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Add ALT-d date mapping #147

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
- `sqrt`
- `randomTri`
- `tempFileExt`
- CLI Alt-D inserts the current date as `YYYY-MM-DD`

### Fixed

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions doc/mshell.md
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ History search is prefix-based and case-insensitive. The prefix is whatever is c
- Ctrl-N: search forward through history by prefix
- Ctrl-Y: accept the inline history completion
- Ctrl-Space: insert a literal space without expanding aliases
- Alt-D: insert the current date as YYYY-MM-DD
- Alt-.: insert the last argument from history; repeat to cycle older entries
- Tab: complete the current token; press Tab again to cycle matches and fill the input
- Shift-Tab: cycle completion backward when matches are active
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions mshell/Main.go
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Expand Up @@ -1635,6 +1635,7 @@ var SpecialKeyName = []string{
"KEY_HOME",
"KEY_END",
"KEY_ALT_B",
"KEY_ALT_D",
"KEY_ALT_F",
"KEY_ALT_O",
"KEY_ALT_DOT",
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KEY_END

KEY_ALT_B
KEY_ALT_D
KEY_ALT_F
KEY_ALT_O
KEY_ALT_DOT
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1941,6 +1943,8 @@ func (state *TermState) InteractiveLexer(stdinReaderState *StdinReaderState) (Te
} else if c == 98 { // Alt-B
// Move cursor left by word
return KEY_ALT_B, nil
} else if c == 100 { // Alt-D
return KEY_ALT_D, nil
} else if c == 102 { // Alt-F
// Move cursor right by word
return KEY_ALT_F, nil
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3309,6 +3313,9 @@ func (state *TermState) HandleToken(token TerminalToken) (bool, error) {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "\r\n")
fmt.Fprintf(state.f, "Exiting mshell using ALT-o...\n")
return true, nil
} else if t == KEY_ALT_D {
dateStr := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")
state.PushChars([]rune(dateStr))
} else if t == KEY_ALT_DOT {
state.cycleLastArgument()
} else if t == KEY_SHIFT_TAB {
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