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| author | Stefan Holdermans <stefan@holdermans.nl> | 2020-04-21 12:25:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Marge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org> | 2020-05-21 12:16:08 -0400 |
| commit | cf5663300c3d8b8b3c7dc2cd0dce2c923ec68987 (patch) | |
| tree | 18a58ed887dbff264080a8820f34d9c7cb928ff5 /docs | |
| parent | a0b79e1b16887371d5cd14d53a607772ca730fb5 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-cf5663300c3d8b8b3c7dc2cd0dce2c923ec68987.tar.gz | |
Update documentation for GHCi :script
This patch adds the fixes that allow for file names containing spaces to
be passed to GHCi's ':script' command to the release notes for 8.12 and
expands the user-guide documentation for ':script' by mentioning how
such file names can be passed.
Related to #18027.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/8.12.1-notes.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/ghci.rst | 8 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.12.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.12.1-notes.rst index 9fabc47310..eb72ca9bde 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/8.12.1-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/8.12.1-notes.rst @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Compiler GHCi ~~~~ +- The ``:script`` command now allows for file names that contain spaces to + passed as arguments: either by enclosing the file names in double quotes or by + escaping spaces in file names with a backslash. (#18027) Runtime system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst index 59d5a65423..ce0734cfc2 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst @@ -2695,9 +2695,11 @@ commonly used commands. .. ghci-cmd:: :script; [⟨n⟩] ⟨filename⟩ - Executes the lines of a file as a series of GHCi commands. This - command is compatible with multiline statements as set by - :ghci-cmd:`:set +m` + Executes the lines of a file as a series of GHCi commands. The syntax for + file-name arguments respects shell quoting rules, i.e., file names + containing spaces can be enclosed in double quotes or with spaces escaped + with a backslash. This command is compatible with multiline statements as + set by :ghci-cmd:`:set +m` .. ghci-cmd:: :set; [⟨option⟩ ...] |