ble.sh, bash line editor [ebuild + discussions]

[Zucca]

Does anyone here have used or uses ble.sh as readline replacement for bash?
I'd like to know before I possibly lock myself out of my system. :D

Also if you know other line editors that work with bash which could bring syntax highlight, please post about it.
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[CaptainBlood]

Interesting...
No experience here.
Since it's activated via source, do you have any reason not to try & test it for a single non root user?

EDIT: I didn't get it at first, as you likely would rebuild as

[Zucca]

USE=readline is forced for bash, but I think current stable portage shouldn't need it anymore.
I wonder if ble.sh can still be used with bash[readline]...
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[Hu]

Bash supports --noediting to disable use of readline at runtime. Perhaps that would be sufficient to avoid the conflict?

[Zucca]

Thanks, Hu. :)
I'll start experimenting when I have time. It seems there aren't many, if none at all, gentooers who have tried this.
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[Zucca]

[CaptainBlood]

Glad to see it works
Do you have plan for an ebuild?

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "

[Zucca]

[Zucca]

So I kinda forced it to work. Not pretty, but seems to work.
https://codeberg.org/Zucca/gentoo-overlay/src/branch/master/app-shells/blesh

If you install it using the ebuild above, then

[CaptainBlood]

[Zucca]

[Zucca]

I did some releases.
Because so far I haven't had any problems It'll auto source ble.sh for non-root users for interactive shells.
Installs blesh_init into /etc/bash/bashrc.d/.
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[CaptainBlood]

Because I just noted behavior reported above, I tried to visualize blesh-0.4.0_p3-r2.ebuild using home baked ebuild search and display script:
It failed miserably while reporting

[CaptainBlood]

[Zucca]

[CaptainBlood]

[Zucca]

Please sync again. There's no longer file with that name. And I tried to remove that also via git rm, but there's no record of it anymore.

EDIT: There was, indeed, a leftover from it when I dug a bit deeper. Should be fixed now.
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[CaptainBlood]

Fixed here.
USE=-* in make.conf' brings expected behavior

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "

[Zucca]

If you prefer the non-auto route, please check that there isn't any leftovers in /etc/bash/bashrc.d/, although Portage should normally remove unmodified configs upon package removal... I think. I'm not 100% certain how the behavior is at default settings.

[CaptainBlood]

[Zucca]

[CaptainBlood]

Maybe it does...
However after backspacing completion tab request, initial completion list is removed when on blesh.
Thus providing sense of comfort here

Aside, colorful completion list here .

My 2 cent is that I would be horrified with ram comsuption.
So let's keep focused on features for the moment.

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "

[Zucca]

@CaptainBlood: Which version do you use, if any?
Any major bugs/problems with it?
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[CaptainBlood]

Installed versions: 0.4.0_rc3_p132^m(13:30:56 22/02/2024)(-auto-load)

It hasn't been manually activated for default user account, as I've lately mainly been tackling install issues from root session. I don't expect to activate blesh for root any soon.

I you have a test case not too difficult to reproduce here, I'd be glad to contribute...

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
Слава Україні !
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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "

[Zucca]

Everything's pretty ok here too. Although, as expected, ble.sh somewhat slows down interactive shell usage.
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