cliSeqSelector

Nim library seq selector in CLI

Usage

Select from string list

import cliSeqSelector
let
  list = @["item1", "item2", "item3", "item4", "item5"]
  res = list.select("message")

$ ./yourAppName
message
> item1

press Down or 'j' then

$ ./yourAppName
message
> item2

press Right or 'l' or 'G' then

$ ./yourAppName
message
> item5

press Up or 'k' then

$ ./yourAppName
message
> item4

press Enter then

res.val == "item4"
res.idx == 3

Select from enum

type
  sample = enum
    item1
    item2
    item3
    item4
    item5
let res = sample.select("message")

display contents is same as string list.

res == sample.itemx

proc definitions

proc select*(list: seq[string], idx = 0): tuple[val: string, idx: int]
proc select*(list: seq[string], message: string, idx = 0): tuple[val: string, idx: int]
proc select*[T: enum](enm: typedesc[T]): T
proc select*[T: enum](enm: typedesc[T], val: T): T
proc select*[T: enum](enm: typedesc[T], message: string): T
proc select*[T: enum](enm: typedesc[T], message: string, val: T): T