branch: elpa/inf-clojure
commit 37cfe852f8061e5b3dd5471fa50d96e5278c840a
Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhi...@batsov.com>
Commit: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhi...@batsov.com>
Update some wording
Support for terminal REPLs is not going to be deprecated.
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README.md | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -217,22 +217,23 @@ If you want to update a specific form there is a function
#### Caveats
-It is highly recommended to use a cons pair like `("localhost" . 5555)` to
-connect to a socket REPL, terminal REPLs are inherently hard to work with and
-support will be deprecated in the foreseeable future. If you use the
-same project often, make a `.dir-locals.el` file with this information in
`inf-clojure-custom-startup`.
-
-Note that if you decide _NOT_ to use the socket REPL, it is highly recommended
-you disable output coloring and/or readline facilities: `inf-clojure` does not
+As `inf-clojure` is built on top of `comint` it has all the usual comint
limitations -
+namely it can't handle well some fancy terminal features (e.g. ANSI colours).
+In general the "dumber" your terminal REPL is, the better (e.g. `clojure` vs
`clj`).
+Connecting to a socket REPL is one simple way to avoid dealing with this type
of
+problems.
+
+If you decide _not_ to use the socket REPL, it is highly recommended
+you disable output coloring and/or `readline` facilities: `inf-clojure` does
not
filter out ASCII escape characters at the moment and will not behave correctly.
-For leiningen, there are no command line switches and you need to add
+For Leiningen, there are no command-line switches and you need to add
a custom [`project.clj`
option](https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/blob/master/sample.project.clj):
```clojure
...
- :repl-options {:color false}
+:repl-options {:color false}
...
```
