Re: [PATCH] prompt: support generic non-visible regions

[Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 9:24 PM Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:24 PM Roman Perepelitsa
> <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM Roman Perepelitsa
> > <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I like this patch [...]
> >
> > I should've said that I like the idea behind it. The patch implements
> > one part of it. To complete the implementation percent expansion needs
> > to output \001 and \002.
>
> That's easy. The current code in prompt.c uses Inpar and Outpar, which
> are 0x88 and 0x8A respectively. If instead we do:
>
> #define invis_start ((char) 0x01)
> #define invis_end   ((char) 0x02)
>
> And replace Inpar/Outpar with invis_start/invis_end the code should
> behave identically (since those characters are removed).
>
> Then in promptexpand() we simply not remove them.

Let me clarify. Ideally we want (I think) for these two tests to pass:

1.

    [[ $(print -r -- ${(%):-'%{hello%}'}) == hello ]]

2.

    [[ $(print -r -- ${(m)#${(%):-'%F{1}❎%f'}}) == 2 ]]

The first test currently passes, the second fails. In my previous
comment I tried to say that making the second test pass will cause the
first test to fail.

Do you see how to make both of these tests pass?

Roman.