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command.go

@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type CommandFunction func(*Calc)
@@ -184,6 +188,102 @@ func (c *Calc) SetCommands() {
 				}
 			},
 		),
+
+		"edit": NewCommand(
+			"edit the stack interactively",
+			func(c *Calc) {
+				if c.stack.Len() == 0 {
+					fmt.Println("empty stack")
+					return
+				}
+
+				c.stack.Backup()
+
+				// put the stack contents into a tmp file
+				tmp, err := os.CreateTemp("", "stack")
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+					return
+				}
+				defer os.Remove(tmp.Name())
+
+				comment := `# add or remove numbers as you wish.
+# each number must be on its own line.
+# numbers must be floating point formatted.
+`
+				_, err = tmp.WriteString(comment)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+					return
+				}
+
+				for _, item := range c.stack.All() {
+					_, err = fmt.Fprintf(tmp, "%f\n", item)
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Println(err)
+						return
+					}
+				}
+
+				tmp.Close()
+
+				// determine which editor to use
+				editor := "vi"
+				enveditor, present := os.LookupEnv("EDITOR")
+				if present {
+					if editor != "" {
+						if _, err := os.Stat(editor); err == nil {
+							editor = enveditor
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				// execute editor with our tmp file containing current stack
+				cmd := exec.Command(editor, tmp.Name())
+
+				cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+				cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+				cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+				err = cmd.Run()
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("could not run editor command: ", err)
+					return
+				}
+
+				// read the file back in
+				modified, err := os.Open(tmp.Name())
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("Error opening file:", err)
+					return
+				}
+				defer modified.Close()
+
+				// reset the stack
+				c.stack.Clear()
+
+				// and put the new contents (if legit) back onto the stack
+				scanner := bufio.NewScanner(modified)
+				for scanner.Scan() {
+					line := strings.TrimSpace(c.Comment.ReplaceAllString(scanner.Text(), ""))
+					if line == "" {
+						continue
+					}
+
+					num, err := strconv.ParseFloat(line, 64)
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Printf("%s is not a floating point number!\n", line)
+						continue
+					}
+
+					c.stack.Push(num)
+				}
+
+				if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("Error reading from file:", err)
+				}
+			},
+		),
 	}
 
 	// general commands

main.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	lua "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
 )
 
-const VERSION string = "2.0.10"
+const VERSION string = "2.0.11"
 
 const Usage string = `This is rpn, a reverse polish notation calculator cli.
 

rpn.go

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ DESCRIPTION
         x                    multiply (alias: *)
         ^                    power
 
+    Bitwise operators:
+
+        and                  bitwise and
+        or                   bitwise or
+        xor                  bitwise xor
+        <                    left shift
+        >                    right shift
+
     Percent functions:
 
         %                    percent
@@ -153,19 +161,34 @@ DESCRIPTION
         log10 log1p log2 logb pow round roundtoeven sin sinh tan tanh trunc y0
         y1 copysign dim hypot
 
-    Commands:
+    Conversion functions:
+
+        cm-to-inch
+        inch-to-cm
+        gallons-to-liters
+        liters-to-gallons
+        yards-to-meters
+        meters-to-yards
+        miles-to-kilometers
+        kilometers-to-miles
+
+    Configuration Commands:
 
         [no]batch            toggle batch mode (nobatch turns it off)
         [no]debug            toggle debug output (nodebug turns it off)
         [no]showstack        show the last 5 items of the stack (noshowtack turns it off)
-        dump                 display the stack contents
-        clear                clear the whole stack
-        shift                remove the last element of the stack
-        reverse              reverse the stack elements
-        swap                 exchange the last two stack elements
-        dup                  duplicate last stack item
-        history              display calculation history
-        help|?               show this message
+
+    Show commands: dump display the stack contents hex show last stack item
+    in hex form (converted to int) history display calculation history vars
+    show list of variables
+
+    Stack manipulation commands: clear clear the whole stack shift remove
+    the last element of the stack reverse reverse the stack elements swap
+    exchange the last two stack elements dup duplicate last stack item undo
+    undo last operation edit edit the stack interactively using vi or
+    $EDITOR
+
+    Other commands: help|? show this message manual show manual
     quit|exit|c-d|c-c exit program
 
     Register variables:

rpn.pod

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Stack manipulation commands:
     swap                 exchange the last two stack elements
     dup                  duplicate last stack item
     undo                 undo last operation
+    edit                 edit the stack interactively using vi or $EDITOR
 
 Other commands:
     help|?               show this message