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class method

Readline.point

Readline.point → int

ext/readline/readline.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
readline_s_get_point(VALUE self)
{
    return INT2NUM(rl_point);
}

Returns the index of the current cursor position in Readline.line_buffer.

The index in Readline.line_buffer which matches the start of input-string passed to completion_proc is computed by subtracting the length of input-string from Readline.point.

Example

start = (the length of input-string) - Readline.point

Raises NotImplementedError if the using readline library does not support.

See also .point= .output= .line_buffer .pre_input_hook also in 3.2 · 3.1