REPL

ArkScript REPL can be launched by calling arkscript without any file argument.

It will look for the ARKSCRIPT_REPL_STARTUP environment variable to optionally preload code. See the getting started guide to configure it.

REPL builtins#

• (repl:history) returns the REPL history as a string
• (repl:save filename) saves the REPL history to a file
• (repl:load filename) loads a file into the REPL (copies its content to the current session, to avoid path problems with imports)

REPL commands#

• help: display this message
• quit: quit the REPL
• save: save the history to disk
• history: print saved code
• reset: reset the VM state

REPL controls#

• Home: move to start of line
• End: move to end of line
• Control + Left: move cursor one word left
• Control + Right: move cursor one word right
• Control + Up: show previous hint
• Control + Down: show next hint
• Control + U: delete current line
• Control + W: delete last word
• Control + K: delete until end of line
• Control + R: incremental search
• Control + C: abort line
• Control + L: clear screen
• Control + D: send EOF, quit REPL
• Control + T: transpose characters (invert the 2 characters before the cursor*)