luaexec.lua - Run Lua snippets inside Clink from the command line

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To use this, copy it into your Clink scripts folder as luaexec.lua.

When using Clink v1.2.46 or greater, the following key bindings are automatically defined:

• Ctrl+X,Ctrl+L toggles Lua Execute mode.
• Ctrl+X,Ctrl+K expands the value of the Lua variable under the cursor.
• Home (and Shift+Home) jumps back and forth between the beginning of the Lua code or the beginning of the line.
• In Lua Execute mode, Ctrl+A selects only the Lua code, otherwise it selects the whole input line.

Pressing Ctrl+X,Ctrl+L toggles "Lua Execute" mode in the command prompt. When a command line starts with "rem lua:" then the rest of the text will be executed as Lua code. This only works at the interactive input prompt; it cannot be used in batch files.

In Lua Execute mode, there is some simple completion support for Lua variables.

There is also a dumpvar(value, depth) function that dumps the value, recursing into tables to the specified depth (default is 1). It also color codes value types for easy reference. The colors are configurable.

Examples:

• rem lua: print(flexprompt.left_prompt) prints the value of flexprompt.left_prompt (e.g. if you have clink-flex-prompt installed).
• rem lua: flexprompt.left_prompt = "{cwd}" sets the value of the variable.

For more information, refer to the script source code.

luaexec.lua.txt

(Originally posted in #163, and now moved to Discussions.)

[chrisant996]

The luaexec.lua script is now part of clink-gizmos.