@hackage ghci-ng7.6.3.5

Extended GHCi fork

This provides an augmented version of ghci-7.6.3 installed under the name ghci-ng containing backported, proposed and experimental features.

Currently, ghci-ng has the following additional features compared to the vanilla ghci-7.6.3 program:

  • backported :complete command for non-interactive completion (see GHC#5687)

  • backported customizable continuation prompt (:set prompt2) and bugfix for :set +m-style completion (see GHC#8076)

  • Support for %l line-number prompt substitution (proposed for GHC 7.8, GHC#8047)

  • Add :show linker command to :help output (GHC#8074)

  • Add missing :show imports to completion table (GHC#7075)

  • Fix GHCi macros not shadowing builtins (GHC#8113)

  • Supports being used via cabal repl --with-ghc=ghci-ng

  • backported :show paths support (GHC#8172)