stdin input

[Almenon]

a input box for stdin.

Please comment below or like if you want this feature.

[Almenon]

I coullldddd create a command for input and call that from the preview:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/vscode-api-commands

But at this point it might be better to wait for the new preview API

microsoft/vscode#43713

[Almenon]

a user on discord just asked about this - that's a sign that i maybe i should bump this up the priority list

[paulbmouton]

This would be great to see added. Just started using the add-on today and it is very helpful.

[Almenon]

@itsbennett I'll start work on this today.

One reason I've been avoiding this is stdin along with real time evaluation is problematic - you have to enter in new stdin each time you make a change, which can quickly get annoying. But I just had a idea for that - there could be a stdin textarea that would send the text to stdin each execution.

In the meantime while you are waiting for this feature I suggest overloading stdin. If you look at the wiki I have a guide here: https://github.com/Almenon/AREPL-vscode/wiki/Using-AREPL-with-coding-challenges

dependency upon #146

[Almenon]

another user asked for this so bumping it up in priority. Hopefully will get this done by end of year

[Almenon]

The textarea idea ran into some complications - it's still doable but will take longer than I thought.

But this morning I had idea for a even simpler approach. input() could tell the user to hardcode the stdin, like so:

input() # prints AREPL requires stdin to be hardcoded, like so: standardInput = 'hello world'; print(input())
standardInput = "hello world"
print(input()) # prints hello world

Stdin() would check for the existance of a standardInput variable and if it exists it would return it line-by-line.

The only major problem with this approach is that if other libraries or files that use stdin will still cause arepl up. So it can't be a permenant solution - eventually I will have to move to a textarea in the preview window.

Does the temporary fix look good @itsbennett ?

[Almenon]

rasied Almenon/AREPL-backend#60

[Almenon]

No response from bennett. I should probably just go ahead with the temporary fix to be able to get a release out for the new year.

[Almenon]

@itsbennett I released the temporary fix with 1.0.5

You can hardcode stdin in three ways:

def standard_input():
    yield 'hello'
    yield 'world'
standard_input = ["hello", "world"]
standard_input = "hello\nworld"