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From: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] readline(): Add ability to modify a string buffer
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:47:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE375EF.7060401@xes-inc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091024172619.98009185D4A5@gemini.denx.de>

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Peter Tyser,
> 
> In message <1256259563-32725-3-git-send-email-ptyser@xes-inc.com> you wrote:
>> If the 'buf' parameter is a non-0-length string, its contents will be
>> edited.  Previously, the initial value of 'buf' was ignored and the
>> user entered its contents from scratch.
> 
> What is the purpose of this modification? Are you fixing a bug (which
> one?) or implementing an extension (which one) or what?

This change was necessary to add a new "editenv" command.  This change 
allows the readline() function to edit a string instead of just enter 
one from scratch.  In theory this feature could be used for other areas 
of U-Boot in the future, but at this point the only user of it would be 
the "editenv" command which I submitted a patch for.  If the 'editenv' 
patch is rejected, I don't mind this one being rejected too.

Best,
Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-24 21:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-23  0:59 [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Check for NULL prompt in readline_into_buffer() Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] cread_line(): Remove unused variables Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] readline(): Add ability to modify a string buffer Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 17:26   ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:47     ` Peter Tyser [this message]
2009-10-25  5:32       ` Mike Frysinger
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] _do_setenv(): Delete 0-length environment variables Peter Tyser
2009-10-23  0:59 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Add 'editenv' command Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 17:23 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Check for NULL prompt in readline_into_buffer() Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:37   ` Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 21:47     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-10-24 21:52       ` Peter Tyser
2009-10-24 22:00         ` Wolfgang Denk

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