switch to readline

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/spelling-rbee b/spelling-rbee
index cbd30d2..bff49a6 100755
--- a/spelling-rbee
+++ b/spelling-rbee
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/ruby
 
 require "open-uri"
+require "readline"
+
+def get(prompt="spell: ")
+  Readline.readline prompt
+end
 
 def say(it,speed=100)
 system "espeak -s #{speed} '#{it}'"
@@ -31,16 +36,14 @@ end
 def repl(words)
   correct = []
   words.each {|word|
-    print "spell: "
     say word
-    result = $stdin.gets.chomp!
+    result = get
     until result[0] != ":"
       ckopt(word,result)
       if $exit
         return $exit
       end
-      print "spell: "
-      result = $stdin.gets.chomp!
+      result = get
     end
     correct.push ckword(word,result)
   }