spaceinventor/slash

How spaceinventor/slash works

Slash is a C command-line shell library: it reads and edits interactive input, resolves commands, and runs registered handlers. Its capabilities include built-in commands, scripts via run, command and path completion, option parsing, and extension commands supplied by dynamically loaded APMs. The excerpts show key calls among these components; APM section registration and command-list behavior are documented in the README. Other links are omitted where the sampled source does not establish them.

Main entry points: slash.c Shell runtime · builtins.c Built-in commands · run.c Script runner · slash_list.c Command registry

Components 16

Interactive Shell

Shell runtime src/slash.c
Line editing src/slash.c
Command history src/slash.c
Input and output src/slash.c

Commands

Built-in commands src/builtins.c
Script runner src/run.c
Builtin declarations src/builtins.h

Extensions

Command registry src/slash_list.c
APM extension
Command API include/slash/slash.h

Parsing Utilities

Argument builder src/slash.c
Option parser src/optparse.c
Default options API include/slash/dflopt.h

Completion

Completion engine src/completer.c
Completion API include/slash/completer.h

Other components

Shell user

Connections 17

Shell user → Shell runtime: enters commands src/slash.c
Shell runtime → Argument builder: builds arguments src/slash.c
Shell runtime → Command registry: finds commands
Shell runtime → Input and output: reads and writes src/slash.c
Shell runtime → Line editing: edits input src/slash.c
Line editing → Command history: updates history src/slash.c
Shell runtime → Built-in commands: dispatches commands
Built-in commands → Option parser: parses options src/builtins.c
Built-in commands → Shell runtime: repeats command src/builtins.c
Built-in commands → Completion engine: uses completers src/builtins.c
Shell runtime → Script runner: dispatches run
Script runner → Option parser: parses options src/run.c
Script runner → Shell runtime: executes script lines src/run.c
APM extension → Command registry: registers commands README.md
Command registry → Shell runtime: provides commands README.md
Completion engine → Command API: uses command data src/completer.c
Completion API → Completion engine: declares API for include/slash/completer.h

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