Darcs.Util.Prompt

User prompts

askEnter

Arguments

:: String

The prompt to display

-> IO ()

Ask the user to press Enter

askUser

Arguments

:: String

The prompt to display

-> IO String

The string the user entered.

Ask the user for a line of input.

askUserListItem :: String -> [String] -> IO String

askUserListItem prompt xs enumerates xs on the screen, allowing the user to choose one of the items

data PromptConfig

Constructors

PromptConfig

Fields

pPrompt :: String

pBasicCharacters :: [Char]

pAdvancedCharacters :: [Char]

only shown on help

pDefault :: Maybe Char

pHelp :: [Char]

promptYorn :: String -> IO Bool

Prompt the user for a yes or no

promptChar :: PromptConfig -> IO Char

Prompt the user for a character, among a list of possible ones. Always returns a lowercase character. This is because the default character (ie, the character shown in uppercase, that is automatically selected when the user presses the space bar) is shown as uppercase, hence users may want to enter it as uppercase.