Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:18:51 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RFC: Adding a new (safer) data entry function to libdialog Message-ID: <20030120121851.30ff961f.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
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Hello hackers,
Currently, when one wants the user to enter data in a libdialog based
program, one uses the following function:
int
dialog_inputbox(unsigned char *title, unsigned char *prompt,
int height, int width, unsigned char *result);
The problem this routine has, is that there's nowhere to specify the max
length of the input buffer (think gets vs fgets here). I know that not
many programs use this lib, or even if there are plans to EOL it, but
this change could be helpful IMHO. My suggestion is to create a new
function, e.g, dialog_inputbox_n that would let you specify the length
of the input buffer. Comments? Ideas? If people find it useful I can
come with patches, since the implementation would be trivial.
Cheers,
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