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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

@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
     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
+    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

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