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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
index 98496d7..5daa29c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ Prelude IO>
- The :main command
+ The :main and :run commands
When a program is compiled and executed, it can use the
@@ -636,6 +636,37 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
["foo","bar"]
+
+ We can also quote arguments which contains characters like
+ spaces, and they are treated like Haskell strings, or we can
+ just use Haskell list syntax:
+
+
+
+Prelude> :main foo "bar baz"
+["foo","bar baz"]
+Prelude> :main ["foo", "bar baz"]
+["foo","bar baz"]
+
+
+
+ Finally, other functions can be called, either with the
+ -main-is flag or the :run
+ command:
+
+
+
+Prelude> let foo = putStrLn "foo" >> System.Environment.getArgs >>= print
+Prelude> let bar = putStrLn "bar" >> System.Environment.getArgs >>= print
+Prelude> :set -main-is foo
+Prelude> :main foo "bar baz"
+foo
+["foo","bar baz"]
+Prelude> :run bar ["foo", "bar baz"]
+bar
+["foo","bar baz"]
+
+
@@ -1991,6 +2022,17 @@ Prelude> :. cmds.ghci
+
+ :
+ :
+
+
+ Repeat the previous command.
+
+
+
+
+
:history [num]:history
@@ -2108,6 +2150,37 @@ Prelude> :main foo bar
["foo","bar"]
+
+ We can also quote arguments which contains characters like
+ spaces, and they are treated like Haskell strings, or we can
+ just use Haskell list syntax:
+
+
+
+Prelude> :main foo "bar baz"
+["foo","bar baz"]
+Prelude> :main ["foo", "bar baz"]
+["foo","bar baz"]
+
+
+
+ Finally, other functions can be called, either with the
+ -main-is flag or the :run
+ command:
+
+
+
+Prelude> let foo = putStrLn "foo" >> System.Environment.getArgs >>= print
+Prelude> let bar = putStrLn "bar" >> System.Environment.getArgs >>= print
+Prelude> :set -main-is foo
+Prelude> :main foo "bar baz"
+foo
+["foo","bar baz"]
+Prelude> :run bar ["foo", "bar baz"]
+bar
+["foo","bar baz"]
+
+
@@ -2549,18 +2622,34 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
When it starts, unless the -ignore-dot-ghci
- flag is given, GHCi reads and executes commands from
- ./.ghci, followed by
- $HOME/.ghci.
-
- The .ghci in your home directory is
- most useful for turning on favourite options (eg. :set
- +s), and defining useful macros. Placing a
- .ghci file in a directory with a Haskell
- project is a useful way to set certain project-wide options so you
- don't have to type them everytime you start GHCi: eg. if your
- project uses GHC extensions and CPP, and has source files in three
- subdirectories A, B and C, you might put the following lines in
+ flag is given, GHCi reads and executes commands from the following
+ files, in this order, if they exist:
+
+
+
+ ./.ghci
+
+
+ appdata/ghc/ghci.conf,
+ where appdata depends on your system,
+ but is usually something like C:/Documents and Settings/user/Application Data
+
+
+ On Unix: $HOME/.ghc/ghci.conf
+
+
+ $HOME/.ghci
+
+
+
+ The ghci.conf file is most useful for
+ turning on favourite options (eg. :set +s), and
+ defining useful macros. Placing a .ghci file
+ in a directory with a Haskell project is a useful way to set
+ certain project-wide options so you don't have to type them
+ everytime you start GHCi: eg. if your project uses GHC extensions
+ and CPP, and has source files in three subdirectories A, B and C,
+ you might put the following lines in
.ghci:
@@ -2574,7 +2663,7 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
until the next :load, though.)
Two command-line options control whether the
- .ghci files are read:
+ startup files files are read:
@@ -2583,8 +2672,8 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
- Don't read either ./.ghci or
- $HOME/.ghci when starting up.
+ Don't read either ./.ghci or the
+ other startup files when starting up.
@@ -2593,8 +2682,8 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts
- Read .ghci and
- $HOME/.ghci. This is normally the
+ Read ./.ghci and the other
+ startup files (see above). This is normally the
default, but the option may
be used to override a previous
option.