Re: TerminalView position and text of prompt

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 16/04/2024 à 15:03, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> So i just need to know reliably where exactly the PS1 prompt ends and 
> the command begins.
>
> If possible, If somewhere in the terminalview code this place is known?
> Or if from the codes perspective that position is all handled by the 
> running shell so it's irrelevant/unknown.
>
> Respects
> BruceS

I think there is no reliable way to detect a prompt:

- The shell knows what the prompt is, and when it will be printed to the 
terminal. But it cannot know how exactly it will be drawn inside the 
terminal.

- The terminal knows how things are drawn. But it has no way to know 
what is a prompt, and what is not a prompt.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.