Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it

hlen has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by neilh (Pilgrim) on Sep 02, 2004 at 06:39 UTC
Hi, If I'm reading you correctly, what you wish to do is print the prompt, then the answer on the new line, but leave the cursor at the prompt. Does that sound about right? I'm not sure how/if you can do this with Term::ReadLine, but an example of a "general solution" is something like what is in Re: Clearing / rewriting a line in the console (windows). `#!perl -w $\| = 1; use strict; use Time::HiRes qw( sleep ); for ( 1 .. 100 ) { print "\r \r${_}% Complete."; sleep( 0.33 ); }` [download] Also have a look at the thread: How do you clear the current line? Neil	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by hlen (Beadle) on Sep 02, 2004 at 06:59 UTC
Hmm, I'm not sure you got all there is to it. Thanks for the clearing link, that'll be useful. I'll try to explain better: Suppose this on your term: `A context line Prompt: []` [download] Now you type something: `A context line Prompt: Here is what I just typed[]` [download] I want to press enter and get: `A context line Prompt: []` [download] Instead of: `A context line Prompt: Here is what I just typed Prompt: []` [download] There.. I hope this makes the whole problem visible. Thanks again	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by neilh (Pilgrim) on Sep 02, 2004 at 07:05 UTC
OK, Do you have any code that you're working on at present? Neil	[reply]
Re^4: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by hlen (Beadle) on Sep 02, 2004 at 07:14 UTC
Re^5: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by japhy (Canon) on Sep 02, 2004 at 13:26 UTC
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Re^5: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by japhy (Canon) on Sep 02, 2004 at 13:18 UTC
Re: Avoid newline echoing so I can capture a line and reprompt over it by doowah2004 (Monk) on Sep 02, 2004 at 12:53 UTC
For a quick-low-tech solution, just clear the screen and re-write 'A Context Line'.	[reply]