INim: interactive shell (REPL)

nimble install inim

Features

• Runs on Linux, macOS and Windows
• Auto-indent (if, for, proc, var, ...)
• Arrow keys support (command history and line navigation)
• Prints out value and type of discarded expressions: >>> x
• Uses current nim compiler in PATH
• Runs in the current directory: import your local modules (access to exported* symbols)
• Preload existing source code (access to non-exported* symbols): inim -s example.nim
• Optional Colorized output
• Edit lines using $EDITOR (Ctrl-X)
• Built in tools like ipython (cd(), ls(), pwd(), call()) enabled with --withTools
• When piped a file or some code, INim will execute that code and exit
• Extra compiler options can be specified by adding them as arguments inim with the -d flag (ie inim -d:ssl -d:DEBUG)
• Flags can turned on with -d by adding a -- prefix to arguments (ie -d:--threads:on)

Configuration

inim --createRcFile, for persistent configuration which is loaded from these locations:

• Linux & macOS: ~/.config/inim
• Windows: %APPDATA%\inim

The config allows you to change the defaults for:

• Style
  • prompt: Set prompt string (default: "inim> ")
  • showTypes: Show var types when printing without echo (default: true)
  • showColor: Output results with pretty colors
• History
  • persistent history (default: true)
• Features
  • withTools: Enable built in tools

Contributing

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome.