I'd like to be able to get input from the user (through raw_input() or a module) and be able to have text automatically be already entered that they can add to, delete, or modify. I know in javascript when you're using a prompt, you can do it like
var = prompt("Enter your name: ","put name here")
and it will appear as:
Enter your name:
put name here
where 'put name here' is in the text box and can be modified. I'm hoping to implement this in a shell environment (I use unix) as opposed to a window.
Any ways to do this?
Oh and tell me if I need to clarify what I am hoping for more.
I don't think you guys understand what I'm trying to do.
I basically want to include the prompt in the input, but have the user be able to backspace out the prompt/edit it if they want.
The script would possibly be used for a simple shell based one line text editor, and a tab completion type thing.
On UNIX and UNIX-alikes, such as Mac OS X and Linux, you can use the readline module. On Windows you can use pyreadline.
If you do it the way minitech suggests in his comment, write a little function to make it easier:
def input_default(prompt, default):
return raw_input("%s [%s] " % (prompt, default)) or default
name = input_default("What is your name?", "Not Sure")