implement soft cursor and helpful input filter

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/twopane.bash b/twopane.bash
index 2307fc1..ff1a143 100755
--- a/twopane.bash
+++ b/twopane.bash
@@ -95,13 +95,43 @@ sendstream()
                 }
                 exec 200<&${SOCAT[0]} 201>&${SOCAT[1]}
                 socat FD:100,${stty%,}!!STDOUT STDIN!!STDOUT <&200 |
-                tee >(exec cat -vt >&101) >&201
+                input_filter |
+                tee >(output_filter | soft_cursor >&101) >&201
                 reset -I -Q -w
                 exec 200<&- 201>&-
                 wait -f "$SOCAT_PID" 2>/dev/null
         done
 }
 
+input_filter()
+{
+        while read -N1
+        do
+                case "$REPLY" in
+                        a ) echo -n "${REPLY@U}" ;;
+                        A ) echo -n "${REPLY@L}" ;;
+                        * ) echo -n "$REPLY" ;;
+                esac
+        done
+}
+
+output_filter()
+{
+        cat -vt
+}
+
+soft_cursor()
+{
+        printf $'\033[43m \b'
+        while read -N1
+        do
+                printf '%s' \
+                        $'\033[00m \b' \
+                        "$REPLY" \
+                        $'\033[43m \b'
+        done
+}
+
 save_file bashrc <<.
 set -f
 set -b