allow multiline prompts

litgpt/chat/base.py

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
 from litgpt.utils import CLI, check_valid_checkpoint_dir, get_default_supported_precision, load_checkpoint
 
 
+def read_multiline_input(prompt):
+    print(prompt, end="")
+    input_lines = []
+    while True:
+        line = input()
+        if line.strip() == "":
+            break
+        input_lines.append(line)
+    return "\n".join(input_lines)
+
+
 @torch.inference_mode()
 def generate(
     model: GPT,
@@ -163,14 +174,18 @@ def main(
     )
     stop_tokens = prompt_style.stop_tokens(tokenizer)
 
-    print(f"Now chatting with {config.name}.\nTo exit, press 'Enter' on an empty prompt.\n")
+    print(
+        f"Now chatting with {config.name}.\nTo exit, type 'exit'"
+        " or 'quit' and press 'Enter'.\nAfter entering your prompt,"
+        " hit 'Enter' once to start writing on a new line. Hit 'Enter'"
+        " twice to submit the prompt.")
     L.seed_everything(1234)
     while True:
         try:
-            prompt = input(">> Prompt: ")
+            prompt = read_multiline_input(">> Prompt: ")
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             break
-        if prompt.lower().strip() in ("", "quit", "exit"):
+        if prompt.lower().strip() in ("quit", "exit"):
             break
         prompt = prompt_style.apply(prompt=prompt)
         encoded_prompt = tokenizer.encode(prompt, device=fabric.device)