Read-eval loop with prompt + user input

Bert Freudenberg bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
Thu Mar 14 13:42:44 UTC 2002


On 14 Mar 2002, Martin Drautzburg wrote:

> Is there a way to write a read-eval loop, so I get some sort of
> commandline shell without any need for the mouse ? I mean something
> like (in bash)
> 
>         while true
>         do
>                 echo -n "prompt> "
>                 read command
>                 eval $command
>         done

That's called a Workspace in Squeak. Open it from the world menu or the 
right flap.

You type a "command", then press alt-p to eval and print the result (alt-d 
to just "do it" without printing, alt-i to "inspect" the result.

-- Bert




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