inf-elixir

This is a package to allow you to pop open and interact with Elixir REPL (IEx, presently).

Features

• Run IEx normally (inf-elixir)
• Run IEx in a project setting (inf-elixir-project)
• Ability to send commands to the inf buffer from a code file (inf-elixir-send-line, inf-elixir-send-region, inf-elixir-send-buffer)

TODO

• Got a feature you want to see? Open an issue! 😄

Installation

inf-elixir is proudly distributed by MELPA. In order to use packages from MELPA, follow the Getting Started instructions on the MELPA website.

Once your installation is configured to use MELPA, inf-elixir can be installed with M-x package-install RET inf-elixir RET.

use-package can be used to install and/or configure inf-elixir:

(use-package inf-elixir
  :bind (("C-c i i" . 'inf-elixir)
         ("C-c i p" . 'inf-elixir-project)
         ("C-c i l" . 'inf-elixir-send-line)
         ("C-c i r" . 'inf-elixir-send-region)
         ("C-c i b" . 'inf-elixir-send-buffer)))

Keybindings

inf-elixir intentionally ships with no keybindings by default. This grants the user the freedom to specify whatever keybindings they would like. Functions that users would probably have an interest in binding are:

• inf-elixir :: Starts an IEx shell in a new buffer, or switches to an existing IEx shell buffer.
• inf-elixir-project :: Starts an IEx shell in the context of the project (by default by passing the -S mix argument to iex), or switches to an existing IEx shell buffer.
• inf-elixir-send-line :: Send the current line to the IEx shell buffer as input.
• inf-elixir-send-region :: Send the selected region to the IEx shell buffer as input.
• inf-elixir-send-buffer :: Send the entire current buffer to the IEx shell as input.

An example of keybindings is included in the use-package declaration above.