[Bug 307652] Re: editline truncates at 64 characters in batch mode

[Mark O'Donohue]

The buffer in editline.c
      STATIC char* read_redirected()

is 64 characters long, when it get to the end of 64 characters it does:

        if (p == end) {
            size += MEM_INC;
            p = line = realloc(line, size);
            end = p + size;
        }

So 'p' which is where it is writing the next character is set back to
the start of the line, not left at the end.  The attached patch, bumps p
to next write position correctly.

        if (p == end) {
            int lengthSoFar = p - line;
            size += MEM_INC;
            line = realloc(line, size);
            p = line + lengthSoFar;
            end = line + size;
        }


Cheers - Mark


** Attachment added: "fix for bug, based on debian editline 1.12 base"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20399291/editline-fix.patch

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