v0.7.0

0.7.0 (Mon Apr 17 2023)

New

• Update to the last crystal version (1.8.0).

• Now display REPLy version on -v.

Internal

• Use ameba v1.4.3 and fix lint error.
• REPLy moved inside the compiler itself (in ./share/crystal-ic/lib), it's not required as a shards anymore.

Note: you can use shards prune to remove unused version of REPLy.

v0.6.0

0.6.0 (Mon Nov 28 2022)

New

• The history is now saved in <home>/.ic_history.
  • The file location can be controlled with the environment variables IC_HISTORY_FILE. (IC_HISTORY_FILE="" disables history saving)
  • History max size is 10_000. (Can be controlled with IC_HISTORY_SIZE)
• The new following hotkeys have been added: (thanks @zw963!)
  • ctrl-d: Delete char or exit (EOF).
  • ctrl-k: Delete after cursor.
  • ctrl-u: Delete before cursor.
  • alt-backspace/ctrl-backspace: Delete word after
  • alt-d/ctrl-delete: Delete word before.
  • alt-f/ctrl-right: Move word forward.
  • alt-b/ctrl-left: Move word backward.
  • ctrl-n/ctrl-p: Move cursor up/down.
  • ctrl-b/ctrl-f: Move cursor backward/forward.
• Behavior when auto-completing on only one match is slightly enhanced.
• Crystal interpreter version is now 1.6.2.

Bugs fix

• Fix #9: repair require of local files, thanks @lebogan!
• Fix display of auto-completion title on pry.
• Reduce blinking on ws-code (computation are now done before clearing the screen). Disallow sync and flush_on_newline during update which help to reduce blinking too, (#10), thanks @cyangle!
• Align the expression when prompt size change (e.g. line number increase), which avoid a cursor bug in this case.
• Fix wrong history index after submitting an empty entry.
• Fix ioctl window size magic number on darwin and bsd (reply#3), thanks @shinzlet!

Internal

• Extract repl_interface/expression_editor/char_reader/history into a new shard REPLy and use it as dependency.
• Use ameba v1.3.1 and fix lint error.
• Use REPLy v0.3.1.

v0.5.1

0.5.1 (Mon Sep 12 2022)

New

• The auto-completion behavior is improved:
  • Now entries are narrowed as the user types.
  • Matching part of the name are now displayed in bright.
• Auto-completion is available on inner of def (Experimental)
  • It takes account of parameter types:

  def foo(a, b : String, c = 0, *args, **options)
    a.| # => Any
    b.| # => String
    c.| # => Int32
    args.| # => Tuple(Any)
    options. | # => NamedTuple()

  • It takes account of scope.
  • A new fictitious type Any is introduced, bypassing the semantics check on Call. (foo(<Any>).bar.baz # => Any)
  • The following is not yet supported:
    • Block parameter
    • Instance var parameter
    • Free vars
    • Class def
    • Def in generic type.
• Auto-completion now works inside a Array.
• Update to the last crystal version (1.5.1).

Bugs fix

• Fix bad unindent on include (unindent still work for in).
• Fix broken auto-completion after .class.
• Fix broken auto-completion after a suffix if.

Internal

• Fix wrong CRYSTAL_PATH in Makefile (preventing to add lib dependency).
• Remove some ameba excludes.

v0.5.0

0.5.0 (Fry Jul 15 2022)

New

• Implements auto-completion on Paths (Foo::Bar::)
• Improve error location, now display the correct location corresponding to prompt lines. Allow pry to display top-level frames.
• Add the reset command.
• Implement keyboard interruption on ctrl-c.
• Make interpreter installable via shard (Add postinstall script for shard), thanks @Vici37
• Implements shortcuts home and end to respectively move cursor to begin and end of expression, thanks @Vici37.
• Load crystal stb in background during REPL startup, thanks @Vici37.
• Add a visual mark ('>') on auto-completion entries if --no-color.
• Allow usage of NO_COLOR environment (compliant to https://no-color.org).
• Update to the last crystal version (1.5.0)

Bugs fix

• Don't colorize keyword methods, e.g. 42.class
• Fix crash occurring on require auto-completion if current folder doesn't contain a lib folder.
• Fix wrong auto-indentation on parenthesized call.
• Fix color bug occurring on wrapped line on edge of view scroll.
• Fix bad display when ctrl-c an multiline expression.
• Fix missing bin/ when using make.
• Fix broken make release.
• Fix #3: compile failed on local linux laptop (arch linux), thanks @zw963
• Fix Invalid option: -v, from crystal-lang/crystal#12094.
• Fix already required files to not be removed from auto-completion entries.
• Fix bug auto-completing setter methods.
• Avoid insertion of control characters in editor, causing bad display.
• Prevent auto-completion while prelude is still loading. (Fix bug due to concurrent call)

Other

• Allow comments to be in history.
• Ensure llvm-ext is built before 'make spec'.
• Add 'make install' & 'make uninstall', make IC works independently of its position, also move crystal-i -> share/crystal-ic.
• Remove --static in release mode.
• Better handling if prompt change its size (line_number >= 1000).
• Improve performance when editing large expressions.
• Fix typo on invalid option.

Internal

• Write spec for History/AutoCompletionHandler/CharReader/ExpressionEditor.
• Allow spec to test private methods
• Add some missing private.
• Make CharReader accept IO without raw mode.
• Make ExpressionEditor/ AutoCompletionHandler/ReplInterface/Repl output on any IO.
• Tiny refactor on ReadChar.raw.
• Small refactoring: remove static methods in IC to puts them directly to Repl. (Re)rename main.cr to ic.cr.
• Refactor AutoCompletionHandler.
• Refactor auto-completion (second time), allow it to trigger when editing long multiline expressions.
• Improve 'ExpressionEditor#expression_before_cursor'.
• Move .dup for a more semantically correct behavior.
• Update .ameba.yml
• Re-organize files.
• Compile with -Dpreview_mt flag.