nushell/crates/nu_plugin_example
Stefan Holderbach 95b78eee25
Change the usage misnomer to "description" (#13598)
# 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
2024-08-22 12:02:08 +02:00
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src Change the usage misnomer to "description" (#13598) 2024-08-22 12:02:08 +02:00
Cargo.toml Bump version to 0.97.2 (#13666) 2024-08-22 11:36:32 +02:00
README.md remove the deprecated register command (#13297) 2024-07-05 07:16:50 -05:00

Plugin Example

Crate with a simple example of the Plugin trait that needs to be implemented in order to create a binary that can be registered into nushell declaration list

example config

This subcommand demonstrates sending configuration from the nushell $env.config to a plugin.

To make use of the plugin after building nushell run:

plugin add target/debug/nu_plugin_example
# or then either restart your current nushell session or run:
plugin use target/debug/nu_plugin_example

The configuration for the plugin lives in $env.config.plugins.example:

$env.config = {
  plugins: {
    example: [
      some
      values
    ]
  }
}

To list plugin values run:

example config