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Made by Antonio Ramirez

prompt-editor

0.1.0

@jonschlinkert

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Editor prompt. Opens your text editor and waits for you to save your input during a prompt. Can be used standalone or with a prompt system like Enquirer.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save prompt-editor

Usage

var Editor = require('prompt-editor');
var editor = new Editor({
  type: 'editor',
  name: 'background',
  message: 'Please tell us about yourself in 3 lines or more.',
  validate: function (text) {
    if (text.split('\n').length < 3) {
      return 'Must be at least 3 lines.';
    }
    return true;
  }
});

editor.run()
  .then(function(answers) {
    console.log(answers)
  });

Enquirer usage

var Enquirer = require('enquirer');
var enquirer = new Enquirer();

enquirer.register('editor', require('prompt-editor'));
var questions = [
  {
    type: 'editor',
    name: 'bio',
    message: 'Please write a short bio of at least 3 lines.',
    validate: function (text) {
      if (text.split('\n').length < 3) {
        return 'Must be at least 3 lines.';
      }
      return true;
    }
  }
];

enquirer.ask(questions)
  .then(function(answers) {
    console.log(answers)
  });

Prompts

Related prompt modules:

  • prompt-checkbox: Multiple-choice/checkbox prompt. Can be used standalone or with a prompt system like Enquirer. | homepage
  • prompt-confirm: Confirm (yes/no) prompt. Can be used standalone or with a prompt system like Enquirer. | homepage
  • prompt-expand: Expand prompt. Can be used as a standalone prompt, or with a prompt system like… more | homepage
  • prompt-list: List-style prompt. Can be used as a standalone prompt, or with a prompt system like… more | homepage
  • prompt-password: Password prompt. Can be used as a standalone prompt, or with a prompt system like… more | homepage
  • prompt-radio: Radio prompt. This prompt behaves like other radio-button interfaces, where only one choice is enabled… more | homepage
  • prompt-rawlist: Rawlist prompt. Can be used as a standalone prompt, or with a prompt system like… more | homepage

Attribution

Based on the editor prompt in inquirer.

About

Related projects

  • enquirer: Intuitive, plugin-based prompt system for node.js. Much faster and lighter alternative to Inquirer, with all… more | homepage
  • prompt-choices: Create an array of multiple choice objects for use in prompts. | homepage
  • prompt-question: Question object, used by Enquirer and prompt plugins. | homepage
  • readline-utils: Readline utils, for moving the cursor, clearing lines, creating a readline interface, and more. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

  • github/jonschlinkert
  • twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.


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