lix/doc/manual/rl-next/print-in-repl.md
Jade Lovelace dcc7ea5498 release notes: add a bunch of them
Also fix typos introduced by the commits I read.

I have run the addDrvOutputDependencies release note past Ericson since
I was confused by what the heck it was doing, and he was saying it was
reasonable.

Change-Id: Id015353b00938682f7faae7de43df7f991a5237e
2024-05-22 21:13:56 +02:00

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---
synopsis: "REPL printing improvements"
prs: [9931, 10208]
cls: [375, 492]
credits: [9999years, horrors]
category: Improvements
---
The REPL printer has been improved to do the following:
- If a string is passed to `:print`, it is printed literally to the screen
- Structures will be printed as multiple lines when necessary
Before:
```
nix-repl> { attrs = { a = { b = { c = { }; }; }; }; list = [ 1 ]; list' = [ 1 2 3 ]; }
{ attrs = { ... }; list = [ ... ]; list' = [ ... ]; }
nix-repl> :p { attrs = { a = { b = { c = { }; }; }; }; list = [ 1 ]; list' = [ 1 2 3 ]; }
{ attrs = { a = { b = { c = { }; }; }; }; list = [ 1 ]; list' = [ 1 2 3 ]; }
nix-repl> :p "meow"
"meow"
```
After:
```
nix-repl> { attrs = { a = { b = { c = { }; }; }; }; list = [ 1 ]; list' = [ 1 2 3 ]; }
{
attrs = { ... };
list = [ ... ];
list' = [ ... ];
}
nix-repl> :p { attrs = { a = { b = { c = { }; }; }; }; list = [ 1 ]; list' = [ 1 2 3 ]; }
{
attrs = {
a = {
b = {
c = { };
};
};
};
list = [ 1 ];
list' = [
1
2
3
];
}
nix-repl> :p "meow"
meow
```