[Request] use clack text to develop a cli supporting command history

[bsorrentino]

Develop a Cli application managing a command history

In order to use Text input to develop a CLI like application we need to call a text() inside a loop where the workflow is:

1. submit command
2. exec command
3. wait for another command
4. repeat until user cancel input

Problem 1 : Manage Up / Down

Using the standard text function I can't set cursor event handler to manage Up/Down key. It would be great to have another function (eg const textPrompt = (opts: TextOptions): TextPrompt) that return the underlyend customised TextPrompt

Problem 2: Rewrite prompt buffer

Currently the rl:ReadLiner property Prompt is private and I can't rewrite prompt value with command history. I would be great have a method allowing such rewrite

[natemoo-re]

Hey, thanks for opening an issue! I'm finally working through the backlog here.

Generally would not recommend using the text() prompt for a use case like this since dropping down to the raw node:readline APIs would give you a lot more control. It even supports a history event and passing a custom history to the interface.

However, it would be interesting if Clack prompts managed their own history... I'm going to open a new issue to track that idea.