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Simon Michael 2021-01-12 15:11:20 -08:00
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@ -32,18 +32,12 @@ How to:
### Install all scripts as add-on commands
$ git clone https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger
# add hledger/bin/ to your $PATH
$ hledger # scripts now appear in commands list
$ hledger-print-location.hs --help # run script directly
$ hledger print-location -- --help # or run it via hledger, -- is needed before script options
$ hledger/bin/compile.sh
$ export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/hledger/bin
### Install a single script without getting hledger source
$ cd ~/bin # somewhere in your $PATH
$ curl -sO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonmichael/hledger/master/bin/hledger-check.hs
$ chmod +x hledger-check.hs
$ hledger-check.hs --help
$ hledger check -- --help
$ hledger # scripts now appear in commands list
$ hledger-print-location --help # run a script directly
$ hledger print-location -- --help # or run it via hledger. -- is needed before script options
### Create a new script
@ -53,35 +47,32 @@ as your starting point. The hledger- naming is not required, but it
causes scripts to show up in the hledger commands list. On unix,
your new script should be marked executable. This should do it:
# While in the hledger source directory:
$ cp bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs bin/hledger-foo.hs
# Customise hledger-foo.hs, at least the command name and help in cmdmode
$ bin/hledger-foo.hs --help
$ cd hledger
$ cp bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs bin/hledger-foo.hs # and edit, at least the command name and help
$ stack install string-qq # ensure any extra script deps are installed
$ bin/hledger-cmd.hs --help
foo [OPTIONS]
My new foo command.
...
$ stack ghc bin/hledger-cmd.hs
$ hledger foo -- --help
foo [OPTIONS]
My new foo command.
...
### Run ghcid on a script
# Ensure any extra packages the script imports from are installed in the current package db
# (running the script auto-installs them, but only in your user package db):
$ stack install string-qq
$ stack install string-qq # ensure any extra script deps are installed
$ stack exec -- ghcid bin/hledger-foo.hs
...
Ok, one module loaded.
All good (1 module, at 10:50:48)
### Run ghci on a script
# Install any extra packages in the current package db, as above:
$ stack install string-qq
$ stack install string-qq # ensure any extra script deps are installed
$ stack ghci bin/hledger-foo.hs
...
Ok, one module loaded.
Loaded GHCi configuration from /private/var/folders/r7/f9j9c2zd1k97v47cr84j_qvc0000gn/T/haskell-stack-ghci/d0bde1be/ghci-script
...
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