cd function

Signed-off-by: Ava Hahn <ava@sunnypup.io>

Readme.org

@@ -483,16 +483,15 @@ Note: this section only tracks the state of incomplete TODO items. Having everyt
 
 ** TODO Pre-alpha tasks
 - Shell module
+  - strip final newline from load-to-string
+  - cd with no args goes home
+  - cd sets . symbol
   - ignore job control signals (if needed)
   - background processes
   - be able to list all background processes with j function
   - be able to fg a bg process
   - be able to bg and fg process (ctrl z?)
-  - changedir/cd
-  - pwd
   - Documentation!
-  - Do I need some linemode management stuff?
-  - Function stubs for all posix functions go into minimal shell (posix stub functions)
 - Escape sequences in strings
 - logging library
 - make const all the error messages
@@ -534,9 +533,12 @@ Note: this section only tracks the state of incomplete TODO items. Having everyt
   - give a pretty pastel white, pink and blue theme
   - store in repo after giving presentation
         
-** TODO alpha tasks
-- TYPE SYSTEM HAS NO CTR::NONE
-- SEG USES Option() AND IF POSSIBLE NO BOX (maybe strings or symbols or numbers are boxed instead?)
+** TODO v1.0 tasks
+- export function (dump symbol definitions to script and/or append)
+  - then write doc on interactive development
+- completion:
+  - complete string: path search
+  - complete symbol: syms search
 - Write next_has member function for &Seg and simplify stdlib and probably also eval/sym
 - Rename to Flesh
 - Can pass args to relish scripts (via interpreter)
@@ -544,27 +546,23 @@ Note: this section only tracks the state of incomplete TODO items. Having everyt
 - History length configurable
 - Search delim configurable
 - master branch -> main branch
-- squash top of main and keep pre-alpha history in a historical branch
-- delete snippets/legacy too
 - Create a dedicated community channel on matrix.sunnypup.io
-- get type function
 - Lex function
 - Read function (Input + Lex)
 
-** TODO post-alpha tasks
+** TODO v1.1 tasks
+- execute configurable function on cd
 - Post to relevant channels
 - Custom ast pretty print
 - Implement Compose for lambdas
-  Document this in relevant readme sections
+  - Document this in relevant readme sections
 - File operations
   - read-to-string
   - write-to-file
   - file exists
 - color control library
-- emacs syntax highlighting and/or LSP implementation
-- GNU Guix package
 
-** TODO Second release tasks
+** TODO v1.2 release tasks
 - Network library
   - HTTP Client
   - TCP Stream client
@@ -572,4 +570,6 @@ Note: this section only tracks the state of incomplete TODO items. Having everyt
   - TCP Listener
   - HTTP Listener
   - UDP Listener
+- emacs syntax highlighting and/or LSP implementation
+- GNU Guix package
 - Bindings for the simplest possible UI library

snippets/userlib.rls

@@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ Returns true if the list contains the element.'
 adds a directory to PATH'
 (path) (set (q PATH)
          (concat PATH ':' path)))
+
+(def display-paths
+'prints out each element of $PATH one by one'
+  ()
+  (let ((path-iter (pop (get-paths))))
+    (while (gt? (len path-iter) 1)
+      (let ((pat (car path-iter))
+            (rem (cdr path-iter)))
+        (echo pat)
+        (set (q path-iter) (pop rem))))))

src/lex.rs

@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ fn tok_is_symbol(token: &str) -> Option<String> {
             t != '?' &&
             t != '=' &&
             t != '.' &&
-            t != '/'
+            t != '/' &&
+            t != '.'
         {
             return None;
         }

src/run.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::env::{vars, var, current_dir};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 fn l_prompt_default_callback(_: &Seg, _: &mut SymTable) -> Result<Ctr, String> {
-    Ok(Ctr::String("λ".to_string()))
+    Ok(Ctr::String(">".to_string()))
 }
 
 fn r_prompt_default_callback(_: &Seg, _: &mut SymTable) -> Result<Ctr, String> {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn r_prompt_default_callback(_: &Seg, _: &mut SymTable) -> Result<Ctr, String> {
 }
 
 fn prompt_delimiter_default_callback(_: &Seg, _: &mut SymTable) -> Result<Ctr, String> {
-    Ok(Ctr::String(">".to_string()))
+    Ok(Ctr::String("λ ".to_string()))
 }
 
 fn get_paths() -> Vec<String> {

src/stl.rs

@@ -648,6 +648,17 @@ pub fn dynamic_stdlib(syms: &mut SymTable, shell: Option<Rc<RefCell<posix::Shell
 
         if posix_cfg_user_form {
             posix::load_posix_shell(syms, shell_state);
+            syms.insert(
+                "cd".to_string(),
+                Symbol {
+                    name: String::from("cd"),
+                    args: Args::Strict(vec![Type::String]),
+                    conditional_branches: false,
+                    docs: posix::CD_DOCSTRING.to_string(),
+                    value: ValueType::Internal(Rc::new(posix::cd_callback)),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            );
         }
     }
 

src/stl/posix.rs

@@ -15,18 +15,33 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-use crate::segment::{Ctr, Seg};
-use crate::sym::{SymTable, ValueType, Symbol, Args};
-use crate::eval::eval;
-use crate::run;
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::process::{Command, Child, Stdio};
-use nix::unistd;
-use ctrlc;
-use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+use {
+    crate::{
+        segment::{Ctr, Seg},
+        sym::{
+            SymTable, ValueType,
+            Symbol, Args,
+        },
+        eval::eval,
+        run,
+    },
+
+    std::{
+        collections::VecDeque,
+        cell::RefCell,
+        rc::Rc,
+        fs::{File, OpenOptions},
+        path::Path,
+        process::{
+            Command, Child,
+            Stdio,
+        },
+        env::set_current_dir,
+    },
+
+    nix::unistd,
+    ctrlc,
+};
 
 pub struct ShellState {
     pub parent_pid: unistd::Pid,
@@ -54,7 +69,8 @@ pub fn args_from_ast(ast: &Seg, syms: &mut SymTable) -> Vec<String> {
                         _ => args.push(res_ctr.to_string()) == (),
                     }
                 } else {
-                    eprintln!("couldnt eval args!") != ()
+                    eprintln!("couldnt eval args: {}",
+                              eval_res.err().unwrap()) != ()
                 }
             },
             Ctr::Seg(ref form) => {
@@ -67,7 +83,8 @@ pub fn args_from_ast(ast: &Seg, syms: &mut SymTable) -> Vec<String> {
                         _ => args.push(res_ctr.to_string()) == (),
                     }
                 } else {
-                    eprintln!("couldnt eval args!") != ()
+                    eprintln!("couldnt eval args: {}",
+                              eval_res.err().unwrap()) != ()
                 }
             },
             Ctr::Lambda(_) => eprintln!("lambda passed as shell parameter") != (),
@@ -443,6 +460,21 @@ fn bg_callback(_ast: &Seg, _syms: &mut SymTable, _state: &mut ShellState) -> Res
     unimplemented!()
 }
 
+pub const CD_DOCSTRING: &str =
+    "Expects 1 argument (a string). Changes to a new directory";
+pub fn cd_callback(ast: &Seg, _syms: &mut SymTable) -> Result<Ctr, String> {
+    if let Ctr::String(ref dir) = *ast.car {
+        let dirp = Path::new(dir);
+        if let Err(s) = set_current_dir(&dirp) {
+            Err(format!("{}", s))
+        } else {
+            Ok(Ctr::None)
+        }
+    } else {
+        Err(format!("impossible err: arg not a string"))
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn load_posix_shell(syms: &mut SymTable, shell_state: Rc<RefCell<ShellState>>) {
     let pid = unistd::getpid();
     let pgid_res = unistd::getpgid(Some(pid));