Commit 59a4fc96d840f1834002ec378c95908d40c8f604

antirez 2013-02-08T12:24:07

Example app improved.

diff --git a/example.c b/example.c
index c4d12e7..5fdc9d1 100644
--- a/example.c
+++ b/example.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     char *line;
     char *prgname = argv[0];
 
+    /* Parse options, with --multiline we enable multi line editing. */
     while(argc > 1) {
         argc--;
         argv++;
@@ -27,13 +28,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
     }
 
+    /* Set the completion callback. This will be called every time the
+     * user uses the <tab> key. */
     linenoiseSetCompletionCallback(completion);
+
+    /* Load history from file. The history file is just a plain text file
+     * where entries are separated by newlines. */
     linenoiseHistoryLoad("history.txt"); /* Load the history at startup */
+
+    /* Now this is the main loop of the typical linenoise-based application.
+     * The call to linenoise() will block as long as the user types something
+     * and presses enter.
+     *
+     * The typed string is returned as a malloc() allocated string by
+     * linenoise, so the user needs to free() it. */
     while((line = linenoise("hello> ")) != NULL) {
-        if (line[0] != '\0') {
+        /* Do something with the string. */
+        if (line[0] != '\0' && line[0] != '/') {
             printf("echo: '%s'\n", line);
-            linenoiseHistoryAdd(line);
-            linenoiseHistorySave("history.txt"); /* Save every new entry */
+            linenoiseHistoryAdd(line); /* Add to the history. */
+            linenoiseHistorySave("history.txt"); /* Save the history on disk. */
+        } else if (!strncmp(line,"/historylen",11)) {
+            /* The "/historylen" command will change the history len. */
+            int len = atoi(line+11);
+            linenoiseHistorySetMaxLen(len);
+        } else if (line[0] == '/') {
+            printf("Unreconized command: %s\n", line);
         }
         free(line);
     }