+1 on the node_history especially - this will be very handy for debugging
and I want to find a command I used before but don't remember off hand.
(oh and hello nodejs-dev it's been a while since I've posted here :)
On Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:27:31 AM UTC+1, Adam Blackburn wrote:
>
>
> Currently working with the node repl can be a bit cumbersome, this patch
> adds two features to the repl.
>
> *noderc*
>
> The first feature is a noderc. Upon startup in interactive mode, node will
> check for ~/.noderc.js and /present/working/directory/.noderc.js and if
> they exist, run them, and merge anything they export into the repl context.
> This allows someone to setup debugging or other utilities that they use a
> lot, both on a system level, and on a per project/directory level.
>
> An example .noderc.js would be:
>
> function inspect(obj) {
> console.log(require('util').inspect(obj, true, 10, true));
> }
>
> exports.p = inspect;
>
> so anywhere in your repl you could just do p(someobject) and have pretty
> output.
>
>
> *node history*
>
> The other feature is a node history. When the repl exits it will save the
> history (currently the last 100 lines) to ~/.node_history, and when
> started, it will check for that file and load any history if the file
> exists.
>
>
>
>
> It's worth noting that this patch only effects node when started in
> interactive mode (run with -i or no arguments), and will not affect using
> the repl programmatically, other than there will be a few extra methods
> available (such as get/setHistory, loadContext). This is important because
> we don't want to introduce unexpected side effects to those who already use
> the repl.
>
> Any thoughts, comments, and suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> There is currently a pull request open for this feature:
> https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/3178
>
>
