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@@ -33655,6 +33655,28 @@ interactive history. Only the .code :read command which triggers this parsing mode appears in the history. +.SS* Interactive Profile File + +When the listener starts up, it looks for file called +.code .txr_profile +in the user's home directory, as determined by the +.code HOME +environment variable. If that variable doesn't exist, no further attempt is +made to locate this file. + +If it exists, the file is expected to be readable and to contain +\*(TL forms, which are read and evaluated. +Syntax errors encountered while reading the profile file are displayed +on standard output, and any exceptions thrown that are derived from +.code error +are caught and displayed. The interactive listener starts in spite of these +situations. Exceptions not derived from error will terminate the process. + +The profile file is not read by non-interactive invocations of \*(TX: +that is, when the +.code -i +option isn't present. + .SH* DEBUGGER \*(TX has a simple, crude, built-in debugger. The debugger is invoked by adding the |