# Description
I was reading through the documentation yesterday, when I stumbled upon
[this
section](https://www.nushell.sh/book/pipelines.html#behind-the-scenes)
explaining how command output is formatted using the `table` command. I
was surprised that this section didn't mention the `display_output`
hook, so I took a look in the code and was shocked to discovered that
the documentation was correct, and the `table` command _is_
automatically applied to printed pipelines.
This auto-tabling has two ramifications for the `display_output` hook:
1. The `table` command is called on the output of a pipeline after the
`display_output` has run, even if `display_output` contains the table
command. This means each pipeline output is roughly equivalent to the
following (using `ls` as an example):
```nushell
ls | do $config.hooks.display_output | table
```
2. If `display_output` returns structured data, it will _still_ be
formatted through the table command.
This PR removes the auto-table when the `display_output` hook is set.
The auto-table made sense before `display_output` was introduced, but to
me, it now seems like unnecessary "automagic" which can be accomplished
using existing Nushell features.
This means that you can now pull back the curtain a bit, and replace
your `display_output` hook with an empty closure
(`$env.config.hooks.display_output = {||}`, setting it to null retains
the previous behavior) to see the values printed normally without the
table formatting. I think this is a good thing, and makes it easier to
understand Nushell fundamentals.
It is important to note that this PR does not change how `print` and
other commands (well, specifically only `watch`) print out values. They
continue to use `table` with no arguments, so changing your
config/`display_output` hook won't affect what `print`ing a value does.
Rel: [Discord
discussion](https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/615329862395101194/1307102690848931904)
(cc @dcarosone)
# User-Facing Changes
Pipelines are no longer automatically formatted using the `table`
command. Instead, the `display_output` hook is used to format pipeline
output. Most users should see no impact, as the default `display_output`
hook already uses the `table` command.
# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`
# After Submitting
Will update mentioned docs page to call out `display_output` hook.
# Description
The meaning of the word usage is specific to describing how a command
function is *used* and not a synonym for general description. Usage can
be used to describe the SYNOPSIS or EXAMPLES sections of a man page
where the permitted argument combinations are shown or example *uses*
are given.
Let's not confuse people and call it what it is a description.
Our `help` command already creates its own *Usage* section based on the
available arguments and doesn't refer to the description with usage.
# User-Facing Changes
`help commands` and `scope commands` will now use `description` or
`extra_description`
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`
Breaking change in the plugin protocol:
In the signature record communicated with the engine.
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`
The same rename also takes place for the methods on
`SimplePluginCommand` and `PluginCommand`
# Tests + Formatting
- Updated plugin protocol specific changes
# After Submitting
- [ ] update plugin protocol doc
# Description
Something I meant to add a long time ago. We currently don't have a
convenient way to print raw binary data intentionally. You can pipe it
through `cat` to turn it into an unknown stream, or write it to a file
and read it again, but we can't really just e.g. generate msgpack and
write it to stdout without this. For example:
```nushell
[abc def] | to msgpack | print --raw
```
This is useful for nushell scripts that will be piped into something
else. It also means that `nu_plugin_nu_example` probably doesn't need to
do this anymore, but I haven't adjusted it yet:
```nushell
def tell_nushell_encoding [] {
print -n "\u{0004}json"
}
```
This happens to work because 0x04 is a valid UTF-8 character, but it
wouldn't be possible if it were something above 0x80.
`--raw` also formats other things without `table`, I figured the two
things kind of go together. The output is kind of like `to text`.
Debatable whether that should share the same flag, but it was easier
that way and seemed reasonable.
# User-Facing Changes
- `print` new flag: `--raw`
# Tests + Formatting
Added tests.
# After Submitting
- [ ] release notes (command modified)
# 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.
related to
https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/601130461678272524/1134079115134251129
# Description
before 0.83.0, `print` used to allow piping data into it, e.g.
```nushell
"foo" | print
```
instead of
```nushell
print "foo"
```
this PR enables the `any -> nothing` input / output type to allow this
again.
i've double checked and `print` is essentially the following snippet
```rust
if !args.is_empty() {
for arg in args {
arg.into_pipeline_data()
.print(engine_state, stack, no_newline, to_stderr)?;
}
} else if !input.is_nothing() {
input.print(engine_state, stack, no_newline, to_stderr)?;
}
```
1. the first part is for `print a b c`
2. the second part is for `"foo" | print`
# User-Facing Changes
```nushell
"foo" | print
```
works again
# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- ⚫ `toolkit test`
- ⚫ `toolkit test stdlib`
# After Submitting
---------
Co-authored-by: sholderbach <sholderbach@users.noreply.github.com>
# Description
Have `print` print it's input, so it's easier to print a pipeline (esp
after we land #8292 and related)
# User-Facing Changes
`print` will now print its input, if there are no args given
# 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
If your PR had any user-facing changes, update [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged, if necessary. This will help us keep the docs up to date.
# Description
Working on uniformizing the ending messages regarding methods usage()
and extra_usage(). This is related to the issue
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/5066 after discussing it with
@jntrnr
# User-Facing Changes
None.
# 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
If your PR had any user-facing changes, update [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged, if necessary. This will help us keep the docs up to date.
# Description
This fix changes pipelines to allow them to actually be empty. Mapping
over empty pipelines gives empty pipelines. Empty pipelines immediately
return `None` when iterated.
This removes a some of where `Span::new(0, 0)` was coming from, though
there are other cases where we still use it.
# User-Facing Changes
None
# 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
If your PR had any user-facing changes, update [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged, if necessary. This will help us keep the docs up to date.
