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108 lines
3.6 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\-hvsrpnqk\fR]
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[\fB\-e\fR \fISOURCE\fR]
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[\fB\-l\fR \fIMODULE\fR]
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[\fB\-m\fR \fIPATH\fR]
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[\fB\-c\fR \fIMODULE JIMAGE\fR]
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[\fB\-\-\fR]
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.IR script
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.IR args ...
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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 features 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 and forgo prompt history and other readline-like features.
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.TP
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.BR \-e\ code
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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 \-n
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Disable ANSI colors in the repl. Has no effect if no repl is run.
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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 \-q
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Quiet output. Don't print a repl prompt or expression results to stdout.
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.TP
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.BR \-k
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Don't execute a script, only compile it to check for errors. Useful for linting scripts.
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.TP
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.BR \-m\ syspath
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Set the dynamic binding :syspath to the string syspath so that Janet will load system modules
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from a directory different than the default. The default is set when Janet is built, and defaults to
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/usr/local/lib/janet on Linux/Posix, and C:/Janet/Library on Windows. This option supersedes JANET_PATH.
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.TP
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.BR \-c\ source\ output
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Precompiles Janet source code into an image, a binary dump that can be efficiently loaded later.
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Source should be a path to the Janet module to compile, and output should be the file path of
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resulting image. Output should usually end with the .jimage extension.
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.TP
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.BR \-l\ path
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Load a Janet file before running a script or repl. Multiple files can be loaded
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in this manner, and exports from each file will be made available to the script
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or repl.
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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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and then arguments to the script.
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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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the default location set at compile time.
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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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