vicr

Vicr stands for "Vim-like Interactive CRystal" and represents a tiny command line application that designed to quickly execute Crystal code with fast feedback and options to proceed:

Installation

OS X

$ brew tap veelenga/tap
$ brew install vicr

From sources:

$ git clone https://github.com/veelenga/vicr
$ cd vicr
$ make

Usage

Open terminal, run vicr, write your Crystal program, save and exit.

Options

Vicr is able to load file content for you to start playing with Crystal code straight away:

• use -f flag to load local (or even remote) file
• use -g flag to load a Github gist

Use help (-h) for more information.

Customization

It is possible to configure Vicr start-up settings using ~/.vicr/init.yaml configuration file. File with default config is created on a first run. You can customize it and use your favorite editor with required settings.

# ~/.vicr/init.yaml
---
run_file: ~/.vicr/run.cr
editor:
  executable: nvim
  args:
    - "--cmd"
    - "set paste"

Contributing

If you feel like you have a good idea to be implemented, please open a discussion. If you found a defect and enough motivated to fix it, pull requests are welcome.