Tutorial

To install, see the Installation page.

To run the REPL use

moonli

or

pixi run moonli

To run Moonli scripts, use

moonli /path/to/script.moonli

or

pixi run moonli /path/to/script.moonli

You can see the available options with --help.

$ pixi run moonli --help
A full-featured Moonli REPL

Usage: moonli [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-n|--no-init] [--history-file ARG]
              [-l|--load ARG] [-t|--transpile ARG] [-e|--eval ARG] [-f|--funcall ARG]
              [--values-separator ARG] [-d|--enable-debugger] [-s|--silent] [--no-isocline] [--lisp] script-1 script-2 ...

Available options:
  -h, --help             Print this help and exit.
  -v, --version          Show the version info and exit.
  -n, --no-init          Skip to load init file.
  --history-file ARG     Specifies which history file to use. If unspecified, this is the .moonli-repl file in $HOME directory.
  -l, --load ARG         Load a file
  -t, --transpile ARG    Transpile moonli file to lisp file
  -e, --eval ARG         Eval a form
  -f, --funcall ARG      Call a function with given arguments. For example, -f uiop:strcat hello world
  --values-separator ARG String to use as the separator between multiple values
  -d, --enable-debugger  Enable debugger: print error and drop into the debugger
  -s, --silent           Don't print logo and program information
  --no-isocline          Start a dumb terminal without isocline
  --lisp                 Start in lisp mode

If you are already familiar with Python, you may be able to learn faster from this page.

Common Lispers can refer to this page.

The rest of the below pages present a conceptual introduction to Moonli.