From: Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:59:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: This C version compiles.
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This C version compiles.
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diff --git a/selector.c b/selector.c
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+
+/*
+ *  selector is a simple command line utility for selection of strings
+ *  with a dynamic pattern-matching.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2009 Francois Fleuret
+ *  Written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
+ *
+ *  This file is part of selector.
+ *
+ *  selector is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
+ *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  selector is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with selector.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+// To use it as a super-history-search for bash:
+// selector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l ${HISTSIZE} <(history)
+
+// #include <fstream>
+// #include <iostream>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+#define VERSION "1.0"
+
+const int buffer_size = 4096;
+
+// Yeah, global variables!
+
+int nb_lines_max = 1000;
+char pattern_separator = ';';
+char label_separator = '\0';
+int output_to_vt_buffer = 0;
+int add_control_qs = 0;
+int with_colors = 1;
+int zsh_history = 0;
+int bash_history = 0;
+int inverse_order = 0;
+int remove_duplicates = 0;
+int use_regexp = 0;
+int case_sensitive = 0;
+char *title = 0;
+int error_flash = 0;
+
+int attr_modeline, attr_focus_line, attr_error;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void inject_into_tty_buffer(char *string) {
+  struct termios oldtio, newtio;
+  const char *k;
+  tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldtio);
+  memset(&newtio, 0, sizeof(newtio));
+  // Set input mode (non-canonical, *no echo*,...)
+  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newtio);
+  const char control_q = '\021';
+  // Put the selected string in the tty input buffer
+  for(k = string; *k; k++) {
+    if(add_control_qs && !(*k >= ' ' && *k <= '~')) {
+      // Add ^Q to quote control characters
+      ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSTI, &control_q);
+    }
+    ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSTI, k);
+  }
+  // Restore the old settings
+  tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldtio);
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void check_opt(int argc, char **argv, int n_opt, int n, const char *help) {
+  if(n_opt + n >= argc) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Missing argument for %s, expecting %s.\n",
+            argv[n_opt], help);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+int string_to_positive_integer(char *string) {
+  int error = 0;
+  int result = 0;
+  char *s;
+
+  if(*string) {
+    for(s = string; *s; s++) {
+      if(*s >= '0' && *s <= '9') {
+        result = result * 10 + (int) (*s - '0');
+      } else error = 1;
+    }
+  } else error = 1;
+
+  if(error) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Value `%s' is not a positive integer.\n", string);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+void error_feedback() {
+  if(error_flash) {
+    flash();
+  } else {
+    beep();
+  }
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// A quick and dirty hash table
+
+// The table itself stores indexes of the strings taken in a char
+// **table. When a string is added, if it was already in the table,
+// the new index replaces the previous one.
+
+int *new_hash_table(int hash_table_size) {
+  int *result, k;
+  result = (int *) malloc(hash_table_size * sizeof(int));
+  for(k = 0; k < hash_table_size; k++) {
+    result[k] = -1;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Adds new_string in the table, associated to new_index. If this
+// string was not already in the table, returns -1. Otherwise, returns
+// the previous index it had.
+
+int test_and_add(char *new_string, int new_index,
+                 char **strings,
+                 int *hash_table, int hash_table_size) {
+
+  unsigned int code = 0;
+  int k;
+
+  // This is my recipe. I checked, it seems to work (as long as
+  // hash_table_size is not a multiple of 387433 that should be okay)
+
+  for(k = 0; new_string[k]; k++) {
+    code = code * 387433 + (unsigned int) (new_string[k]);
+  }
+
+  code = code % hash_table_size;
+
+  while(hash_table[code] >= 0) {
+    // There is a string with that code
+    if(strcmp(new_string, strings[hash_table[code]]) == 0) {
+      // It is the same string, we keep a copy of the stored index
+      int result = hash_table[code];
+      // Put the new one
+      hash_table[code] = new_index;
+      // And return the previous one
+      return result;
+    }
+    // This collision was not the same string, let's move to the next
+    // in the table
+    code = (code + 1) % hash_table_size;
+  }
+
+  // This string was not already in there, store the index in the
+  // table and return -1
+  hash_table[code] = new_index;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// A matcher matches either with a collection of substrings, or with a
+// regexp
+
+typedef struct {
+  regex_t preg;
+  int regexp_error;
+  int nb_patterns;
+  int case_sensitive;
+  char *splitted_patterns, **patterns;
+} matcher_t;
+
+int match(char *string, matcher_t *matcher) {
+  int n;
+  if(matcher->nb_patterns >= 0) {
+    if(matcher->case_sensitive) {
+      for(n = 0; n < matcher->nb_patterns; n++) {
+        if(strstr(string, matcher->patterns[n]) == 0) return 0;
+      }
+    } else {
+      for(n = 0; n < matcher->nb_patterns; n++) {
+        if(strcasestr(string, matcher->patterns[n]) == 0) return 0;
+      }
+    }
+    return 1;
+  } else {
+    return regexec(&matcher->preg, string, 0, 0, 0) == 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void free_matcher(matcher_t *matcher) {
+  if(matcher->nb_patterns < 0) {
+    if(!matcher->regexp_error) regfree(&matcher->preg);
+  } else {
+    free(matcher->splitted_patterns);
+    free(matcher->patterns);
+  }
+}
+
+void initialize_matcher(int use_regexp, int case_sensitive,
+                        matcher_t *matcher, const char *pattern) {
+  const char *s;
+  char *t;
+
+  if(use_regexp) {
+    matcher->nb_patterns = -1;
+    matcher->regexp_error = regcomp(&matcher->preg, pattern, case_sensitive ? 0 : REG_ICASE);
+  } else {
+    matcher->regexp_error = 0;
+    matcher->nb_patterns = 1;
+    matcher->case_sensitive = case_sensitive;
+
+    for(s = pattern; *s; s++) {
+      if(*s == pattern_separator) {
+        matcher->nb_patterns++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    matcher->splitted_patterns = (char *) malloc((strlen(pattern) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    matcher->patterns = (char **) malloc(matcher->nb_patterns * sizeof(char *));
+
+    strcpy(matcher->splitted_patterns, pattern);
+
+    int n = 0;
+    char *last_pattern_start = matcher->splitted_patterns;
+    for(t = matcher->splitted_patterns; n < matcher->nb_patterns; t++) {
+      if(*t == pattern_separator || *t == '\0') {
+        *t = '\0';
+        matcher->patterns[n++] = last_pattern_start;
+        last_pattern_start = t + 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Buffer edition
+
+void delete_char(char *buffer, int *position) {
+  if(buffer[*position]) {
+    int c = *position;
+    while(c < buffer_size && buffer[c]) {
+      buffer[c] = buffer[c+1];
+      c++;
+    }
+  } else error_feedback();
+}
+
+void backspace_char(char *buffer, int *position) {
+  if(*position > 0) {
+    if(buffer[*position]) {
+      int c = *position - 1;
+      while(buffer[c]) {
+        buffer[c] = buffer[c+1];
+        c++;
+      }
+    } else {
+      buffer[*position - 1] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    (*position)--;
+  } else error_feedback();
+}
+
+void insert_char(char *buffer, int *position, char character) {
+  if(strlen(buffer) < buffer_size - 1) {
+    int c = *position;
+    char t = buffer[c], u;
+    while(t) {
+      c++;
+      u = buffer[c];
+      buffer[c] = t;
+      t = u;
+    }
+    c++;
+    buffer[c] = '\0';
+    buffer[(*position)++] = character;
+  } else error_feedback();
+}
+
+void kill_before_cursor(char *buffer, int *position) {
+  int s = 0;
+  while(buffer[*position + s]) {
+    buffer[s] = buffer[*position + s];
+    s++;
+  }
+  buffer[s] = '\0';
+  *position = 0;
+}
+
+void kill_after_cursor(char *buffer, int *position) {
+  buffer[*position] = '\0';
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+int previous_visible(int current_line, int nb_lines, char **lines, matcher_t *matcher) {
+  int line = current_line - 1;
+  while(line >= 0 && !match(lines[line], matcher)) line--;
+  return line;
+}
+
+int next_visible(int current_line, int nb_lines, char **lines, matcher_t *matcher) {
+  int line = current_line + 1;
+  while(line < nb_lines && !match(lines[line], matcher)) line++;
+
+  if(line < nb_lines)
+    return line;
+  else
+    return -1;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// The value passed to this routine in current_focus_line is the index
+// of the line we should have highlited if there was no motion and if
+// it matched the matcher. So, the line actually highlighted is the
+// first one matching the matcher in that order: (1)
+// current_focus_line after motion, (2) the first with a greater
+// index, (3) the first with a lesser index.
+
+// The index of the line actually shown highlighted is written in
+// displayed_focus_line (it can be -1)
+
+// If there is a motion and a line is actually shown highlighted, its
+// value is written in current_focus_line.
+
+void update_screen(int *current_focus_line, int *displayed_focus_line,
+                   int motion,
+                   int nb_lines, char **lines,
+                   int cursor_position,
+                   char *pattern) {
+
+  char buffer[buffer_size];
+  matcher_t matcher;
+  int k, l, m;
+
+  initialize_matcher(use_regexp, case_sensitive, &matcher, pattern);
+
+  int console_width = getmaxx(stdscr);
+  int console_height = getmaxy(stdscr);
+
+  // First, we find a visible line.
+
+  int nb_printed_lines = 0;
+
+  use_default_colors();
+
+  addstr("\n");
+
+  if(matcher.regexp_error) {
+    attron(attr_error);
+    addnstr("Regexp syntax error", console_width);
+    attroff(attr_error);
+  } else if(nb_lines > 0) {
+    int new_focus_line;
+    if(match(lines[*current_focus_line], &matcher)) {
+      new_focus_line = *current_focus_line;
+    } else {
+      new_focus_line = next_visible(*current_focus_line, nb_lines, lines, &matcher);
+      if(new_focus_line < 0) {
+        new_focus_line = previous_visible(*current_focus_line, nb_lines, lines, &matcher);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If we found a visible line and we should move, let's move
+
+    if(new_focus_line >= 0 && motion != 0) {
+      int l = new_focus_line;
+      if(motion > 0) {
+        // We want to go down, let's find the first visible line below
+        for(m = 0; l >= 0 && m < motion; m++) {
+          l = next_visible(l, nb_lines, lines, &matcher);
+          if(l >= 0) {
+            new_focus_line = l;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        // We want to go up, let's find the first visible line above
+        for(m = 0; l >= 0 && m < -motion; m++) {
+          l = previous_visible(l, nb_lines, lines, &matcher);
+          if(l >= 0) {
+            new_focus_line = l;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Here new_focus_line is either a line number matching the pattern, or -1
+
+    if(new_focus_line >= 0) {
+
+      int first_line = new_focus_line, last_line = new_focus_line, nb_match = 1;
+
+      // We find the first and last line to show, so that the total of
+      // visible lines between them (them included) is console_height-1
+
+      while(nb_match < console_height-1 && (first_line > 0 || last_line < nb_lines - 1)) {
+
+        if(first_line > 0) {
+          first_line--;
+          while(first_line > 0 && !match(lines[first_line], &matcher)) {
+            first_line--;
+          }
+          if(match(lines[first_line], &matcher)) {
+            nb_match++;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if(nb_match < console_height - 1 && last_line < nb_lines - 1) {
+          last_line++;
+          while(last_line < nb_lines - 1 && !match(lines[last_line], &matcher)) {
+            last_line++;
+          }
+
+          if(match(lines[last_line], &matcher)) {
+            nb_match++;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Now we display them
+
+      for(l = first_line; l <= last_line; l++) {
+        if(match(lines[l], &matcher)) {
+          int k = 0;
+
+          while(lines[l][k] && k < buffer_size - 2 && k < console_width - 2) {
+            buffer[k] = lines[l][k];
+            k++;
+          }
+
+          // We fill the rest of the line with blanks if this is the
+          // highlighted line
+
+          if(l == new_focus_line) {
+            while(k < console_width) {
+              buffer[k++] = ' ';
+            }
+          }
+
+          buffer[k++] = '\n';
+          buffer[k++] = '\0';
+
+          clrtoeol();
+
+          // Highlight the highlighted line ...
+
+          if(l == new_focus_line) {
+            attron(attr_focus_line);
+            addnstr(buffer, console_width);
+            attroff(attr_focus_line);
+          } else {
+            addnstr(buffer, console_width);
+          }
+
+          nb_printed_lines++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // If we are on a focused line and we moved, this become the new
+      // focus line
+
+      if(motion != 0) {
+        *current_focus_line = new_focus_line;
+      }
+    }
+
+    *displayed_focus_line = new_focus_line;
+
+    if(nb_printed_lines == 0) {
+      attron(attr_error);
+      addnstr("No selection", console_width);
+      attroff(attr_error);
+    }
+  } else {
+    attron(attr_error);
+    addnstr("Empty choice", console_width);
+    attroff(attr_error);
+  }
+
+  clrtobot();
+
+  // Draw the modeline
+
+  move(0, 0);
+
+  attron(attr_modeline);
+
+  for(k = 0; k < console_width; k++) buffer[k] = ' ';
+  buffer[console_width] = '\0';
+  addnstr(buffer, console_width);
+
+  move(0, 0);
+
+  // There must be a more elegant way of moving the cursor at a
+  // location met during display
+
+  int cursor_x = 0;
+
+  if(title) {
+    addstr(title);
+    addstr(" ");
+    cursor_x += strlen(title) + 1;
+  }
+
+  sprintf(buffer, "%d/%d ", nb_printed_lines, nb_lines);
+  addstr(buffer);
+  cursor_x += strlen(buffer);
+
+  addnstr(pattern, cursor_position);
+  cursor_x += cursor_position;
+
+  if(pattern[cursor_position]) {
+    addstr(pattern + cursor_position);
+  } else {
+    addstr(" ");
+  }
+
+  if(use_regexp || case_sensitive) {
+    addstr(" [");
+    if(use_regexp) {
+      addstr("regexp");
+    }
+
+    if(case_sensitive) {
+      if(use_regexp) {
+        addstr(",");
+      }
+      addstr("case");
+    }
+    addstr("]");
+  }
+
+  move(0, cursor_x);
+
+  attroff(attr_modeline);
+
+  // We are done
+
+  refresh();
+  free_matcher(&matcher);
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void read_file(const char *input_filename,
+               int nb_lines_max, int *nb_lines, char **lines,
+               int hash_table_size, int *hash_table) {
+
+  char raw_line[buffer_size];
+
+  FILE *file = fopen(input_filename, "r");
+
+  if(!file) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Can not open `%s'.\n", input_filename);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  int start = 0, end = 0, k;
+
+  while(*nb_lines < nb_lines_max && (end > start || !feof(file))) {
+    int eol = start;
+    while(eol < end && raw_line[eol] != '\n') eol++;
+
+    if(eol == end) {
+      for(k = 0; k < end - start; k++) {
+        raw_line[k] = raw_line[k + start];
+      }
+      end -= start;
+      eol -= start;
+      start = 0;
+      end += fread(raw_line + end, sizeof(char), buffer_size - end, file);
+      while(eol < end && raw_line[eol] != '\n') eol++;
+    }
+
+    if(eol == buffer_size) {
+      raw_line[buffer_size - 1] = '\0';
+      fprintf(stderr, "Line too long:\n");
+      fprintf(stderr, raw_line);
+      fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
+    raw_line[eol] = '\0';
+
+    char *t = raw_line + start;
+
+    // Remove the zsh history prefix
+
+    if(zsh_history && *t == ':') {
+      while(*t && *t != ';') t++;
+      if(*t == ';') t++;
+    }
+
+    // Remove the bash history prefix
+
+    if(bash_history) {
+      while(*t == ' ') t++;
+      while(*t >= '0' && *t <= '9') t++;
+      while(*t == ' ') t++;
+    }
+
+    // Check for duplicates with the hash table and insert the line
+    // in the list if necessary
+
+    int dup;
+
+    if(hash_table) {
+      dup = test_and_add(t, *nb_lines, lines, hash_table, hash_table_size);
+    } else {
+      dup = -1;
+    }
+
+    if(dup < 0) {
+      lines[*nb_lines] = (char *) malloc((strlen(t) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+      strcpy(lines[*nb_lines], t);
+    } else {
+      // The string was already in there, so we do not allocate a
+      // new string but use the pointer to the first occurence of it
+      lines[*nb_lines] = lines[dup];
+      lines[dup] = 0;
+    }
+
+    (*nb_lines)++;
+
+    start = eol + 1;
+  }
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+
+  if(!ttyname(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "The standard input is not a tty.\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  char input_filename[buffer_size], output_filename[buffer_size];
+  int i, k, l, n;
+  int error = 0, show_help = 0;
+  int rest_are_files = 0;
+
+  int color_fg_modeline, color_bg_modeline;
+  int color_fg_highlight, color_bg_highlight;
+
+  color_fg_modeline  = COLOR_WHITE;
+  color_bg_modeline  = COLOR_BLACK;
+  color_fg_highlight = COLOR_BLACK;
+  color_bg_highlight = COLOR_YELLOW;
+
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+  strcpy(input_filename, "");
+  strcpy(output_filename, "");
+
+  i = 1;
+  while(!error && !show_help && i < argc && argv[i][0] == '-' && !rest_are_files) {
+
+    if(strcmp(argv[i], "-o") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<output filename>");
+      strncpy(output_filename, argv[i+1], buffer_size);
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-s") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<pattern separator>");
+      pattern_separator = argv[i+1][0];
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-x") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<label separator>");
+      label_separator = argv[i+1][0];
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-v") == 0) {
+      output_to_vt_buffer = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-w") == 0) {
+      add_control_qs = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-m") == 0) {
+      with_colors = 0;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-q") == 0) {
+      error_flash = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-f") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<input filename>");
+      strncpy(input_filename, argv[i+1], buffer_size);
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-i") == 0) {
+      inverse_order = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-b") == 0) {
+      bash_history = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-z") == 0) {
+      zsh_history = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-d") == 0) {
+      remove_duplicates = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-e") == 0) {
+      use_regexp = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-a") == 0) {
+      case_sensitive = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-t") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<title>");
+      free(title);
+      title = (char *) malloc((strlen(argv[i+1]) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+      strcpy(title, argv[i+1]);
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-l") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 1, "<maximum number of lines>");
+      nb_lines_max = string_to_positive_integer(argv[i+1]);
+      i += 2;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-c") == 0) {
+      check_opt(argc, argv, i, 4, "<fg modeline> <bg modeline> <fg highlight> <bg highlight>");
+      color_fg_modeline = string_to_positive_integer(argv[i + 1]);
+      color_bg_modeline = string_to_positive_integer(argv[i + 2]);
+      color_fg_highlight = string_to_positive_integer(argv[i + 3]);
+      color_bg_highlight = string_to_positive_integer(argv[i + 4]);
+      i += 5;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0) {
+      rest_are_files = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-h") == 0) {
+      show_help = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    else {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option %s.\n", argv[i]);
+      error = 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if(show_help || error) {
+    /* fprintf(stderr, "Selector version %s-R%s\n", VERSION, REVISION_NUMBER); */
+    fprintf(stderr, "Written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>.\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options] [<filename1> [<filename2> ...]]\n", argv[0]);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -h      show this help\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -v      inject the selected line in the tty\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -w      quote control characters with ^Qs when using -v\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -d      remove duplicated lines\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -b      remove the bash history line prefix\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -z      remove the zsh history line prefix\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -i      invert the order of lines\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -e      start in regexp mode\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -a      start in case sensitive mode\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -m      monochrome mode\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -q      make a flash instead of a beep on an edition error\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " --      all following arguments are filenames\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -t <title>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         add a title in the modeline\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -c <fg modeline> <bg modeline> <fg highlight> <bg highlight>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         set the display colors\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -o <output filename>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         set a file to write the selected line to\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -s <pattern separator>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         set the symbol to separate substrings in the pattern\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -x <label separator>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         set the symbol to terminate the label\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, " -l <max number of lines>\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "         set the maximum number of lines to take into account\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    exit(error);
+  }
+
+  char **lines = (char **) malloc(nb_lines_max * sizeof(char *));
+
+  int nb_lines = 0;
+  int hash_table_size = nb_lines_max * 10;
+  int *hash_table = 0;
+
+  if(remove_duplicates) {
+    hash_table = new_hash_table(hash_table_size);
+  }
+
+  if(input_filename[0]) {
+    read_file(input_filename,
+              nb_lines_max, &nb_lines, lines,
+              hash_table_size, hash_table);
+  }
+
+  while(i < argc) {
+    read_file(argv[i],
+              nb_lines_max, &nb_lines, lines,
+              hash_table_size, hash_table);
+    i++;
+  }
+
+  free(hash_table);
+
+  // Now remove the null strings
+
+  n = 0;
+  for(k = 0; k < nb_lines; k++) {
+    if(lines[k]) {
+      lines[n++] = lines[k];
+    }
+  }
+
+  nb_lines = n;
+
+  if(inverse_order) {
+    for(i = 0; i < nb_lines / 2; i++) {
+      char *s = lines[nb_lines - 1 - i];
+      lines[nb_lines - 1 - i] = lines[i];
+      lines[i] = s;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Build the labels from the strings, take only the part before the
+  // label_separator and transform control characters to printable
+  // ones
+
+  char **labels = (char **) malloc(nb_lines * sizeof(char *));
+  for(l = 0; l < nb_lines; l++) {
+    char *s, *t;
+    const char *u;
+    t = lines[l];
+    int e = 0;
+    while(*t && *t != label_separator) {
+      u = unctrl(*t++);
+      e += strlen(u);
+    }
+    labels[l] = (char *) malloc((e + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    t = lines[l];
+    s = labels[l];
+    while(*t && *t != label_separator) {
+      u = unctrl(*t++);
+      while(*u) { *s++ = *u++; }
+    }
+    *s = '\0';
+  }
+
+  char pattern[buffer_size];
+  pattern[0] = '\0';
+
+  int cursor_position;
+  cursor_position = 0;
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Here we start to display with curse
+
+  initscr();
+  cbreak();
+  noecho();
+  // nonl();
+  intrflush(stdscr, FALSE);
+
+  // So that the arrow keys work
+  keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+
+  attr_error = A_STANDOUT;
+  attr_modeline = A_REVERSE;
+  attr_focus_line = A_STANDOUT;
+
+  if(with_colors && has_colors()) {
+
+    start_color();
+
+    if(color_fg_modeline < 0  || color_fg_modeline >= COLORS ||
+       color_bg_modeline < 0  || color_bg_modeline >= COLORS ||
+       color_fg_highlight < 0 || color_bg_highlight >= COLORS ||
+       color_bg_highlight < 0 || color_bg_highlight >= COLORS) {
+      echo();
+      endwin();
+      fprintf(stderr, "Color numbers have to be between 0 and %d.\n", COLORS - 1);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
+    init_pair(1, color_fg_modeline, color_bg_modeline);
+    attr_modeline = COLOR_PAIR(1);
+
+    init_pair(2, color_fg_highlight, color_bg_highlight);
+    attr_focus_line = COLOR_PAIR(2);
+
+    init_pair(3, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_RED);
+    attr_error = COLOR_PAIR(3);
+
+  }
+
+  int key;
+  int current_focus_line = 0, displayed_focus_line = 0;
+
+  update_screen(&current_focus_line, &displayed_focus_line,
+                0,
+                nb_lines, labels, cursor_position, pattern);
+
+  do {
+
+    key = getch();
+
+    int motion = 0;
+
+    if(key >= ' ' && key <= '~') { // Insert character
+      insert_char(pattern, &cursor_position, key);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_BACKSPACE ||
+            key == '\010' || // ^H
+            key == '\177') { // ^?
+      backspace_char(pattern, &cursor_position);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_DC ||
+            key == '\004') { // ^D
+      delete_char(pattern, &cursor_position);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_HOME) {
+      current_focus_line = 0;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_END) {
+      current_focus_line = nb_lines - 1;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_NPAGE) {
+      motion = 10;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_PPAGE) {
+      motion = -10;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_DOWN ||
+            key == '\016') { // ^N
+      motion = 1;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_UP ||
+            key == '\020') { // ^P
+      motion = -1;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_LEFT ||
+            key == '\002') { // ^B
+      if(cursor_position > 0) cursor_position--;
+      else error_feedback();
+    }
+
+    else if(key == KEY_RIGHT ||
+            key == '\006') { // ^F
+      if(pattern[cursor_position]) cursor_position++;
+      else error_feedback();
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\001') { // ^A
+      cursor_position = 0;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\005') { // ^E
+      cursor_position = strlen(pattern);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\022') { // ^R
+      use_regexp = !use_regexp;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\011') { // ^I
+      case_sensitive = !case_sensitive;
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\025') { // ^U
+      kill_before_cursor(pattern, &cursor_position);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\013') { // ^K
+      kill_after_cursor(pattern, &cursor_position);
+    }
+
+    else if(key == '\014') { // ^L
+      // I suspect that we may sometime mess up the display
+      clear();
+    }
+
+    update_screen(&current_focus_line, &displayed_focus_line,
+                  motion,
+                  nb_lines, labels, cursor_position, pattern);
+
+  } while(key != '\007' && // ^G
+          key != '\033' && // ^[ (escape)
+          key != '\n' &&
+          key != KEY_ENTER);
+
+  echo();
+  endwin();
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Here we come back to standard display
+
+  if((key == KEY_ENTER || key == '\n')) {
+
+    char *t;
+
+    if(displayed_focus_line >= 0 && displayed_focus_line < nb_lines) {
+      t = lines[displayed_focus_line];
+      if(label_separator) {
+        while(*t && *t != label_separator) t++;
+        if(*t) t++;
+      }
+    } else {
+      t = 0;
+    }
+
+    if(output_to_vt_buffer && t) {
+      inject_into_tty_buffer(t);
+    }
+
+    if(output_filename[0]) {
+      FILE *out = fopen(output_filename, "w");
+      if(out) {
+        if(t) {
+          fprintf(out, t);
+        }
+        fprintf(out, "\n");
+      } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Can not open %s for writing.\n", output_filename);
+        exit(1);
+      }
+      fclose(out);
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    printf("Aborted.\n");
+  }
+
+  for(l = 0; l < nb_lines; l++) {
+    free(lines[l]);
+    free(labels[l]);
+  }
+
+  free(labels);
+  free(lines);
+  free(title);
+
+  exit(0);
+}