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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=4><B><A NAME="htoc282">7.29</A></B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><FONT SIZE=4><B>Linedit management</B></FONT></TD>
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<LI><A HREF="manual052.html#toc232"> <TT>get_linedit_prompt/1</TT></A>
<LI><A HREF="manual052.html#toc233"> <TT>set_linedit_prompt/1</TT></A>
<LI><A HREF="manual052.html#toc234"> <TT>add_linedit_completion/1</TT></A>
<LI><A HREF="manual052.html#toc235"> <TT>find_linedit_completion/2</TT></A>
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The following predicates are only available if the <TT>linedit</TT> part of
GNU Prolog has been installed.<BR>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc283">7.29.1</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><TT><B>get_linedit_prompt/1</B></TT></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
get_linedit_prompt(?atom)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
<BR>
<TT>get_linedit_prompt(Prompt)</TT> succeeds if <TT>Prompt</TT> is the
current <TT>linedit</TT> prompt, e.g. the top-level prompt is
<TT>'| ?-'</TT>. By default all other reads have an empty prompt.<BR>
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<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Prompt</TT> is neither a variable nor an atom</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(atom, Pred)</TT></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc284">7.29.2</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><TT><B>set_linedit_prompt/1</B></TT></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
set_linedit_prompt(+atom)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
<BR>
<TT>set_linedit_prompt(Prompt)</TT> sets the current <TT>linedit</TT>
prompt to <TT>Prompt</TT>. This prompt will be displayed for reads from a
terminal (except for top-level reads).<BR>
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<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Prompt</TT> is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Prompt</TT> is neither a variable nor an atom</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(atom, Pred)</TT></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc285">7.29.3</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><TT><B>add_linedit_completion/1</B></TT></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
add_linedit_completion(+atom)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
<BR>
<TT>add_linedit_completion(Word)</TT> adds <TT>Word</TT> in the list of
completion words maintained by <TT>linedit</TT>
(section <A HREF="manual006.html#The-line-editor">3.2.5</A>). Only words containing letters, digits and
the underscore character are added (if <TT>Word</TT> does not respect
this restriction the predicate fails).<BR>
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<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Word</TT> is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Word</TT> is neither a variable nor an atom</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(atom, Word)</TT></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc286">7.29.4</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><TT><B>find_linedit_completion/2</B></TT></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
find_linedit_completion(+atom, ?atom)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
<BR>
<TT>find_linedit_completion(Prefix, Word)</TT> succeeds if <TT>Word</TT>
is a word beginning by <TT>Prefix</TT> and belongs to the list of
completion words maintained by <TT>linedit</TT>
(section <A HREF="manual006.html#The-line-editor">3.2.5</A>). This predicate is re-executable on backtracking.<BR>
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<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Prefix</TT> is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Prefix</TT> is neither a variable nor an atom</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(atom, Prefix)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Word</TT> is neither a variable nor an atom</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(atom, Word)</TT></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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