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75 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.TH JANET 1
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.SH NAME
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janet \- run the janet language abstract machine
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B janet
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[\fB\-hvsrp\fR]
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[\fB\-e\fR \fIJANET SOURCE\fR]
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[\fB\-\-\fR]
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.IR files ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Janet is a functional and imperative programming language and bytecode interpreter.
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It is a modern lisp, but lists are replaced by other data structures with better utility
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and performance (arrays, tables, structs, tuples). The language also bridging bridging
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to native code written in C, meta-programming with macros, and bytecode assembly.
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There is a repl for trying out the language, as well as the ability to run script files.
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This client program is separate from the core runtime, so janet could be embedded
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into other programs. Try janet in your browser at https://janet-lang.org.
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Implemented in mostly standard C99, janet runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.
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The few features that are not standard C99 (dynamic library loading, compiler
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specific optimizations), are fairly straight forward. Janet can be easily ported to
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most new platforms.
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.SH DOCUMENTATION
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For more complete API documentation, run a REPL (Read Eval Print Loop), and use the doc macro to
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see documentation on individual bindings.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR \-h
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Shows the usage text and exits immediately.
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.TP
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.BR \-v
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Shows the version text and exits immediately.
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.TP
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.BR \-s
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Read raw input from stdin, such as from a pipe without printing a prompt.
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.TP
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.BR \-r
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Open a REPL (Read Eval Print Loop) after executing all sources. By default, if janet is called with no
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arguments, a REPL is opened.
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.TP
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.BR \-p
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Turn on the persistent flag. By default, when janet is executing commands from a file and encounters an error,
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it will immediately exit after printing the error message. In persistent mode, janet will keep executing commands
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after an error. Persistent mode can be good for debugging and testing.
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.TP
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.BR \-e
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Execute a string of janet source. Source code is executed in the order it is encountered, so earlier
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arguments are executed before later ones.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-
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Stop parsing command line arguments. All arguments after this one will be considered file names.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.B JANET_PATH
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.RS
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The location to look for janet libraries. This is the only environment variable janet needs to
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find native and source code modules. If no JANET_PATH is set, janet will look in
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/usr/local/lib/janet for modules.
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To make janet search multiple locations, modify the module.paths
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array in janet.
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.RE
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Calvin Rose <calsrose@gmail.com>
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