it is actually in the users guide, just not where one would find it when looking for a way to do this.. http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghci-commands.html section 3.7 (GHCi commands), as one of the examples for using ':def'. perhaps it would help to (-: todo; +: done): - repeat the ':def :. readFile' example in section 3.9 (The .ghci file), http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ghci-dot-files.html where more people are likely to find it. having this command seems essential for debugging .ghci files - in section 3.9, add a link to the haskell wiki page, referring to http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/GHCi as "examples of useful .ghci definitions" (that page could do with some improvements, though) + i've added a link to my old tutorial to that haskell wiki page, feel free to use the text from that message or the .ghci files - section 3.9 doesn't seem to reflect the current situation wrt .ghci locations on windows! i tried at the time to get others to post their .ghci files at well, and share their favourite tricks, but there weren't many responses. hth, claus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Peyton-Jones" To: Cc: "Claus Reinke" Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:14 AM Subject: RE: [GHC] #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files

| Wow, that simple??? | | What needs to be done to get this in ":?" output? (It should be in the | manual, at least...)

Indeed! But it's more application-note than user manual. Fortunately, we have a place for such material, namely GHC's "collaborative documentation" (a wiki) http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC

Would someone like to copy Claus's excellent message http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2007-September/032260.html to the Wiki documentation on GHCi, here: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/GHCi

(with his permission of course). That's the right place for it. Sam, you'd be an ideal person to do this, because you know what you wanted in the first place, so you could make sure the answer is easy to find. But anyone else would do fine!

Simon

| -----Original Message----- | From: glasgow-haskell-bugs-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs-bounces@haskell.org] On | Behalf Of GHC | Sent: 07 April 2008 02:46 | Cc: glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [GHC] #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files | | #2153: GHCi does not have a :source command to load further .ghci files | ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ | Reporter: SamB | Owner: | Type: bug | Status: closed | Priority: normal | Milestone: | Component: GHCi | Version: 6.8.2 | Severity: normal | Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: | Architecture: Unknown | Os: Unknown | | ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ | Comment (by SamB): | | Wow, that simple??? | | What needs to be done to get this in ":?" output? (It should be in the | manual, at least...) | | -- | Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2153#comment:3 | GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ | The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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