Text input widget for urwid that supports readline shortcuts.
pip install urwid-readline
Example how to use the program can be found in the examples directory.
Please ensure pull requests pass CI, which requires your code to be formatted
with black . and tests to pass via pytest.
Both tools can be installed with the dev extra install option; such an
install from a local git repo reflecting the code (ie. 'editable'), ideally in
a python virtual environment, can be achieved through a command like
python3 -m pip install --editable .[dev].
Supported operations:
| Command | Key Combination |
|---|---|
| Jump to the Beginning of line | Ctrl + A |
| Jump backward one character | Ctrl + B / ← |
| Jump backward one word | Meta + B |
| Delete one character | Ctrl + D |
| Delete one word | Meta + D |
| Jump to the end of line | Ctrl + E |
| Jump forward one character | Ctrl + F / → |
| Jump forward one word | Meta + F |
| Delete previous character | Ctrl + H |
| Transpose characters | Ctrl + T |
| Kill (cut) forwards to the end of the line | Ctrl + K |
| Kill (cut) backwards to the start of the line | Ctrl + U |
| Kill (cut) forwards to the end of the current word | Meta + D |
| Kill (cut) backwards to the start of the current word | Ctrl + W |
| Paste last kill | Ctrl + Y |
| Undo last action | Ctrl + _ |
| Jump to previous line | Ctrl + P / ↑ |
| Jump to next line | Ctrl + N / ↓ |
| Clear screen | Ctrl + L |
| Autocomplete | See examples |