docs: add todo to lua.go

README.md

@@ -41,11 +41,21 @@ Then click on the artifacts drop down, and download artifact for your platform,
 like what is highlighted in the screenshot.  
 <br><img src="https://modeus.is-inside.me/KJ0Puceb.png"><br>
 
+### AUR
+Arch Linux users can install Hilbish from the AUR.
+```sh
+yay -S hilbish
+```
+If you want the latest and greatest, you can install and compile from the latest git commit  
+```sh
+yay -S hilbish-git
+```
+
 ### Manual Build
 #### Prerequisites
 - [Go 1.16](https://go.dev)
-
 - GNU Readline
+
 On Fedora, readline can be installed with:  
 ```
 sudo dnf install readline-devel
@@ -61,6 +71,11 @@ On OpenSUSE, it can be installed with:
 sudo zypper install readline-devel
 ```
 
+On Arch Linux, it can be installed with:
+```
+sudo pacman -S readline
+```
+
 #### Build
 First, clone Hilbish:
 ```sh
@@ -74,23 +89,16 @@ And get dependencies and build:
 ```sh
 go get -d all
 make dev
-# If you want to use latest stable release,
-make build
-# or want to use Hilbiline,
-make hilbiline
 ```
+
+If you `git checkout`'d the latest stable release, run
+`make build` instead of `make dev`.  
+or want to experiment Hilbiline, instead run
+`make hilbiline`
+
 #### Install
 `sudo make install`
 
-Alternatively, if you use Arch Linux, you can compile Hilbish with an **(unofficial)** AUR package:
-```sh
-yay -S hilbish
-```
-If you want the latest and greatest, you can install and compile from latest git commit: 
-```sh
-yay -S hilbish-git
-```
-
 ### Uninstall
 ```sh
 sudo make uninstall

lua.go

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func LuaInit() {
 
 	cmds := commander.New()
 	// When a command from Lua is added, register it for use
+	// TODO: maybe dont add command code to a lua table? insstead use a map
 	cmds.Events.On("commandRegister",
 		func(cmdName string, cmd *lua.LFunction) {
 			commands[cmdName] = true

main.go

@@ -29,17 +29,25 @@ var (
 	curuser *user.User
 
 	hooks bait.Bait
+	defaultConfPath string
 )
 
 func main() {
 	homedir, _ = os.UserHomeDir()
 	curuser, _ = user.Current()
-	defaultconfpath := homedir + "/.hilbishrc.lua"
+
+	if defaultConfDir == "" {
+		// we'll add *our* default if its empty (wont be if its changed comptime)
+		defaultConfPath = filepath.Join(homedir, "/.hilbishrc.lua")
+	} else {
+		// else do ~ substitution
+		defaultConfPath = filepath.Join(strings.Replace(defaultConfDir, "~", homedir, 1), ".hilbishrc.lua")
+	}
 
 	verflag := getopt.BoolLong("version", 'v', "Prints Hilbish version")
 	setshflag := getopt.BoolLong("setshellenv", 'S', "Sets $SHELL to Hilbish's executed path")
 	cmdflag := getopt.StringLong("command", 'c', "", "Executes a command on startup")
-	configflag := getopt.StringLong("config", 'C', defaultconfpath, "Sets the path to Hilbish's config")
+	configflag := getopt.StringLong("config", 'C', defaultConfPath, "Sets the path to Hilbish's config")
 	getopt.BoolLong("login", 'l', "Makes Hilbish act like a login shell")
 	getopt.BoolLong("interactive", 'i', "Force Hilbish to be an interactive shell")
 	getopt.BoolLong("noexec", 'n', "Don't execute and only report Lua syntax errors")
@@ -81,21 +89,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// If user's config doesn't exixt,
-	if _, err := os.Stat(defaultconfpath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(defaultConfPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		// Read default from current directory
 		// (this is assuming the current dir is Hilbish's git)
 		input, err := os.ReadFile(".hilbishrc.lua")
 		if err != nil {
-			// If it wasnt found, go to "real default"
-			input, err = os.ReadFile("/usr/share/hilbish/.hilbishrc.lua")
+			// If it wasnt found, go to the real sample conf
+			input, err = os.ReadFile(sampleConfPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println("could not find .hilbishrc.lua or /usr/share/hilbish/.hilbishrc.lua")
+				fmt.Println("could not find .hilbishrc.lua or", sampleConfPath)
 				return
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Create it using either default config we found
-		err = os.WriteFile(homedir + "/.hilbishrc.lua", input, 0644)
+		err = os.WriteFile(defaultConfPath, input, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			// If that fails, bail
 			fmt.Println("Error creating config file")

preload.lua

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ commander.register('cd', function (args)
 		return
 	end
 	fs.cd(os.getenv 'HOME')
-	bait.throw('command.exit', 0)
+
+	return
 end)
 
 commander.register('exit', function()
@@ -44,19 +45,19 @@ end)
 
 do
 	local virt_G = { }
-	
+
 	setmetatable(_G, {
-		__index = function (self, key)
+		__index = function (_, key)
 			local got_virt = virt_G[key]
 			if got_virt ~= nil then
 				return got_virt
 			end
-			
+
 			virt_G[key] = os.getenv(key)
 			return virt_G[key]
 		end,
-			
-		__newindex = function (self, key, value)
+
+		__newindex = function (_, key, value)
 			if type(value) == 'string' then
 				os.setenv(key, value)
 				virt_G[key] = value
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ do
 			end
 		end,
 	})
-	
+
 	bait.catch('command.exit', function ()
 		for key, value in pairs(virt_G) do
 			if type(value) == 'string' then
@@ -82,15 +83,15 @@ end
 function string.split(str, delimiter)
 	local result = {}
 	local from = 1
-	
+
 	local delim_from, delim_to = string.find(str, delimiter, from)
-	
+
 	while delim_from do
 		table.insert(result, string.sub(str, from, delim_from - 1))
 		from = delim_to + 1
 		delim_from, delim_to = string.find(str, delimiter, from)
 	end
-	
+
 	table.insert(result, string.sub(str, from))
 
 	return result

shell.go

@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ import (
 func RunInput(input string) {
 	cmdArgs, cmdString := splitInput(input)
 
+	// If alias was found, use command alias
+	for aliases[cmdArgs[0]] != "" {
+		alias := aliases[cmdArgs[0]]
+		cmdString = alias + strings.TrimPrefix(cmdString, cmdArgs[0])
+		cmdArgs, cmdString = splitInput(cmdString)
+
+		if aliases[cmdArgs[0]] != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
 	// First try to load input, essentially compiling to bytecode
 	fn, err := l.LoadString(cmdString)
 	if err != nil && noexecute {
@@ -149,7 +160,7 @@ func execCommand(cmd string) error {
 			return interp.NewExitStatus(127)
 		}
 
-		return interp.DefaultExecHandler(2*time.Second)(ctx, args)
+		return interp.DefaultExecHandler(2 * time.Second)(ctx, args)
 	}
 	runner, _ := interp.New(
 		interp.StdIO(os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr),

vars.go

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ var (
 	.. os.getenv 'HOME'	.. '/.local/share/hilbish/libs/?/?.lua;'
 	.. os.getenv 'HOME'	.. '/.local/share/hilbish/libs/?.lua'`
 	preloadPath = "/usr/share/hilbish/preload.lua"
+	defaultConfDir = "" // ~ will be substituted for home, path for user's default config
+	sampleConfPath = "/usr/share/hilbish/.hilbishrc.lua" // Path to default/sample config
 
 	prompt string // Prompt will always get changed anyway
 	multilinePrompt = "> "