# Description
this PR should close#14315
This PR enhances the start command in Nushell to handle both files and
URLs more effectively, including support for custom URL schemes.
Previously, the start command only reliably opened HTTP and HTTPS URLs,
and custom schemes like Spotify and Obsidian which were not handled
earlier.
1. **Custom URL Schemes Support:**
- Added support for opening custom URL schemes
2. **Detailed Error Messages:**
- Improved error reporting for failed external commands.
- Captures and displays error output from the system to aid in
debugging.
**Example**
**Opening a custom URL scheme (e.g., Spotify):**
```bash
start spotify:track:4PTG3Z6ehGkBFwjybzWkR8?si=f9b4cdfc1aa14831
```
Opens the specified track in the Spotify application.
**User-Facing Changes**
- **New Feature:** The start command now supports opening URLs with
custom schemes
This PR sets the current working directory to the location of the
Nushell executable at startup, using `std::env::set_current_dir()`. This
is desirable because after PR
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/12922, we no longer change our
current working directory even after `cd` is executed, and some OS might
lock the directory where Nushell started.
The location of the Nushell executable is chosen because it cannot be
removed while Nushell is running anyways, so we don't have to worry
about OS locking it.
This PR has the side effect that it breaks buggy command even harder.
I'll keep this PR as a draft until these commands are fixed, but it
might be helpful to pull this PR if you're working on fixing one of
those bugs.
---------
Co-authored-by: Devyn Cairns <devyn.cairns@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
# Description
The meaning of the word usage is specific to describing how a command
function is *used* and not a synonym for general description. Usage can
be used to describe the SYNOPSIS or EXAMPLES sections of a man page
where the permitted argument combinations are shown or example *uses*
are given.
Let's not confuse people and call it what it is a description.
Our `help` command already creates its own *Usage* section based on the
available arguments and doesn't refer to the description with usage.
# User-Facing Changes
`help commands` and `scope commands` will now use `description` or
`extra_description`
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`
Breaking change in the plugin protocol:
In the signature record communicated with the engine.
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`
The same rename also takes place for the methods on
`SimplePluginCommand` and `PluginCommand`
# Tests + Formatting
- Updated plugin protocol specific changes
# After Submitting
- [ ] update plugin protocol doc
# Description
When implementing a `Command`, one must also import all the types
present in the function signatures for `Command`. This makes it so that
we often import the same set of types in each command implementation
file. E.g., something like this:
```rust
use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
use nu_protocol::{
record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData,
ShellError, Signature, Span, Type, Value,
};
```
This PR adds the `nu_engine::command_prelude` module which contains the
necessary and commonly used types to implement a `Command`:
```rust
// command_prelude.rs
pub use crate::CallExt;
pub use nu_protocol::{
ast::{Call, CellPath},
engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, IntoSpanned,
PipelineData, Record, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
};
```
This should reduce the boilerplate needed to implement a command and
also gives us a place to track the breadth of the `Command` API. I tried
to be conservative with what went into the prelude modules, since it
might be hard/annoying to remove items from the prelude in the future.
Let me know if something should be included or excluded.
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# Description
This updates all the positional arguments (except with
`--features=dataframe` or `--features=extra`) to start with an uppercase
letter and end with a period.
Part of #5066, specifically [this
comment](/nushell/nushell/issues/5066#issuecomment-1421528910)
Some arguments had example data removed from them because it also
appears in the examples.
There are other inconsistencies in positional arguments I noticed while
making the tests pass which I will bring up in #5066.
# User-Facing Changes
Positional arguments are now consistent
# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`
# After Submitting
Automatic documentation updates
# Description
Replace `.to_string()` used in `GenericError` with `.into()` as
`.into()` seems more popular
Replace `Vec::new()` used in `GenericError` with `vec![]` as `vec![]`
seems more popular
(There are so, so many)
This pr fix clippy warnings in latest clippy version(1.72.0):
Unfortunally it's not easy to handle for [try
fold](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#/manual_try_fold)
warning in `start command`
Refer to known issue:
> This lint doesn’t take into account whether a function does something
on the failure case, i.e., whether short-circuiting will affect
behavior. Refactoring to try_fold is not desirable in those cases.
That's the case for our code, which does something on the failure case.
So this pr is making a little refactor on `try_commands`.
fixes#8551
# Description
Use `open::commands` function to get list of command available for
starting given path. run commands directly, providing environment, until
one of them is successful.
example of output if start was not successful:
```
~\code\nushell> start ..\nustart\a.myext 09/12/2023 01:37:55 PM
Error: nu:🐚:external_command
× External command failed
╭─[entry #1:1:1]
1 │ start ..\nustart\a.myext
· ─────────┬────────
· ╰── No command found to start with this path
╰────
help: Try different path or install appropriate command
Command `cmd /c start "" "..\nustart\a.myext"` failed with exit code: 1
```
# User-Facing Changes
`start` command now provides environment to the external command. This
is how it worked in `nu 0.72`, see linked issue.
# Tests + Formatting
`start` command didn't have any tests and this PR does not add any.
Integration-level tests will require setup specific to OS and
potentially change global environment on testing machine. For unit-level
test it is possible to test `try_commands` function. But is still runs
external commands, and robust test will require apriori knowledge which
commands are necessary successful to run and which are not.
# Description
- A new one is the removal of unnecessary `#` in raw strings without `"`
inside.
-
https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#/needless_raw_string_hashes
- The automatically applied removal of `.into_iter()` touched several
places where #9648 will change to the use of the record API. If
necessary I can remove them @IanManske to avoid churn with this PR.
- Manually applied `.try_fold` in two places
- Removed a dead `if`
- Manual: Combat rightward-drift with early return
# Description
Fixes issue #7792 Fix basically by @kubouch , "stolen" by me :). Edit:
Added "proper" fix rather than the one liner
```
start Cargo.toml
// Opens in default editor
```
```
start https://www.google.com [alternative_browser]
// Opens page in default browser or another browser if specified
```
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# Description
_(Thank you for improving Nushell. Please, check our [contributing
guide](../CONTRIBUTING.md) and talk to the core team before making major
changes.)_
I opened this PR to unify the run command method. It's mainly to improve
consistency across the tree.
# User-Facing Changes
None.
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# Description
Fixes#7546 's request. I'm unsure, so hopefully someone in charge of
design can chip in.
# User-Facing Changes
`open` now opens directories in the default file manager.
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