- you can't pass existing file content into the input easily

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sharpshooter/sharpshooter/__init__.py

Line 491 in a4473f4

# TODO - you can't pass existing file content into the input easily

        r"\:"
        self.is_read_only = True

    def t_QUESTION(self, t):
        r"\?"
        if self.is_extra:
            # gets the question
            question = t.lexer.lexdata[t.lexer.lexpos:]
            if question.find("\n") != -1:
                question = question[:question.find("\n")]
            original_length = len(question)
            question = '\n'.join(question.split('\\n'))
            if question is not None and question != "":
                if question[0] == " ":
                    question = question[1:]
            # print(question)
            print("\n")
            print("Editing: " + self.last_file_created)
            print("************************************************************")
            print("Multi-line editor: then Ctrl-D or Ctrl-Z ( windows ) to save.")
            print("TIP: Press Return for an empty newline BEFORE saving.")
            print("************************************************************")
            print("\U0001F4DD Enter/Paste your content.")
            print("************************************************************")

            # TODO - you can't pass existing file content into the input easily
            # i do have a branch that can break into vim and return.
            # but that wont work for windows. so will have a think about it.

            contents = []
            while True:
                try:
                    line = input()
                except EOFError:
                    break
                contents.append(line)
            content = '\n'.join(contents)

            if tree.TEST_MODE:
                sslog('TEST_MODE1: skip writing content into this file:', self.last_file_created)
            else:
                self.last_file_created = self.last_file_created.strip()  # ensure remove trailing spaces
                with open(self.last_file_created, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                    f.write(content)
                    sslog(f'    - Writing into {self.last_file_created}')
                    f.close()
                # sslog("wrote content into this file:", self.last_file_created)

            t.lexer.skip(original_length)
        else:
            filetype = 'folder' if self.is_dir else 'file'
            print('What would you like the ' + filetype + ' to be called?')
            line = input()
            class mock():
                value = line
            t = mock()
            self.t_FILE(t)

    def t_TAB(self, t):
        r"[\t]+"
        self.move_back(len(t.value))