Allow non-inserting prediction.

This may be useful for users who find prediction's activity right of
the cursor distracting.

Prediction underscoring is still a little weird sometimes, it replays
a history of known/unknown changes as acks come in from the server.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mosh.pl b/scripts/mosh.pl
index e6c890e..044994d 100755
--- a/scripts/mosh.pl
+++ b/scripts/mosh.pl
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ my $server = 'mosh-server';
 
 my $predict = undef;
 
+my $overwrite = 0;
+
 my $bind_ip = undef;
 
 my $use_remote_ip = 'proxy';
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ qq{Usage: $0 [options] [--] [user@]host [command...]
 -n      --predict=never         never use local echo
         --predict=experimental  aggressively echo even when incorrect
 
+-o      --overwrite             prediction overwrites instead of inserting
+
 -4      --family=inet        use IPv4 only
 -6      --family=inet6       use IPv6 only
         --family=auto        autodetect network type for single-family hosts only
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ sub predict_check {
 GetOptions( 'client=s' => \$client,
 	    'server=s' => \$server,
 	    'predict=s' => \$predict,
+	    'overwrite|o!' => \$overwrite,
 	    'port=s' => \$port_request,
 	    'a' => sub { $predict = 'always' },
 	    'n' => sub { $predict = 'never' },
@@ -200,6 +205,9 @@ if (!$have_ipv6) {
   # Force IPv4.
   $family = "inet";
 }
+if ( $overwrite ) {
+    $ENV{ "MOSH_PREDICTION_OVERWRITE" } = "yes";
+}
 
 if ( defined $port_request ) {
   if ( $port_request =~ m{^(\d+)(:(\d+))?$} ) {