Question: getting input text from TTY::Editor.open(text: "")

[ognjenio]

Hi,

is there a way to get the text user entered when using TTY::Editor.open(text: "") without having to open a tempfile manually and then read it?

Sidenote: examples/tempfile.rb should be changed to be TTY::Editor.open(text instead of TTY::Editor.open(content

[piotrmurach]

Hi Ognjen,

Currently the way you wish to do it, the answer is: no. Any time your provide text: option, you can also provide a filename as well which would help with retrieving info.

The initial idea for tty-editor was to allow people to open and edit some configuration information. For entering multiline content via prompt, you could consider tty-prompt and the multiline prompt type.

Now, we could explore an improvement in tty-editor that would make it easier to access edited content. For example, we could yield the currently open file(s) inside a block:

TTY::Editor.open(text: "") do |file|
  puts file.read  
end

Any thoughts?

[ognjenio]

Hi,

I tried prompt and multiline and they don't really do the same thing.

I got there by opening a temp file and then reading it once the editor is closed. It's fine just a bit messy.

That implementation looks great.