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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from prompt_toolkit import prompt
+from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import HTML
+
+
+def prompt_continuation(width, line_number, wrap_count):
+    """
+    The continuation: display line numbers and '->' before soft wraps.
+
+    Notice that we can return any kind of formatted text from here.
+
+    The prompt continuation doesn't have to be the same width as the prompt
+    which is displayed before the first line, but in this example we choose to
+    align them. The `width` input that we receive here represents the width of
+    the prompt.
+    """
+    if wrap_count > 0:
+        return " " * (width - 3) + "-> "
+    else:
+        text = ("- %i - " % (line_number + 1)).rjust(width)
+        return HTML("<strong>%s</strong>") % text
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("Press [Meta+Enter] or [Esc] followed by [Enter] to accept input.")
+    answer = prompt(
+        "Multiline input: ", multiline=True, prompt_continuation=prompt_continuation
+    )
+    print("You said: %s" % answer)