcap
173library).
174Programs should be linked with
175.Fl ledit ltermcap .
176.Pp
177The
178.Nm
179library respects the
180.Ev LC_CTYPE
181locale set by the application program and never uses
182.Xr setlocale 3
183to change the locale.
184.Sh LINE EDITING FUNCTIONS
185The line editing functions use a common data structure,
186.Fa EditLine ,
187which is created by
188.Fn el_init
189or
190.Fn el_init_fd
191and freed by
192.Fn el_end .
193.Pp
194The wide-character functions behave the same way as their narrow
195counterparts.
196.Pp
197The following functions are available:
198.Bl -tag -width 4n
199.It Fn el_init
200Initialize the line editor, and return a data structure
201to be used by all other line editing functions, or
202.Dv NULL
203on failure.
204.Fa prog
205is the name of the invoking program, used when reading the
206.Xr editrc 5
207file to determine which settings to use.
208.Fa fin ,
209.Fa fout
210and
211.Fa ferr
212are the input, output, and error streams (respectively) to use.
213In this documentation, references to
214.Dq the tty
215are actually to this input/output stream combination.
216.It Fn el_init_fd
217Like
218.Fn el_init
219but allows specifying file descriptors for the
220.Xr stdio 3
221corresponding streams, in case those were created with
222.Xr funopen 3 .
223.It Fn el_end
224Clean up and finish with
225.Fa e ,
226assumed to have been created with
227.Fn el_init
228or
229.Fn el_init_fd .
230.It Fn el_reset
231Reset the tty and the parser.
232This should be called after an error which may have upset the tty's
233state.
234.It Fn el_gets
235Read a line from the tty.
236.Fa count
237is modified to contain the number of characters read.
238Returns the line read if successful, or
239.Dv NULL
240if no characters were read or if an error occurred.
241If an error occurred,
242.Fa count
243is set to \-1 and
244.Dv errno
245contains the error code that caused it.
246The return value may not remain valid across calls to
247.Fn el_gets
248and must be copied if the data is to be retained.
249.It Fn el_wgetc
250Read a wide character from the tty, respecting the current locale,
251or from the input queue described in
252.Xr editline 7
253if that is not empty, and store it in
254.Fa wc .
255If an invalid or incomplete character is found, it is discarded,
256.Va errno
257is set to
258.Er EILSEQ ,
259and the next character is read and stored in
260.Fa wc .
261Returns 1 if a valid character was read, 0 on end of file, or \-1 on
262.Xr read 2
263failure.
264In the latter case,
265.Va errno
266is set to indicate the error.
267.It Fn el_getc
268Read a wide character as described for
269.Fn el_wgetc
270and return 0 on end of file or \-1 on failure.
271If the wide character can be represented as a single-byte character,
272convert it with
273.Xr wctob 3 ,
274store the result in
275.Fa ch ,
276and return 1; otherwise, set
277.Va errno
278to
279.Er ERANGE
280and return \-1.
281In the C or POSIX locale, this simply reads a byte, but for any other
282locale, including UTF-8, this is rarely useful.
283.It Fn el_wpush
284Push the wide character string
285.Fa wcs
286back onto the input queue described in
287.Xr editline 7 .
288If the queue overflows, for example due to a recursive macro,
289or if an error occurs, for example because
290.Fa wcs
291is
292.Dv NULL
293or memory allocation fails, the function beeps at the user,
294but does not report the problem to the caller.
295.It Fn el_push
296Use the current locale to convert the multibyte string
297.Fa mbs
298to a wide character string, and pass the result to
299.Fn el_wpush .
300.It Fn el_parse
301Parses the
302.Fa argv
303array (which is
304.Fa argc
305elements in size)
306to execute builtin
307.Nm
308commands.
309If the command is prefixed with
310.Dq prog :
311then
312.Fn el_parse
313will only execute the command if
314.Dq prog
315matches the
316.Fa prog
317argument supplied to
318.Fn el_init .
319The return value is
320\-1 if the command is unknown,
3210 if there was no error or
322.Dq prog
323didn't match, or
3241 if the command returned an error.
325Refer to
326.Xr editrc 5
327for more information.
328.It Fn el_set
329Set
330.Nm
331parameters.
332.Fa op
333determines which parameter to set, and each operation has its
334own parameter list.
335Returns 0 on success, \-1 on failure.
336.Pp
337The following values for
338.Fa op
339are supported, along with the required argument list:
340.Bl -tag -width 4n
341.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
342Define prompt printing function as
343.Fa f ,
344which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
345.It Dv EL_PROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
346Same as
347.Dv EL_PROMPT ,
348but the
349.Fa c
350argument indicates the start/stop literal prompt character.
351.Pp
352If a start/stop literal character is found in the prompt, the
353character itself
354is not printed, but characters after it are printed directly to the
355terminal without affecting the state of the current line.
356A subsequent second start/stop literal character ends this behavior.
357This is typically used to embed literal escape sequences that change the
358color/style of the terminal in the prompt.
359Note that the literal escape character cannot be the last character in the
360prompt, as the escape sequence is attached to the next character in the prompt.
361.Dv 0
362unsets it.
363.It Dv EL_REFRESH
364Re-display the current line on the next terminal line.
365.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)"
366Define right side prompt printing function as
367.Fa f ,
368which is to return a string that contains the prompt.
369.It Dv EL_RPROMPT_ESC , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char c"
370Define the right prompt printing function but with a literal escape character.
371.It Dv EL_TERMINAL , Fa "const char *type"
372Define terminal type of the tty to be
373.Fa type ,
374or to
375.Ev TERM
376if
377.Fa type
378is
379.Dv NULL .
380.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char *mode"
381Set editing mode to
382.Fa mode ,
383which must be one of
384.Dq emacs
385or
386.Dq vi .
387.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int flag"
388If
389.Fa flag
390is non-zero,
391.Nm
392will install its own signal handler for the following signals when
393reading command input:
394.Dv SIGCONT ,
395.Dv SIGHUP ,
396.Dv SIGINT ,
397.Dv SIGQUIT ,
398.Dv SIGSTOP ,
399.Dv SIGTERM ,
400.Dv SIGTSTP ,
401and
402.Dv SIGWINCH .
403Otherwise, the current signal handlers will be used.
404.It Dv EL_BIND , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
405Perform the
406.Ic bind
407builtin command.
408Refer to
409.Xr editrc 5
410for more information.
411.It Dv EL_ECHOTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
412Perform the
413.Ic echotc
414builtin command.
415Refer to
416.Xr editrc 5
417for more information.
418.It Dv EL_SETTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
419Perform the
420.Ic settc
421builtin command.
422Refer to
423.Xr editrc 5
424for more information.
425.It Dv EL_SETTY , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
426Perform the
427.Ic setty
428builtin command.
429Refer to
430.Xr editrc 5
431for more information.
432.It Dv EL_TELLTC , Fa "const char *" , Fa "..." , Dv NULL
433Perform the
434.Ic telltc
435builtin command.
436Refer to
437.Xr editrc 5
438for more information.
439.It Dv EL_ADDFN , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "const char *help" , \
440Fa "unsigned char (*func)(EditLine *e, int ch)"
441Add a user defined function,
442.Fn func ,
443referred to as
444.Fa name
445which is invoked when a key which is bound to
446.Fa name
447is entered.
448.Fa help
449is a description of
450.Fa name .
451At invocation time,
452.Fa ch
453is the key which caused the invocation.
454The return value of
455.Fn func
456should be one of:
457.Bl -tag -width "CC_REDISPLAY"
458.It Dv CC_NORM
459Add a normal character.
460.It Dv CC_NEWLINE
461End of line was entered.
462.It Dv CC_EOF
463EOF was entered.
464.It Dv CC_ARGHACK
465Expecting further command input as arguments, do nothing visually.
466.It Dv CC_REFRESH
467Refresh display.
468.It Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP
469Refresh display, and beep.
470.It Dv CC_CURSOR
471Cursor moved, so update and perform
472.Dv CC_REFRESH .
473.It Dv CC_REDISPLAY
474Redisplay entire input line.
475This is useful if a key binding outputs extra information.
476.It Dv CC_ERROR
477An error occurred.
478Beep, and flush tty.
479.It Dv CC_FATAL
480Fatal error, reset tty to known state.
481.El
482.It Dv EL_HIST , Fa "History *(*func)(History *, int op, ...)" , \
483Fa "const char *ptr"
484Defines which history function to use, which is usually
485.Fn history .
486.Fa ptr
487should be the value returned by
488.Fn history_init .
489.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int flag"
490If
491.Fa flag
492is non-zero,
493editing is enabled (the default).
494Note that this is only an indication, and does not
495affect the operation of
496.Nm .
497At this time, it is the caller's responsibility to
498check this
499(using
500.Fn el_get )
501to determine if editing should be enabled or not.
502.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int flag"
503If
504.Fa flag
505is zero,
506unbuffered mode is disabled (the default).
507In unbuffered mode,
508.Fn el_gets
509will return immediately after processing a single character.
510.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "el_rfunc_t f"
511Whenever reading a character, use the function
512.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
513.Ft int
514.Fo f
515.Fa "EditLine *e"
516.Fa "wchar_t *wc"
517.Fc
518.Ed
519which stores the character in
520.Fa wc
521and returns 1 on success, 0 on end of file, or \-1 on I/O or encoding
522errors.
523Functions internally using it include
524.Fn el_wgets ,
525.Fn el_wgetc ,
526.Fn el_gets ,
527and
528.Fn el_getc .
529Initially, a builtin function is installed, and replacing it
530is discouraged because writing such a function is very error prone.
531The builtin function can be restored at any time by passing the
532special value
533.Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN
534instead of a function pointer.
535.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void *data"
536Register
537.Fa data
538to be associated with this EditLine structure.
539It can be retrieved with the corresponding
540.Fn el_get
541call.
542.It Dv EL_SETFP , Fa "int fd" , Fa "FILE *fp"
543Set the current
544.Nm editline
545file pointer for
546.Dq input
547.Fa fd
548=
549.Dv 0 ,
550.Dq output
551.Fa fd
552=
553.Dv 1 ,
554or
555.Dq error
556.Fa fd
557=
558.Dv 2
559from
560.Fa fp .
561.El
562.It Fn el_get
563Get
564.Nm
565parameters.
566.Fa op
567determines which parameter to retrieve into
568.Fa result .
569Returns 0 if successful, \-1 otherwise.
570.Pp
571The following values for
572.Fa op
573are supported, along with actual type of
574.Fa result :
575.Bl -tag -width 4n
576.It Dv EL_PROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
577Set
578.Fa f
579to a pointer to the function that displays the prompt.
580If
581.Fa c
582is not
583.Dv NULL ,
584set it to the start/stop literal prompt character.
585.It Dv EL_RPROMPT , Fa "char *(*f)(EditLine *)" , Fa "char *c"
586Set
587.Fa f
588to a pointer to the function that displays the prompt.
589If
590.Fa c
591is not
592.Dv NULL ,
593set it to the start/stop literal prompt character.
594.It Dv EL_EDITOR , Fa "const char **n"
595Set the name of the editor in
596.Fa n ,
597which will be one of
598.Dq emacs
599or
600.Dq vi .
601.It Dv EL_GETTC , Fa "const char *name" , Fa "void *value"
602If
603.Fa name
604is a valid
605.Xr termcap 5
606capability set
607.Fa value
608to the current value of that capability.
609.It Dv EL_SIGNAL , Fa "int *s"
610Set
611.Fa s
612to non-zero if
613.Nm
614has installed private signal handlers (see
615.Fn el_get
616above).
617.It Dv EL_EDITMODE , Fa "int *c"
618Set
619.Fa c
620to non-zero if editing is enabled.
621.It Dv EL_GETCFN , Fa "el_rfunc_t *f"
622Set
623.Fa f
624to a pointer to the function that reads characters, or to
625.Dv EL_BUILTIN_GETCFN
626if the builtin function is in use.
627.It Dv EL_CLIENTDATA , Fa "void **data"
628Set
629.Fa data
630to the previously registered client data set by an
631.Fn el_set
632call.
633.It Dv EL_UNBUFFERED , Fa "int *c"
634Set
635.Fa c
636to non-zero if unbuffered mode is enabled.
637.It Dv EL_GETFP , Fa "int fd", Fa "FILE **fp"
638Set
639.Fa fp
640to the current
641.Nm editline
642file pointer for
643.Dq input
644.Fa fd
645=
646.Dv 0 ,
647.Dq output
648.Fa fd
649=
650.Dv 1 ,
651or
652.Dq error
653.Fa fd
654=
655.Dv 2 .
656.El
657.It Fn el_source
658Initialize
659.Nm
660by reading the contents of
661.Fa file .
662.Fn el_parse
663is called for each line in
664.Fa file .
665If
666.Fa file
667is
668.Dv NULL ,
669try
670.Pa $EDITRC
671and if that is not set
672.Pa $HOME/.editrc .
673Refer to
674.Xr editrc 5
675for details on the format of
676.Fa file .
677.Fn el_source
678returns 0 on success and \-1 on error.
679.It Fn el_resize
680Must be called if the terminal size changes.
681If
682.Dv EL_SIGNAL
683has been set with
684.Fn el_set ,
685then this is done automatically.
686Otherwise, it's the responsibility of the application to call
687.Fn el_resize
688on the appropriate occasions.
689.It Fn el_cursor
690Move the cursor to the right (if positive) or to the left (if negative)
691.Fa count
692characters.
693Returns the resulting offset of the cursor from the beginning of the line.
694.It Fn el_line
695Return the editing information for the current line in a
696.Fa LineInfo
697structure, which is defined as follows:
698.Bd -literal
699typedef struct lineinfo {
700    const char *buffer;    /* address of buffer */
701    const char *cursor;    /* address of cursor */
702    const char *lastchar;  /* address of last character */
703} LineInfo;
704.Ed
705.Pp
706.Fa buffer
707is not NUL terminated.
708This function may be called after
709.Fn el_gets
710to obtain the
711.Fa LineInfo
712structure pertaining to line returned by that function,
713and from within user defined functions added with
714.Dv EL_ADDFN .
715.It Fn el_insertstr
716Insert
717.Fa str
718into the line at the cursor.
719Returns \-1 if
720.Fa str
721is empty or won't fit, and 0 otherwise.
722.It Fn el_deletestr
723Delete
724.Fa count
725characters before the cursor.
726.El
727.Sh HISTORY LIST FUNCTIONS
728The history functions use a common data structure,
729.Fa History ,
730which is created by
731.Fn history_init
732and freed by
733.Fn history_end .
734.Pp
735The following functions are available:
736.Bl -tag -width 4n
737.It Fn history_init
738Initialize the history list, and return a data structure
739to be used by all other history list functions, or
740.Dv NULL
741on failure.
742.It Fn history_end
743Clean up and finish with
744.Fa h ,
745assumed to have been created with
746.Fn history_init .
747.It Fn history
748Perform operation
749.Fa op
750on the history list, with optional arguments as needed by the
751operation.
752.Fa ev
753is changed accordingly to operation.
754The following values for
755.Fa op
756are supported, along with the required argument list:
757.Bl -tag -width 4n
758.It Dv H_SETSIZE , Fa "int size"
759Set size of history to
760.Fa size
761elements.
762.It Dv H_GETSIZE
763Get number of events currently in history.
764.It Dv H_END
765Cleans up and finishes with
766.Fa h ,
767assumed to be created with
768.Fn history_init .
769.It Dv H_CLEAR
770Clear the history.
771.It Dv H_FUNC , Fa "void *ptr" , Fa "history_gfun_t first" , \
772Fa "history_gfun_t next" , Fa "history_gfun_t last" , \
773Fa "history_gfun_t prev" , Fa "history_gfun_t curr" , \
774Fa "history_sfun_t set" , Fa "history_vfun_t clear" , \
775Fa "history_efun_t enter" , Fa "history_efun_t add"
776Define functions to perform various history operations.
777.Fa ptr
778is the argument given to a function when it's invoked.
779.It Dv H_FIRST
780Return the first element in the history.
781.It Dv H_LAST
782Return the last element in the history.
783.It Dv H_PREV
784Return the previous element in the history.
785It is newer than the current one.
786.It Dv H_NEXT
787Return the next element in the history.
788It is older than the current one.
789.It Dv H_CURR
790Return the current element in the history.
791.It Dv H_SET , Fa "int position"
792Set the cursor to point to the requested element.
793.It Dv H_ADD , Fa "const char *str"
794Append
795.Fa str
796to the current element of the history, or perform the
797.Dv H_ENTER
798operation with argument
799.Fa str
800if there is no current element.
801.It Dv H_APPEND , Fa "const char *str"
802Append
803.Fa str
804to the last new element of the history.
805.It Dv H_ENTER , Fa "const char *str"
806Add
807.Fa str
808as a new element to the history and, if necessary,
809removing the oldest entry to keep the list to the created size.
810If
811.Dv H_SETUNIQUE
812has been called with a non-zero argument, the element
813will not be entered into the history if its contents match
814the ones of the current history element.
815If the element is entered
816.Fn history
817returns 1; if it is ignored as a duplicate returns 0.
818Finally
819.Fn history
820returns \-1 if an error occurred.
821.It Dv H_PREV_STR , Fa "const char *str"
822Return the closest previous event that starts with
823.Fa str .
824.It Dv H_NEXT_STR , Fa "const char *str"
825Return the closest next event that starts with
826.Fa str .
827.It Dv H_PREV_EVENT , Fa "int e"
828Return the previous event numbered
829.Fa e .
830.It Dv H_NEXT_EVENT , Fa "int e"
831Return the next event numbered
832.Fa e .
833.It Dv H_LOAD , Fa "const char *file"
834Load the history list stored in
835.Fa file .
836.It Dv H_SAVE , Fa "const char *file"
837Save the history list to
838.Fa file .
839.It Dv H_SAVE_FP , Fa "FILE *fp"
840Save the history list to the opened
841.Ft FILE
842pointer
843.Fa fp .
844.It Dv H_NSAVE_FP , Fa "size_t n" , Fa "FILE *fp"
845Save the last
846.Ft n
847history entries to the opened
848.Ft FILE
849pointer
850.Fa fp .
851.It Dv H_SETUNIQUE , Fa "int unique"
852Set flag that adjacent identical event strings should not be entered
853into the history.
854.It Dv H_GETUNIQUE
855Retrieve the current setting if adjacent identical elements should
856be entered into the history.
857.It Dv H_DEL , Fa "int e"
858Delete the event numbered
859.Fa e .
860This function is only provided for
861.Nm readline
862compatibility.
863The caller is responsible for free'ing the string in the returned
864.Fa HistEvent .
865.El
866.Pp
867.Fn history
868returns >= 0 if the operation
869.Fa op
870succeeds.
871Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
872.Fa ev
873is updated to contain more details about the error.
874.El
875.Sh TOKENIZATION FUNCTIONS
876The tokenization functions use a common data structure,
877.Fa Tokenizer ,
878which is created by
879.Fn tok_init
880and freed by
881.Fn tok_end .
882.Pp
883The following functions are available:
884.Bl -tag -width 4n
885.It Fn tok_init
886Initialize the tokenizer, and return a data structure
887to be used by all other tokenizer functions.
888.Fa IFS
889contains the Input Field Separators, which defaults to
890.Aq space ,
891.Aq tab ,
892and
893.Aq newline
894if
895.Dv NULL .
896.It Fn tok_end
897Clean up and finish with
898.Fa t ,
899assumed to have been created with
900.Fn tok_init .
901.It Fn tok_reset
902Reset the tokenizer state.
903Use after a line has been successfully tokenized
904by
905.Fn tok_line
906or
907.Fn tok_str
908and before a new line is to be tokenized.
909.It Fn tok_line
910Tokenize
911.Fa li ,
912If successful, modify:
913.Fa argv
914to contain the words,
915.Fa argc
916to contain the number of words,
917.Fa cursorc
918(if not
919.Dv NULL )
920to contain the index of the word containing the cursor,
921and
922.Fa cursoro
923(if not
924.Dv NULL )
925to contain the offset within
926.Fa argv[cursorc]
927of the cursor.
928.Pp
929Returns
9300 if successful,
931\-1 for an internal error,
9321 for an unmatched single quote,
9332 for an unmatched double quote,
934and
9353 for a backslash quoted
936.Aq newline .
937A positive exit code indicates that another line should be read
938and tokenization attempted again.
939.
940.It Fn tok_str
941A simpler form of
942.Fn tok_line ;
943.Fa str
944is a NUL terminated string to tokenize.
945.El
946.
947.\"XXX.Sh EXAMPLES
948.\"XXX: provide some examples
949.Sh SEE ALSO
950.Xr sh 1 ,
951.Xr signal 3 ,
952.Xr termcap 3 ,
953.Xr editrc 5 ,
954.Xr termcap 5 ,
955.Xr editline 7
956.Sh HISTORY
957The
958.Nm
959library first appeared in
960.Bx 4.4 .
961.Dv CC_REDISPLAY
962appeared in
963.Nx 1.3 .
964.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
965.Dv EL_EDITMODE
966and the readline emulation appeared in
967.Nx 1.4 .
968.Dv EL_RPROMPT
969appeared in
970.Nx 1.5 .
971.Sh AUTHORS
972.An -nosplit
973The
974.Nm
975library was written by
976.An Christos Zoulas .
977.An Luke Mewburn
978wrote this manual and implemented
979.Dv CC_REDISPLAY ,
980.Dv CC_REFRESH_BEEP ,
981.Dv EL_EDITMODE ,
982and
983.Dv EL_RPROMPT .
984.An Jaromir Dolecek
985implemented the readline emulation.
986.An Johny Mattsson
987implemented wide-character support.
988.Sh BUGS
989At this time, it is the responsibility of the caller to
990check the result of the
991.Dv EL_EDITMODE
992operation of
993.Fn el_get
994(after an
995.Fn el_source
996or
997.Fn el_parse )
998to determine if
999.Nm
1000should be used for further input.
1001I.e.,
1002.Dv EL_EDITMODE
1003is purely an indication of the result of the most recent
1004.Xr editrc 5
1005.Ic edit
1006command.
1007