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@zarf

Yes. There’s a line in VM_ReadKeyboard:

glk_request_line_event(gg_mainwin, a_buffer+WORDSIZE, INPUT_BUFFER_LEN-WORDSIZE, 0);

If you pre-load text into the input buffer, and pass the number of characters as the last argument (replacing 0), then that will be the initial text that the player is editing.

Thank you!

Would anyone mind giving me an example of pre-loading text into the input buffer and then putting that text onscreen for the player to edit? I don’t know, maybe like this?

[code]To copy (T - a text) into the input buffer:
???

To display fake keyboard input with (N - a number) characters:
(- glk_request_line_event(gg_mainwin, a_buffer+WORDSIZE, INPUT_BUFFER_LEN-WORDSIZE, ({N})); -). [???]

When play begins:
Copy “Hello” into the input buffer;
display fake keyboard input with 5 characters.[/code]
Edit: This post seems somewhat relevant, but it seems to be using a partial command that’s previously been typed, rather than one that was never typed.

Edit#2: actually, “when play begins” is a bad example because there’s no command prompt…