This is a Rust program for testing out the rustyline-async crate — specifically, whether it works on Windows, as I experienced problems with more advanced usage on that platform.

Installation

Release Assets

Prebuilt binaries are available for the most common platforms. The binaries for the latest release of the code can be found on the Releases page under the "Assets" header.

Compiling from Source

In order to compile this program from source, you will need to first install Rust and Cargo.

To install the rustyline-async-test binary in ~/.cargo/bin, run:

cargo install --git https://github.com/jwodder/rustyline-async-test

Alternatively, a binary localized to a clone of this repository can be built with:

git clone https://github.com/jwodder/rustyline-async-test
cd rustyline-async-test
cargo build  # or `cargo build --release` to enable optimizations
# You can now run the binary with `cargo run` while in this repository.

Expected Behavior

When rustyline-async-test is working properly, it will print out a prompt> prompt. Entering a line of text at this prompt will cause the program to repeat it back to you and issue a new prompt. For each second that passes without pressing "Enter", a line reading "Message received!" will be output above the prompt. You can press the Up and Down arrow keys to go back through previously-entered lines. Entering "quit" quits the program.