Configuration in `explore` has always been confusing to me. This PR
overhauls (and simplifies, I think) how configuration is done.
# Details
1. Configuration is now strongly typed. In `Explore::run()` we create an
`ExploreConfig` struct from the more general Nu configuration and
arguments to `explore`, then pass that struct to other parts of
`explore` that need configuration. IMO this is a lot easier to reason
about and trace than the previous approach of creating a
`HashMap<String, Value>` and then using that to make various structs
elsewhere.
2. We now inherit more configuration from the config used for regular Nu
tables
1. Border/line styling now uses the `separator` style used for regular
Nu tables, the special `explore.split_line` config point has been
retired.
2. Cell padding in tables is now controlled by `table.padding` instead
of the undocumented `column_padding_left`/`column_padding_right` config
3. The (optional, previously not enabled by default) `selected_row` and
`selected_column` configuration has been removed. We now only highlight
the selected cell. I could re-add this if people really like the feature
but I'm guessing nobody uses it.
The interface still looks the same with a default/empty config.nu:
Some minor changes to `explore`, continuing on my mission to simplify
the command in preparation for a larger UX overhaul:
1. Consolidate padding configuration. I don't think we need separate
config points for the (optional) index column and regular data columns
in the normal pager, they can share padding configuration. Likewise, in
the binary viewer all 3 columns (index, data, ASCII) had their
left+right padding configured independently.
2. Update `explore` so we use the binary viewer for the new `ByteStream`
type. `cat foo.txt | into binary | explore` was not using the binary
viewer after the `ByteStream` changes.
3. Tweak the naming of a few helper functions, add a comment
I've put the changes in separate commits to make them easier to review.
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Co-authored-by: Stefan Holderbach <sholderbach@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR:
1. Adds basic support for `CustomValue` to `explore`. Previously `open
foo.db | explore` didn't really work, now we "materialize" the whole
database to a `Value` before loading it
2. Adopts `anyhow` for error handling in `explore`. Previously we were
kind of rolling our own version of `anyhow` by shoving all errors into a
`std::io::Error`; I think this is much nicer. This was necessary because
as part of 1), collecting input is now fallible...
3. Removes a lot of `explore`'s fancy command help system.
- Previously each command (`:help`, `:try`, etc.) had a sophisticated
help system with examples etc... but this was not very visible to users.
You had to know to run `:help :try` or view a list of commands with
`:help :`
- As discussed previously, we eventually want to move to a less modal
approach for `explore`, without the Vim-like commands. And so I don't
think it's worth keeping this command help system around (it's
intertwined with other stuff, and making these changes would have been
harder if keeping it).
4. Rename the `--reverse` flag to `--tail`. The flag scrolls to the end
of the data, which IMO is described better by "tail"
5. Does some renaming+commenting to clear up things I found difficult to
understand when navigating the `explore` code
I initially thought 1) would be just a few lines, and then this PR blew
up into much more extensive changes 😅
## Before
The whole database was being displayed as a single Nuon/JSON line 🤔
## After
The database gets displayed like a record
## Future work
It is sort of annoying that we have to load a whole SQLite database into
memory to make this work; it will be impractical for large databases.
I'd like to explore improvements to `CustomValue` that can make this
work more efficiently.
# Description
When implementing a `Command`, one must also import all the types
present in the function signatures for `Command`. This makes it so that
we often import the same set of types in each command implementation
file. E.g., something like this:
```rust
use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
use nu_protocol::{
record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData,
ShellError, Signature, Span, Type, Value,
};
```
This PR adds the `nu_engine::command_prelude` module which contains the
necessary and commonly used types to implement a `Command`:
```rust
// command_prelude.rs
pub use crate::CallExt;
pub use nu_protocol::{
ast::{Call, CellPath},
engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, IntoSpanned,
PipelineData, Record, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
};
```
This should reduce the boilerplate needed to implement a command and
also gives us a place to track the breadth of the `Command` API. I tried
to be conservative with what went into the prelude modules, since it
might be hard/annoying to remove items from the prelude in the future.
Let me know if something should be included or excluded.
# Description
This PR renames the conversion functions on `Value` to be more consistent.
It follows the Rust [API guidelines](https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/naming.html#ad-hoc-conversions-follow-as_-to_-into_-conventions-c-conv) for ad-hoc conversions.
The conversion functions on `Value` now come in a few forms:
- `coerce_{type}` takes a `&Value` and attempts to convert the value to
`type` (e.g., `i64` are converted to `f64`). This is the old behavior of
some of the `as_{type}` functions -- these functions have simply been
renamed to better reflect what they do.
- The new `as_{type}` functions take a `&Value` and returns an `Ok`
result only if the value is of `type` (no conversion is attempted). The
returned value will be borrowed if `type` is non-`Copy`, otherwise an
owned value is returned.
- `into_{type}` exists for non-`Copy` types, but otherwise does not
attempt conversion just like `as_type`. It takes an owned `Value` and
always returns an owned result.
- `coerce_into_{type}` has the same relationship with `coerce_{type}` as
`into_{type}` does with `as_{type}`.
- `to_{kind}_string`: conversion to different string formats (debug,
abbreviated, etc.). Only two of the old string conversion functions were
removed, the rest have been renamed only.
- `to_{type}`: other conversion functions. Currently, only `to_path`
exists. (And `to_string` through `Display`.)
This table summaries the above:
| Form | Cost | Input Ownership | Output Ownership | Converts `Value`
case/`type` |
| ---------------------------- | ----- | --------------- |
---------------- | -------- |
| `as_{type}` | Cheap | Borrowed | Borrowed/Owned | No |
| `into_{type}` | Cheap | Owned | Owned | No |
| `coerce_{type}` | Cheap | Borrowed | Borrowed/Owned | Yes |
| `coerce_into_{type}` | Cheap | Owned | Owned | Yes |
| `to_{kind}_string` | Expensive | Borrowed | Owned | Yes |
| `to_{type}` | Expensive | Borrowed | Owned | Yes |
# User-Facing Changes
Breaking API change for `Value` in `nu-protocol` which is exposed as
part of the plugin API.
More trimming of underused `explore` functionality.
The `explore` command has subcommands that can be run like `:config` or
`:try` or whatnot. This PR removes the `:config`, `:show-config`, and
`:tweak` commands which are all for viewing+modifying config.
These are interesting commands and they were cool experiments, but
ultimately I don't think they fit with our plans for a simplified
`explore`. They'd need a lot more polish if we want to keep them and I
don't think we do. Happy to discuss if I've missed a good reason to keep
these.
cc @fdncred
Removing 2 underused config options from `explore`.
`show_banner` controls whether `For help type :help"` is shown in the
message area when `explore is first launched. I don't think there's any
good reason not to show it, it's not a modal dialog or anything.
`exit_esc` controls whether to exit `explore` when `esc` is pressed and
we can't "go up" any further (or at least that's what it's supposed to
do, looking at the code I'm not so sure). IMO we don't need to make this
kind of basic interaction configurable unless there's a really good
reason.
## Context
`explore` is complicated and we want to overhaul its design. It will be
easier to make meaningful changes if `explore` is a little slimmer
first, so I'm trying to pare back unused/underused code and config as a
starting point.
I'm gonna be making more PRs like this, I'll try to keep them
small+self-contained.
# Description
Nothing changed, just fix some typos
# Tests + Formatting
Don't forget to add tests that cover your changes.
Make sure you've run and fixed any issues with these commands:
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check` to check standard code formatting (`cargo
fmt --all` applies these changes)
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings -D clippy::unwrap_used -A
clippy::needless_collect` to check that you're using the standard code
style
- `cargo test --workspace` to check that all tests pass
# After Submitting
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Co-authored-by: Stefan Holderbach <sholderbach@users.noreply.github.com>
ref #7339 - This PR updates explore to take some of the colors from
nushell, namely the line colors and the ls_colors.
note: Not sure why this regression appeared maybe it's a feature or it's
no longer supposed to be supported?
Signed-off-by: Maxim Zhiburt <zhiburt@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
