repl.lua

repl.lua is a REPL for mpv input commands. It is displayed on the video window. It also shows log messages.

Keybindings

Key	Action
`	Show the REPL
`Esc`	Hide the REPL
`Enter`	Run the typed command
`Shift` + `Enter`	Type a literal newline character
`Ctrl` + `←`, `Ctrl` + `→`	Move cursor to previous/next word
`↑`, `↓`	Navigate command history
`PgUp`	Go to the first command in the history
`PgDn`	Stop navigating command history
`Insert`	Toggle insert mode
`Shift` + `Insert`	Paste text (uses the primary selection on X11)
`Tab`	Complete the command or property name at the cursor
`Ctrl` + `C`	Clear current line
`Ctrl` + `K`	Delete text from the cursor to the end of the line
`Ctrl` + `L`	Clear all log messages from the console
`Ctrl` + `U`	Delete text from the cursor to the beginning of the line
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste text (uses the clipboard on X11)
`Ctrl` + `W`	Delete text from the cursor to the beginning of the current word

Commands

Command	Action
`script-message-to repl type "<text>"`	Show the REPL and pre-fill it with the provided text

Known issues

Pasting text is slow on Windows
Non-ASCII keyboard input doesn't work
The cursor keys move between Unicode code-points, not grapheme clusters

Disclaimer

This script was written with the hope that it would be useful, but the method of keyboard input is a bit of a hack (mpv wasn't designed to be a GUI toolkit,) so there are no guarantees that it will be useful or continue to work.

Copying

This script is released under the ISC licence.