readline: support history + repl changes

doc/api/readline.markdown

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ program to gracefully exit:
 
     var rl = readline.createInterface({
       input: process.stdin,
-      output: process.stdout
+      output: process.stdout,
+      history: ['foo', 'bar', ...]
     });
 
     rl.question("What do you think of node.js? ", function(answer) {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ the following values:
  - `terminal` - pass `true` if the `input` and `output` streams should be
    treated like a TTY, and have ANSI/VT100 escape codes written to it.
    Defaults to checking `isTTY` on the `output` stream upon instantiation.
+
+ - `history` - pass history(Array) to start the cli with previous history (Optional).
 
 The `completer` function is given the current line entered by the user, and
 is supposed to return an Array with 2 entries:
@@ -70,11 +73,24 @@ Also `completer` can be run in async mode if it accepts two arguments:
     var readline = require('readline');
     var rl = readline.createInterface({
       input: process.stdin,
-      output: process.stdout
+      output: process.stdout,
+      // start the cli with previous history
+      history: ['foo', 'bar', ...]
     });
 
 Once you have a readline instance, you most commonly listen for the
-`"line"` event.
+`"line"` and `"close"` events:
+
+    rl
+      .on('line', function(line) {
+        // ...
+        lr.pause();
+        fs.appendFile('path/to/history', line, rl.resume.bind(rl));
+      })
+      .on('close', function() {
+        var history = rl.history;
+        // save history and exit()
+      });
 
 If `terminal` is `true` for this instance then the `output` stream will get
 the best compatibility if it defines an `output.columns` property, and fires
@@ -91,6 +107,10 @@ stream.
 Sets the prompt, for example when you run `node` on the command line, you see
 `> `, which is node's prompt.
 
+### rl.setHistorySize(size)
+
+Sets the length of history size, the default is 30.
+
 ### rl.prompt([preserveCursor])
 
 Readies readline for input from the user, putting the current `setPrompt`

lib/readline.js

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 // * http://www.3waylabs.com/nw/WWW/products/wizcon/vt220.html
 
 'use strict';
-
-const kHistorySize = 30;
-
 const util = require('util');
 const inherits = util.inherits;
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
@@ -24,9 +21,9 @@ exports.createInterface = function(input, output, completer, terminal) {
 };
 
 
-function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
+function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal, history) {
   if (!(this instanceof Interface)) {
-    return new Interface(input, output, completer, terminal);
+    return new Interface(input, output, completer, terminal, history);
   }
 
   this._sawReturn = false;
@@ -38,9 +35,9 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     output = input.output;
     completer = input.completer;
     terminal = input.terminal;
+    history = input.history;
     input = input.input;
   }
-
   completer = completer || function() { return []; };
 
   if (!util.isFunction(completer)) {
@@ -120,7 +117,8 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     // Cursor position on the line.
     this.cursor = 0;
 
-    this.history = [];
+    this._historySize = 30;
+    this.history = history || [];
     this.historyIndex = -1;
 
     if (!util.isNullOrUndefined(output))
@@ -151,6 +149,10 @@ Interface.prototype.setPrompt = function(prompt) {
   this._prompt = prompt;
 };
 
+Interface.prototype.setHistorySize = function(historySize) {
+  this._historySize = historySize;
+};
+
 
 Interface.prototype._setRawMode = function(mode) {
   if (util.isFunction(this.input.setRawMode)) {
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ Interface.prototype._addHistory = function() {
     this.history.unshift(this.line);
 
     // Only store so many
-    if (this.history.length > kHistorySize) this.history.pop();
+    if (this.history.length > this._historySize) this.history.pop();
   }
 
   this.historyIndex = -1;

lib/repl.js

@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream, eval_, useGlobal, ignoreUndefined) {
     self.inputStream,
     self.outputStream,
     complete,
-    options.terminal
+    options.terminal,
+    options.history
   ]);
 
   self.setPrompt(!util.isUndefined(prompt) ? prompt : '> ');
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream, eval_, useGlobal, ignoreUndefined) {
 
       // Display prompt again
       self.displayPrompt();
-    };
+    }
   });
 
   self.on('SIGCONT', function() {
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ REPLServer.prototype.complete = function(line, callback) {
   var completeOn, match, filter, i, group, c;
 
   // REPL commands (e.g. ".break").
-  var match = null;
+  match = null;
   match = line.match(/^\s*(\.\w*)$/);
   if (match) {
     completionGroups.push(Object.keys(this.commands));
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ REPLServer.prototype.complete = function(line, callback) {
 
     completeOn = match[1];
     var subdir = match[2] || '';
-    var filter = match[1];
+    filter = match[1];
     var dir, files, f, name, base, ext, abs, subfiles, s;
     group = [];
     var paths = module.paths.concat(require('module').globalPaths);

src/node.js

@@ -116,21 +116,70 @@
 
       // If -i or --interactive were passed, or stdin is a TTY.
       if (process._forceRepl || NativeModule.require('tty').isatty(0)) {
+        var history;
+        var path = NativeModule.require('path');
+        var fs = NativeModule.require('fs');
+        // This code comes from Sindre Sorhus `user-home` module
+        // https://github.com/sindresorhus/user-home
+        var home = (function getUserHome() {
+          var env = process.env;
+          var home = env.HOME;
+          var user = env.LOGNAME || env.USER || env.LNAME || env.USERNAME;
+
+          if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+            return env.USERPROFILE || env.HOMEDRIVE + env.HOMEPATH || home || null;
+          } else if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+            return home || (user ? '/Users/' + user : null);
+          } else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+            return home ||
+              (user ? (process.getuid() === 0 ? '/root' : '/home/' + user) : null);
+          }
+          return home || null;
+        })()
+        var HISTORY_PATH = home ? path.join(home,'.iojs_history') : null;
+
         // REPL
         var opts = {
           useGlobal: true,
           ignoreUndefined: false
         };
+
+        // If we got user-home dir
+        if(HISTORY_PATH) {
+          // Get history if exist
+          try {
+            history = fs.readFileSync(HISTORY_PATH, 'utf8')
+              .replace(/\n$/, '') // Ignore the last \n
+              .split('\n');
+          } catch(e) {
+            history = [];
+          }
+          opts.history = history;
+        }
+
         if (parseInt(process.env['NODE_NO_READLINE'], 10)) {
           opts.terminal = false;
         }
         if (parseInt(process.env['NODE_DISABLE_COLORS'], 10)) {
           opts.useColors = false;
         }
         var repl = Module.requireRepl().start(opts);
-        repl.on('exit', function() {
-          process.exit();
-        });
+        repl
+          .on('line', function(line) {
+            if(HISTORY_PATH)
+              try {
+                fs.appendFileSync(HISTORY_PATH, line + '\n');
+              } catch(e) {}
+          })
+          .on('exit', function() {
+            if(HISTORY_PATH && repl.history)
+              try {
+                fs.writeFileSync(HISTORY_PATH, repl.history
+                  .join('\n'));
+              } catch(e) {}
+
+            process.exit();
+          });
 
       } else {
         // Read all of stdin - execute it.

test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function isWarned(emitter) {
       callCount++;
       if (ch) assert(!key.code);
       assert.equal(key.sequence, remainingKeypresses.shift());
-    };
+    }
     readline.emitKeypressEvents(fi);
     fi.on('keypress', keypressListener);
     fi.emit('data', keypresses.join(''));
@@ -315,5 +315,34 @@ function isWarned(emitter) {
     })
   });
 
+  // Test readline support history
+  function testHistory() {
+    var history = ['foo', 'bar'];
+    var fi = new FakeInput();
+    var rl = new readline.Interface({
+      input: fi,
+      output: null,
+      terminal: true,
+      history: history
+    });
+
+    // Test history size
+    rl.setHistorySize(2);
+    fi.emit('data', 'baz\n');
+    fi.emit('data', 'bug\n');
+    assert.deepEqual(rl.history, history);
+    assert.deepEqual(rl.history, ['bug', 'baz']);
+
+    // Increase history size
+    rl.setHistorySize(Infinity);
+    fi.emit('data', 'foo\n');
+    fi.emit('data', 'bar\n');
+    assert.deepEqual(rl.history, history);
+    assert.deepEqual(rl.history, ['bar', 'foo', 'bug', 'baz']);
+
+    rl.close();
+  }
+
+  testHistory();
 });