synchronous(???) console.log code

gistfile1.txt

var Stream = require("stream").Stream;
var path = require("path");
var nopt = require("nopt");
var readJson = require("read-package-json");
var prompt = require("prompt");
//var ansi = require("ansi");
//var cursor = ansi(process.stdout);
var charm = require("charm")();
charm.pipe(process.stdout);

// interactive interface
function Iface() {
    // list of known commands
    this.commandList = {
        "version" : {
            "commandName" : version,
            "commandOpts" : null,
            "commandShort": null
        },
        "quit" : {
            "commandName" : quit,
            "commandOpts" : null,
            "commandShort": null
        }
    };
    
    // prompt for command
    prompt.message = "";
    prompt.delimiter = "";
    
    prompt.start();
    readCommand();
}

// Print version
function version(cb) {
    readJson('package.json', console.error, false, function(er, data) {
        if (er) {
            console.log("package.json not found");
        } else {
//            process.stdout.write(data.name + " version " + data.version);
//            charm.write(data.name + " version " + data.version);
//            charm.write("v");

            console.log(/*data.name + " */"version " + data.version);
        }
    });
    cb();
}

function quit() {
    process.exit();
}

function help(cb) {
    console.log("helping you help yourself");
    cb();
}

function readCommand() {
    console.log("t");
    prompt.get([{properties : {command : {description : ">".green}}}],
        function(err, result) {
            if (err) {
                console.log("input error!");
                return;
            } else {
                if (this.commandList[result.command]) {
                    this.commandList[result.command].commandName(readCommand);
                } else {
                    if (result.command) {
                        console.log("unknown command " + result.command);
                        help(readCommand);
                    } else {
                        readCommand();
                    }
                }
            }
        });
}

output

t
> version
t
> version 0.0.1