Clean up some things in the repl, add docs.

bin/node-repl

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ puts("Enter ECMAScript at the prompt.");
 puts("Tip 1: Use 'rlwrap node-repl' for a better interface");
 puts("Tip 2: Type Control-D to exit.");
 
-include("/repl.js");
+require("/repl.js").start();
 
 // vim:ft=javascript

doc/api.html

@@ -1866,6 +1866,34 @@ on error: returns <tt>code, msg</tt>. <tt>code</tt> is one of the error codes li
 </li>
 </ul></div>
 </div>
+<h2 id="_repl">REPL</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>A Read-Eval-Print-Loop is available both as a standalone program and easily
+includable in other programs.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The standalone REPL is called <tt>node-repl</tt> and is installed at
+<tt>$PREFIX/bin/node-repl</tt>. It&#8217;s recommended to use it with the program
+<tt>rlwrap</tt> for a better user interface. I set</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre><tt>alias node-repl="rlwrap node-repl"</tt></pre>
+</div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>in my zsh configuration.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Inside the REPL, Control+D will exit. The special variable <tt>_</tt> (underscore) contains the
+result of the last expression.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The library is called <tt>/repl.js</tt> and it can be used like this:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre><tt>include("/utils.js");
+include("/tcp.js");
+nconnections = 0;
+createServer(function (c) {
+  error("Connection!");
+  nconnections += 1;
+  c.close();
+}).listen(5000);
+require("/repl.js").start("simple tcp server&gt; ");</tt></pre>
+</div></div>
+</div>
 <h2 id="_extension_api">Extension API</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>External modules can be compiled and dynamically linked into Node.
@@ -1955,7 +1983,7 @@ init (Handle&lt;Object&gt; target)
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
 Version 0.1.12<br />
-Last updated 2009-09-28 16:33:21 CEST
+Last updated 2009-09-28 17:35:44 CEST
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>

doc/api.txt

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
 ----------------------------------------
 
 
-
 == API
 
 Node supports 3 string encodings. UTF-8 (+"utf8"+), ASCII (+"ascii"+), and
@@ -1160,6 +1159,37 @@ Each DNS query can return an error code.
 
 
 
+== REPL
+
+A Read-Eval-Print-Loop is available both as a standalone program and easily
+includable in other programs. 
+
+The standalone REPL is called +node-repl+ and is installed at
++$PREFIX/bin/node-repl+. It's recommended to use it with the program
++rlwrap+ for a better user interface. I set 
+------------------------------------
+alias node-repl="rlwrap node-repl"
+------------------------------------
+in my zsh configuration.
+
+Inside the REPL, Control+D will exit. The special variable +_+ (underscore) contains the
+result of the last expression.
+
+The library is called +/repl.js+ and it can be used like this:
+------------------------------------
+include("/utils.js");
+include("/tcp.js");
+nconnections = 0;
+createServer(function (c) {
+  error("Connection!");
+  nconnections += 1;
+  c.close();
+}).listen(5000);
+require("/repl.js").start("simple tcp server> ");
+------------------------------------
+
+
+
 == Extension API
 
 External modules can be compiled and dynamically linked into Node. 

doc/api.xml

@@ -1991,6 +1991,28 @@ on error: returns <literal>code, msg</literal>. <literal>code</literal> is one o
 </itemizedlist>
 </refsect2>
 </refsect1>
+<refsect1 id="_repl">
+<title>REPL</title>
+<simpara>A Read-Eval-Print-Loop is available both as a standalone program and easily
+includable in other programs.</simpara>
+<simpara>The standalone REPL is called <literal>node-repl</literal> and is installed at
+<literal>$PREFIX/bin/node-repl</literal>. It&#8217;s recommended to use it with the program
+<literal>rlwrap</literal> for a better user interface. I set</simpara>
+<screen>alias node-repl="rlwrap node-repl"</screen>
+<simpara>in my zsh configuration.</simpara>
+<simpara>Inside the REPL, Control+D will exit. The special variable <literal>_</literal> (underscore) contains the
+result of the last expression.</simpara>
+<simpara>The library is called <literal>/repl.js</literal> and it can be used like this:</simpara>
+<screen>include("/utils.js");
+include("/tcp.js");
+nconnections = 0;
+createServer(function (c) {
+  error("Connection!");
+  nconnections += 1;
+  c.close();
+}).listen(5000);
+require("/repl.js").start("simple tcp server&gt; ");</screen>
+</refsect1>
 <refsect1 id="_extension_api">
 <title>Extension API</title>
 <simpara>External modules can be compiled and dynamically linked into Node.

doc/node.1

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ process is the equivalent of window in browser\-side javascript\. It is the glob
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ All EventEmitters emit the event "newListener" when new listeners are added\.
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ node\.Promise inherits from node\.eventEmitter\. A promise emits one of two even
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Standard I/O is handled through a special object node\.stdio\. stdout and stdin
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ node.ChildProcess
 .RS
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ http.Server
 .RS
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ This object is created internally by a HTTP server\(emnot by the user\(emand pas
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ This object is created internally and returned from the request methods of a htt
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ This object is created internally and passed to the "response" event\.
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ server\.listen(7000, "localhost");
 .RE
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ This object is used as a TCP client and also as a server\-side socket for tcp\.S
 .sp
 .TS
 allbox tab(:);
-ltB ltB ltBx.
+ltB ltB ltB.
 T{
 Event
 T}:T{
@@ -1762,6 +1762,37 @@ node\.dns\.NOMEM: out of memory while processing\.
 \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'
 node\.dns\.BADQUERY: the query is malformed\.
 .RE
+.SH "REPL"
+A Read\-Eval\-Print\-Loop is available both as a standalone program and easily includable in other programs\.
+.sp
+The standalone REPL is called node\-repl and is installed at $PREFIX/bin/node\-repl\. It\(cqs recommended to use it with the program rlwrap for a better user interface\. I set
+.sp
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.nf
+alias node\-repl="rlwrap node\-repl"
+.fi
+.RE
+in my zsh configuration\.
+.sp
+Inside the REPL, Control+D will exit\. The special variable _ (underscore) contains the result of the last expression\.
+.sp
+The library is called /repl\.js and it can be used like this:
+.sp
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.nf
+include("/utils\.js");
+include("/tcp\.js");
+nconnections = 0;
+createServer(function (c) {
+  error("Connection!");
+  nconnections += 1;
+  c\.close();
+})\.listen(5000);
+require("/repl\.js")\.start("simple tcp server> ");
+.fi
+.RE
 .SH "EXTENSION API"
 External modules can be compiled and dynamically linked into Node\. Node is more or less glue between several C and C++ libraries:
 .sp

lib/repl.js

@@ -5,19 +5,23 @@ var utils = require("utils.js");
 
 utils.puts("Type '.help' for options.");
 
-node.stdio.open();
-node.stdio.addListener("data", readline);
 
 var buffered_cmd = '';
 var trimmer = /^\s*(.+)\s*$/m;
 var scopedVar = /^\s*var\s*([_\w\$]+)(.*)$/m;
 var scopeFunc = /^\s*function\s*([_\w\$]+)/;
 
-exports.prompt = "node> ";
 exports.scope = {};
+exports.prompt = "node> ";
+exports.start = function (prompt) {
+  if (prompt !== undefined) {
+    exports.prompt = prompt;
+  }
 
-displayPrompt();
-
+  node.stdio.open();
+  node.stdio.addListener("data", readline);
+  displayPrompt();
+}
 
 /**
  * The main REPL function. This is called everytime the user enters
@@ -43,18 +47,23 @@ function readline (cmd) {
       // Scope the readline with exports.scope to provide "local" vars
       with (exports.scope) {
         var ret = eval(buffered_cmd);
-        exports.scope['_'] = ret;
-        utils.p(ret);
+        if (ret !== undefined) {
+          exports.scope['_'] = ret;
+          utils.p(ret);
+        }
       }
         
       buffered_cmd = '';
     } catch (e) {
-      if (!(e instanceof SyntaxError)) 
-        throw e;
+      if (!(e instanceof SyntaxError)) throw e;
     }
   } catch (e) {
     // On error: Print the error and clear the buffer
-    utils.puts('caught an exception: ' + e);
+    if (e.stack) {
+      utils.puts(e.stack);
+    } else {
+      utils.puts(e.toString());
+    }
     buffered_cmd = '';
   }
   
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ function parseREPLKeyword (cmd) {
     displayPrompt();
     return true;
   }
-  return 0;
+  return false;
 }
 
 /**