Nasal REPL interpreter

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FlightGear provides a interpreter for debugging short pieces of Nasal code, the so called "Nasal REPL interpreter" is available in FlightGear's menu (Debug > Nasal REPL interpreter).

Usage

ESC —— Exit/close the dialog.
Ctrl-d —— Same as ESC.
Ctrl-v —— Insert text (at the end of the current line).
Ctrl-c —— Copy the current line of text.
Ctrl-x —— Copy and delete the current line of text.
Up —— Previous line in history.
Down —— Next line in history.

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Philosopher's interactive Nasal console REPL.
Now at KSFO with transparency enabled (no title bar/styling).
Don't look, it's bad color choices! This shows how colors can be changed while running.
Showing a simple example of functional closures, with white styling.
Canvas-based Interactive Nasal REPL running in a heavily down-stripped FlightGear version that only provides the most essential subsystems
REPL-based subsystem-reinitialization in FGCanvas mode

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