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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml
index bac55ed..9fa5d87 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"]
+
+
@@ -1437,7 +1468,7 @@ as = 'b' : 'c' : (_t1::[Char])
import Prelude hiding (map)
-map :: (a->b) -> a -> b
+map :: (a->b) -> [a] -> [b]
map f [] = []
map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs
@@ -1740,6 +1771,32 @@ $ ghci -lm
The !-form also annotates the listing
with comments giving possible imports for each group of
entries.
+
+Prelude> :browse! Data.Maybe
+-- not currently imported
+Data.Maybe.catMaybes :: [Maybe a] -> [a]
+Data.Maybe.fromJust :: Maybe a -> a
+Data.Maybe.fromMaybe :: a -> Maybe a -> a
+Data.Maybe.isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool
+Data.Maybe.isNothing :: Maybe a -> Bool
+Data.Maybe.listToMaybe :: [a] -> Maybe a
+Data.Maybe.mapMaybe :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> [b]
+Data.Maybe.maybeToList :: Maybe a -> [a]
+-- imported via Prelude
+Just :: a -> Maybe a
+data Maybe a = Nothing | Just a
+Nothing :: Maybe a
+maybe :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b
+
+
+ This output shows that, in the context of the current session, in the scope
+ of Prelude, the first group of items from
+ Data.Maybe have not been imported (but are available in
+ fully qualified form in the GHCi session - see ), whereas the second group of items have been
+ imported via Prelude and are therefore available either
+ unqualified, or with a Prelude. qualifier.
+
@@ -1965,6 +2022,17 @@ Prelude> :. cmds.ghci
+
+ :
+ :
+
+
+ Repeat the previous command.
+
+
+
+
+
:history [num]
:history
@@ -2082,6 +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"]
+
+