On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 01:22:12PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 04:35:09PM +0530, Guruswamy Basavaiah wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  Steps to reproduce.
> >  [root@localhost ~]# nft -i
> > nft> add table filter
> > nft> list table \
> > 
> > readline: readline_callback_read_char() called with no handler!
> > Aborted (core dumped)
> > [root@localhost ~]#
> 
> I see, thanks.
> 
> Perhaps we can do something similar to python, I'd suggest:
> 
> nft> list table \
> .... filter
> table ip filter {
>         chain INPUT {
>                 type filter hook input priority 0;
>         }
> }
> 
> I mean use "...." if we are in the context of a multiline.

In that direction, I took your patch and included that change into it.
Find it attached. If nobody rise the hand, I'll push it to master.