Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Dave Yost <Dave@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.

This is OK,
0 Fri 0:08:54 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
215 Z% print -z echo foo
0 Fri 0:09:33 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
216 Z% echo foo

but there must be a way to replace the current command line rather than setting the contents of the next one, yes?

On Thu 2014-06-12, at 11:40 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Jun 12,  4:07pm, Dave Yost wrote:
> } Subject: shell script that replaces the command line
> }
> } Can a shell function replace the command line contents? I know a
> } widget can do it, but I can't see a way for a shell function to do
> } that.
> 
> The "print -z ..." command loads the buffer stack, which is then popped
> into the editor buffer at the next prompt (e.g., after the calling
> function/script exits).