Message buffer can send input to spawned processes; modules/textadept/run.lua

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/textadept/run.lua b/modules/textadept/run.lua
index 9a3e561b..764a994e 100644
--- a/modules/textadept/run.lua
+++ b/modules/textadept/run.lua
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@ events.connect(events.BUILD_OUTPUT, print_output)
 -- @name stop
 function M.stop() if M.proc then M.proc:kill() end end
 
+-- Send line as input to process stdin on return.
+events.connect(events.CHAR_ADDED, function(char)
+  local proc = M.proc
+  if char == 10 and proc and proc.status and proc:status() == 'running' and
+     buffer._type == _L['[Message Buffer]'] then
+    local line_num = buffer:line_from_position(buffer.current_pos) - 1
+    proc:write((buffer:get_line(line_num)))
+  end
+end)
+
 ---
 -- List of warning and error string patterns that match various compile and run
 -- warnings and errors.