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Unsure we properly unmute the stdout on force close.
Properly reset the prompt state when a SIGINT signal is emitted. (this fix bug where texts under the input wouldn't be cleared off the terminal after
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Allow failing async validation by rejecting the returned Promise
Rewrite internals to support a clean promise API. Tried to maintain backward compatibility as best as possible, but there could be type issue surface. Legacy API marked as deprecated.
@inquirer/core.Paginator is deprecated in favour of the usePagination hook. This hook will always properly reflect the width of the output stream.Nothing published for this version
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Answer name with . are now expand in the answer object. e.g. name.sub would generate an answer object formatted as {name: {sub: 'answer'}}.
name with . are now expand in the answer object. e.g. name.sub would generate an answer object formatted as {name: {sub: 'answer'}}.expand prompt default value if not specified is now help.Rewrote how raw input is handled. This shouldn't cause issue for most, but if you had specific or uncommon use of the testing framework, this could be a breaking change.
Major refactor of the core to allow multiple features:
input(...).cancel())Now includes a stricter answer parser. Prior to this change, the prompt would default to Yes on almost any input.
Allow falsy values as option value in expand prompt.
value in expand prompt.Release tooling package.
package pin <dependency> command rewrites caret/tilde ranges to exact versions across public packages; the release pipeline uses it to pin @inquirer/type in published manifests (#2247).package normalize command applies the fixups required to make manifests valid for npm publishing. It replaces the inline jq step that stripped workspace:* devDependencies (byte-identical output, now also covering the published tools/* packages).index.ts + command.ts, tests colocated); bin.ts only assembles the CLI.Fix expand prompt to correctly use the value key as the prompt answer.
expand prompt to correctly use the value key as the prompt answer.expand prompt support the filter key.Fix issue where vim/emacs keybindings would conflict with the search term input when typing letters used to navigate through the list.
Make @types/node an optional peer dependency.
@types/node an optional peer dependency.Fix issue where typing would disallow the following
search({
...,
source: async (term: string = '') => {
...
},
});
space key instead of any keys.readline2 in favor of Node core version. This might fix some edge cases some users on windows encountered.Drop-in replacement for @inquirer/prompts with localized text.
New package - first release!
Drop-in replacement for @inquirer/prompts with localized text.
The whole inquirer API is now based on promises!
inquirer.prompt(questions).then(). There's no more callback function.this.async().filter is now always run before validate #122inquirer.prompt doesn't take a callback argument anymoreAnd various other minor fixes and cleanup to the code base.
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