redline-complete

redline-complete.js

// 
// Based on github.com/cloudhead/http-console
// An attempt at a simplified readline example.
// 

var readline = require('readline')
  , util = require('util')
  , rl = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout, completer)



// This should work now, thanks to @josher19
function completer(line) {
  var completions = '.help .error .exit .quit .q'.split(' ')
  var hits = completions.filter(function(c) {
    if (c.indexOf(line) == 0) {
      // console.log('bang! ' + c);
      return c;
    }
  });
  return [hits && hits.length ? hits : completions, line];
}

rl.write('type your tab key!');

// Simulate ctrl+u to delete the line written previously
//rl.write(null, {ctrl: true, name: 'u'});