[GHC] #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files

[Claus Reinke]

it is actually in the users guide, just not where one would find
it when looking for a way to do this..

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghci-commands.html

section 3.7 (GHCi commands), as one of the examples for using ':def'.

perhaps it would help to (-: todo; +: done):

- repeat the ':def :. readFile' example in section 3.9 (The .ghci file),
    http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghci-dot-files.html
    where more people are likely to find it. having this
    command seems essential for debugging .ghci files

- in section 3.9, add a link to the haskell wiki page, referring to
    http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/GHCi
    as "examples of useful .ghci definitions" (that page could
    do with some improvements, though)

+ i've added a link to my old tutorial to that haskell wiki page,
    feel free to use the text from that message or the .ghci files

- section 3.9 doesn't seem to reflect the current situation
    wrt .ghci locations on windows!

i tried at the time to get others to post their .ghci files at well,
and share their favourite tricks, but there weren't many responses.

hth,
claus

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Peyton-Jones" <simonpj at microsoft.com>
To: <glasgow-haskell-users at haskell.org>
Cc: "Claus Reinke" <claus.reinke at talk21.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: [GHC] #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files


>|  Wow, that simple???
> |
> |  What needs to be done to get this in ":?" output? (It should be in the
> |  manual, at least...)
>
> Indeed!  But it's more application-note than user manual.  Fortunately, we have a place for such 
> material, namely GHC's "collaborative documentation" (a wiki)
>        http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC
>
> Would someone like to copy Claus's excellent message
>        http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-September/032260.html
> to the Wiki documentation on GHCi, here:
>        http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/GHCi
>
> (with his permission of course). That's the right place for it.  Sam, you'd be an ideal person to 
> do this, because you know what you wanted in the first place, so you could make sure the answer is 
> easy to find.  But anyone else would do fine!
>
> Simon
>
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: glasgow-haskell-bugs-bounces at haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs-bounces at haskell.org] 
> On
> | Behalf Of GHC
> | Sent: 07 April 2008 02:46
> | Cc: glasgow-haskell-bugs at haskell.org
> | Subject: Re: [GHC] #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files
> |
> | #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files
> | ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
> |  Reporter:  SamB     |          Owner:
> |      Type:  bug      |         Status:  closed
> |  Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:
> | Component:  GHCi     |        Version:  6.8.2
> |  Severity:  normal   |     Resolution:  wontfix
> |  Keywords:           |     Difficulty:  Unknown
> |  Testcase:           |   Architecture:  Unknown
> |        Os:  Unknown  |
> | ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
> | Comment (by SamB):
> |
> |  Wow, that simple???
> |
> |  What needs to be done to get this in ":?" output? (It should be in the
> |  manual, at least...)
> |
> | --
> | Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2153#comment:3>
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