nushell/crates/nu-std
Antoine Stevan 6481bf272c
REFACTOR: build help pages instead of printing them (#9253)
# Description
in order to write tests for the `std help` commands, as we currently
have in the Rust source base, we need to be able to manipulate the
output of the `std help` commands.

however, until now they've all been directly printing the help pages as
they go...

this PR tries to build the help pages and return them at the end instead
of printing them on the fly 👍

> **Note**
> this is quite a rewrite of the `help.nu` module 🤔 
> i think it might be best to either
> - look at the commits in order
> - test the changes by testing the commands in the REPL and comparing
them to their previous `std help` versions

# User-Facing Changes
```
$nothing
```

# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
-  `toolkit test`
-  `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting
```
$nothing
```
2023-05-26 11:22:51 +02:00
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src refactor the lib.rs of nu-std after the new virtual files PR (#9289) 2023-05-25 22:43:07 +03:00
std REFACTOR: build help pages instead of printing them (#9253) 2023-05-26 11:22:51 +02:00
tests feat: (stdlib) add os record support to path add (#9238) 2023-05-26 09:24:53 +02:00
Cargo.toml Add virtual path abstraction layer (#9245) 2023-05-23 23:48:50 +03:00
CONTRIBUTING.md refactor the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines for nu-std (#8912) 2023-04-19 22:21:27 +02:00
LICENSE add LICENSE to nu-std (#8803) 2023-04-07 13:39:21 -07:00
README.md refactor the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines for nu-std (#8912) 2023-04-19 22:21:27 +02:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of custom commands which provide interactive utilities and building blocks for users writing casual scripts or complex applications.

To see what's here:

> use std
> help commands | select name usage | where name =~ "std "
╭────┬─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
├────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  0 │ std assert                  │ Universal assert command                                       │
│  1 │ std assert equal            │ Assert $left == $right                                         │
           . . .
│ 11 │ std clip                    │ put the end of a pipe into the system clipboard.               │
│ 12 │ std dirs add                │ Add one or more directories to the list.                       │
           . . .
├────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
╰────┴─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

🧰 Using the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std

std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]

log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

You're invited to contribute to the standard library! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details