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Re: Can zsh perform read -i

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From: Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Budi <budikusasi@xxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Can zsh perform read -i
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:07:31 +0200
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i think you should use vared, eg:

VARIABLE="somevalue"
vared -p "PROMPT: " VARIABLE

Il giorno mar 15 ago 2023 alle 19:47 Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx> ha scritto:

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, at 10:11 AM, Budi wrote:
> What is zsh equivalent for :
>
> read -e -i "This is pre written text " t

https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Shell-Builtin-Commands.html#index-read

> get user into readline

zsh does not use readline.

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vq

Pier Paolo Grassi

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- Can zsh perform read -i
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- Re: Can zsh perform read -i
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