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Interactive software accepts and responds to input from humans, in contrast to noninteractive software, which operate without human contact.

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git rebase interactive: squash merge commits together

I wanted to have a simple solution to squash two merge commits together during an interactive rebase. My repository looks like: X --- Y --------- M1 -------- M2 (my-feature) / / / / / / a ---…
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Writing a "real" interactive terminal program like vim, htop, ... in C/C++ without ncurses

No, I don't want to use ncurses, because I want to learn how the terminal works and have fun programming it on my own. :) It doesn't have to be portable, it has to work on linux xterm-based terminal emulators only. What I want to do is…
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Equivalent of Python's dir in Javascript

when I write Python code from the interpreter I can type dir() to have a list of names defined in the current scope. How can achieve to have the same information, programmatically, when I develop Javascript code from a browser using an interactive…
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Interactive input/output using Python

I have a program that interacts with the user (acts like a shell), and I want to run it using the Python subprocess module interactively. That means, I want the possibility to write to standard input and immediately get the output from standard…
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I can't write multiline codes in Coffeescript Interactive Mode(REPL)

When I typed multiline in coffeescript interactive mode, an error occrured. For example, I want to try the following code: kids = brother: name: "Max" age: 11 sister: name: "Ida" age: 9 This Error was displayed: coffee> kids =…
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installing `lightdm` in Dockerfile raises interactive keyboard layout menu

I have the following Dockerfile: # Pull from CentOS RPM Build Image FROM ubuntu # Update the image RUN apt-get update -y RUN apt-get install lightdm -y The problem I have is when I'm building this container with docker build -t dumbcontainer ., at…
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Are there good Java libraries that facilitate building command-line applications?

I need to write a simple command-line application in Java. It would be nice to use a library that takes care of parsing commands and takes care of things like flags and optional/mandatory parameters... UPDATE Something that has built-in TAB…
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interactive lua: command line arguments

I wish to do lua prog.lua arg1 arg2 from the command line Inside prog.lua, I want to say, for instance print (arg1, arg2, '\n') Lua doesn't seem to have argv[1] etc and the methods I've seen for dealing with command line arguments seem to be…
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How to finish sys.stdin.readlines() input?

This might be a silly question, but as I can't find an answer, I have to ask it. In interactive python I want to process a message which i get with: >>> message = sys.stdin.readlines() Everything works fine, but... how to stop it from getting an…
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Including JavaScript in SVG

I am trying to create an interactive SVG code with JavaScript, by embedding the JavaScript in the SVG. I don't know if this is the right way to do this:
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How do you cleanly exit interactive Lua?

I've tried to the word "quit" on a single line but this seems to simply change the command line pointer from a ">" to a ">>". What's the best way to end a session in interactive Lua please?
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Interactive console using Pydev in Eclipse?

I'm debugging my Python code in Eclipse using the Pydev plugin. I'm able to open a Pydev console and it gives me two options: "Console for currently active editor" and "Python console". However none of them is useful to inspect current variable…
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Does an updated 'vimtutor' exist?

vim comes with a nice built-in interactive tutorial. You can access this tutorial by just running: $ vimtutor It is very easy to use because it creates working cases for basic commands. Is there a more advanced tutorial? Has any one thought to…
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Interactive shell using PHP

Is it possible to create an interactive shell, using PHP alone? I mean something like you have with databases, Python, etc. If it is, how?
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kubectl YAML config file equivalent of "kubectl run ... -i --tty ..."

I've been using "kubectl run" with assorted flags to run Jobs interactively, but have recently outgrown what I can do with those flags, and have graduated to using YAML config files to describe my jobs. However, I can't find an equivalent to the…
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