Return from user prompt without requiring C-R. #152
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It would be nice if someone could verify that this also works on MacOS; that one's causing compatibility problems most often.
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By just reading a single character (y for yes, anything else: no). Closes todotxt#152
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* Tests: Add coverage for del / move without -f, but with prompting Supplying the user confirmation via "yes". * Cosmetics: Align inconsistent spacing for before (y/n) prompt * Refactoring: Extract confirm() function The user confirmation query had been duplicated (once) in the code. * Refactoring: confirm(): Leave early if forced * Return from user prompt without requiring Enter By just reading a single character (y for yes, anything else: no). * Tests: Ensure that only a single "y" concludes the confirmation By switching from "yes" (that endlessly prints newline-separated "y"s) to "printf y". * t1800-del: Add coverage for negative confirmation Negative means "anything but y", so "n", "x", and Enter all apply. * Cosmetics: Add trailing space after (y/n) prompt So that the user's typed answer is not recorded directly after it, but with separation: "Foo? (y/n) y" instead of "Foo? (y/n)y". *Compatibility: "read -N 1" is only available in Bash 4.1+ Mac OS still ships with Bash 3.2 :-( Fall back to the original prompting that requires conclusion via Enter then. Note: Even though the tests use "printf y", this still gets accepted, as there'll be EOF after that. In real use (when stdin from the terminal stays open), a concluding Enter is mandatory, though. Closes todotxt#152
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Most utilities return after just 1 char when prompting y/n. This PR implements that style so the program doesn't hang waiting for a return key in addition to the user's answer. The additional echos just clean up terminal output.