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---
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title: Module hilbish
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description: the core Hilbish API
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layout: doc
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menu:
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docs:
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parent: "API"
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---
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## Introduction
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The Hilbish module includes the core API, containing
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interfaces and functions which directly relate to shell functionality.
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## Functions
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|<a href="#alias">alias(cmd, orig)</a>|Sets an alias, with a name of `cmd` to another command.|
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|<a href="#appendPath">appendPath(dir)</a>|Appends the provided dir to the command path (`$PATH`)|
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|<a href="#complete">complete(scope, cb)</a>|Registers a completion handler for the specified scope.|
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|<a href="#cwd">cwd() -> string</a>|Returns the current directory of the shell.|
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|<a href="#exec">exec(cmd)</a>|Replaces the currently running Hilbish instance with the supplied command.|
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|<a href="#goro">goro(fn)</a>|Puts `fn` in a Goroutine.|
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|<a href="#highlighter">highlighter(line)</a>|Line highlighter handler.|
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|<a href="#hinter">hinter(line, pos)</a>|The command line hint handler. It gets called on every key insert to|
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|<a href="#inputMode">inputMode(mode)</a>|Sets the input mode for Hilbish's line reader.|
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|<a href="#interval">interval(cb, time) -> @Timer</a>|Runs the `cb` function every specified amount of `time`.|
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|<a href="#multiprompt">multiprompt(str)</a>|Changes the text prompt when Hilbish asks for more input.|
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|<a href="#prependPath">prependPath(dir)</a>|Prepends `dir` to $PATH.|
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|<a href="#prompt">prompt(str, typ)</a>|Changes the shell prompt to the provided string.|
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|<a href="#read">read(prompt) -> input (string)</a>|Read input from the user, using Hilbish's line editor/input reader.|
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|<a href="#run">run(cmd, returnOut) -> exitCode (number), stdout (string), stderr (string)</a>|Runs `cmd` in Hilbish's shell script interpreter.|
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|<a href="#runnerMode">runnerMode(mode)</a>|Sets the execution/runner mode for interactive Hilbish.|
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|<a href="#timeout">timeout(cb, time) -> @Timer</a>|Executed the `cb` function after a period of `time`.|
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|<a href="#which">which(name) -> string</a>|Checks if `name` is a valid command.|
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## Static module fields
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|ver|The version of Hilbish|
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|goVersion|The version of Go that Hilbish was compiled with|
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|user|Username of the user|
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|host|Hostname of the machine|
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|dataDir|Directory for Hilbish data files, including the docs and default modules|
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|interactive|Is Hilbish in an interactive shell?|
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|login|Is Hilbish the login shell?|
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|vimMode|Current Vim input mode of Hilbish (will be nil if not in Vim input mode)|
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|exitCode|Exit code of the last executed command|
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<hr>
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<div id='alias'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.alias(cmd, orig)
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<a href="#alias" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Sets an alias, with a name of `cmd` to another command.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`cmd`**
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Name of the alias
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`string` **`orig`**
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Command that will be aliased
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#### Example
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```lua
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-- With this, "ga file" will turn into "git add file"
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hilbish.alias('ga', 'git add')
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-- Numbered substitutions are supported here!
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hilbish.alias('dircount', 'ls %1 | wc -l')
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-- "dircount ~" would count how many files are in ~ (home directory).
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='appendPath'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.appendPath(dir)
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<a href="#appendPath" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Appends the provided dir to the command path (`$PATH`)
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#### Parameters
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`string|table` **`dir`**
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Directory (or directories) to append to path
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#### Example
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```lua
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hilbish.appendPath '~/go/bin'
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-- Will add ~/go/bin to the command path.
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-- Or do multiple:
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hilbish.appendPath {
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'~/go/bin',
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'~/.local/bin'
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}
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='complete'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.complete(scope, cb)
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<a href="#complete" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Registers a completion handler for the specified scope.
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A `scope` is expected to be `command.<cmd>`,
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replacing <cmd> with the name of the command (for example `command.git`).
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The documentation for completions, under Features/Completions or `doc completions`
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provides more details.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`scope`**
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`function` **`cb`**
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#### Example
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```lua
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-- This is a very simple example. Read the full doc for completions for details.
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hilbish.complete('command.sudo', function(query, ctx, fields)
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if #fields == 0 then
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-- complete for commands
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local comps, pfx = hilbish.completion.bins(query, ctx, fields)
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local compGroup = {
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items = comps, -- our list of items to complete
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type = 'grid' -- what our completions will look like.
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}
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return {compGroup}, pfx
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end
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-- otherwise just be boring and return files
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local comps, pfx = hilbish.completion.files(query, ctx, fields)
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local compGroup = {
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items = comps,
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type = 'grid'
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}
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return {compGroup}, pfx
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end)
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='cwd'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.cwd() -> string
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<a href="#cwd" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Returns the current directory of the shell.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='exec'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.exec(cmd)
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<a href="#exec" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Replaces the currently running Hilbish instance with the supplied command.
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This can be used to do an in-place restart.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`cmd`**
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='goro'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.goro(fn)
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<a href="#goro" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Puts `fn` in a Goroutine.
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This can be used to run any function in another thread at the same time as other Lua code.
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**NOTE: THIS FUNCTION MAY CRASH HILBISH IF OUTSIDE VARIABLES ARE ACCESSED.**
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**This is a limitation of the Lua runtime.**
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#### Parameters
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`function` **`fn`**
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='highlighter'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.highlighter(line)
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<a href="#highlighter" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Line highlighter handler.
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This is mainly for syntax highlighting, but in reality could set the input
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of the prompt to *display* anything. The callback is passed the current line
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and is expected to return a line that will be used as the input display.
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Note that to set a highlighter, one has to override this function.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`line`**
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#### Example
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```lua
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--This code will highlight all double quoted strings in green.
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function hilbish.highlighter(line)
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return line:gsub('"%w+"', function(c) return lunacolors.green(c) end)
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end
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='hinter'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.hinter(line, pos)
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<a href="#hinter" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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The command line hint handler. It gets called on every key insert to
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determine what text to use as an inline hint. It is passed the current
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line and cursor position. It is expected to return a string which is used
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as the text for the hint. This is by default a shim. To set hints,
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override this function with your custom handler.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`line`**
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`number` **`pos`**
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Position of cursor in line. Usually equals string.len(line)
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#### Example
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```lua
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-- this will display "hi" after the cursor in a dimmed color.
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function hilbish.hinter(line, pos)
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return 'hi'
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end
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='inputMode'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.inputMode(mode)
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<a href="#inputMode" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Sets the input mode for Hilbish's line reader.
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`emacs` is the default. Setting it to `vim` changes behavior of input to be
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Vim-like with modes and Vim keybinds.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`mode`**
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Can be set to either `emacs` or `vim`
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='interval'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.interval(cb, time) -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.timers/#timer" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Timer</a>
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<a href="#interval" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Runs the `cb` function every specified amount of `time`.
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This creates a timer that ticking immediately.
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#### Parameters
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`function` **`cb`**
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`number` **`time`**
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Time in milliseconds.
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='multiprompt'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.multiprompt(str)
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<a href="#multiprompt" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Changes the text prompt when Hilbish asks for more input.
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This will show up when text is incomplete, like a missing quote
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`str`**
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#### Example
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```lua
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--[[
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imagine this is your text input:
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user ~ ∆ echo "hey
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but there's a missing quote! hilbish will now prompt you so the terminal
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will look like:
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user ~ ∆ echo "hey
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--> ...!"
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so then you get
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user ~ ∆ echo "hey
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--> ...!"
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hey ...!
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]]--
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hilbish.multiprompt '-->'
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='prependPath'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.prependPath(dir)
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<a href="#prependPath" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Prepends `dir` to $PATH.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`dir`**
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='prompt'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.prompt(str, typ)
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<a href="#prompt" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Changes the shell prompt to the provided string.
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There are a few verbs that can be used in the prompt text.
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These will be formatted and replaced with the appropriate values.
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`%d` - Current working directory
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`%u` - Name of current user
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`%h` - Hostname of device
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`str`**
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`string` **`typ?`**
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Type of prompt, being left or right. Left by default.
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#### Example
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```lua
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-- the default hilbish prompt without color
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hilbish.prompt '%u %d ∆'
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-- or something of old:
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hilbish.prompt '%u@%h :%d $'
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-- prompt: user@hostname: ~/directory $
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```
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='read'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.read(prompt) -> input (string)
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<a href="#read" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Read input from the user, using Hilbish's line editor/input reader.
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This is a separate instance from the one Hilbish actually uses.
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Returns `input`, will be nil if Ctrl-D is pressed, or an error occurs.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`prompt?`**
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Text to print before input, can be empty.
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='run'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.run(cmd, returnOut) -> exitCode (number), stdout (string), stderr (string)
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<a href="#run" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Runs `cmd` in Hilbish's shell script interpreter.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`cmd`**
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`boolean` **`returnOut`**
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If this is true, the function will return the standard output and error of the command instead of printing it.
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='runnerMode'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.runnerMode(mode)
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<a href="#runnerMode" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Sets the execution/runner mode for interactive Hilbish.
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This determines whether Hilbish wll try to run input as Lua
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and/or sh or only do one of either.
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Accepted values for mode are hybrid (the default), hybridRev (sh first then Lua),
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sh, and lua. It also accepts a function, to which if it is passed one
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will call it to execute user input instead.
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Read [about runner mode](../features/runner-mode) for more information.
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#### Parameters
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`string|function` **`mode`**
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='timeout'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.timeout(cb, time) -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.timers/#timer" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Timer</a>
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<a href="#timeout" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Executed the `cb` function after a period of `time`.
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This creates a Timer that starts ticking immediately.
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#### Parameters
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`function` **`cb`**
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`number` **`time`**
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Time to run in milliseconds.
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</div>
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<hr>
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<div id='which'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.which(name) -> string
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<a href="#which" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Checks if `name` is a valid command.
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Will return the path of the binary, or a basename if it's a commander.
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#### Parameters
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`string` **`name`**
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</div>
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## Types
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<hr>
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## Sink
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A sink is a structure that has input and/or output to/from
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a desination.
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### Methods
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#### autoFlush(auto)
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Sets/toggles the option of automatically flushing output.
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A call with no argument will toggle the value.
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#### flush()
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Flush writes all buffered input to the sink.
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#### read() -> string
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Reads a liine of input from the sink.
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#### readAll() -> string
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Reads all input from the sink.
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#### write(str)
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Writes data to a sink.
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#### writeln(str)
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Writes data to a sink with a newline at the end.
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