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Tweak the basic REPL usage docs
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doc/modules/ROOT/pages/repl/basic_usage.adoc

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@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ development functionality in `cider-mode`. Using the CIDER REPL you
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can experiment with your running program, test functions, or just
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explore a new library you're interested in using. The CIDER REPL offers a number of advanced features:
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* auto-completion
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* code completion
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* font-locking (the same as in `clojure-mode`)
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* quick access to many CIDER commands (e.g. definition and documentation lookup, tracing, etc)
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* pretty-printing of evaluation results
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* inline display of images
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* persistent REPL history
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* powerful REPL history browser
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* eldoc support
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* highly customizable REPL prompt
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But the REPL is a bit more powerful than that and it allows you to do some things that might not be available in
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other Clojure REPLs. Some examples of such things would be:
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* You can close an incomplete expression with kbd:[C-Ret]
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* You can close an incomplete expression with kbd:[C-RET]
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* You can enter a multi-line expression by pressing kbd:[C-j] at the end of each line
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* You can quickly jump to the definition of a symbol (kbd:[.]) or to its documentation (kbd:[C-c C-d d])
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* You can clear the output of the last expression with kbd:[C-c C-o]
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When you're done with a REPL you can dispose of it with kbd:[C-c C-q].
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Please, avoid killing REPL buffers with kbd:[C-c C-k].
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TIP: Avoid killing REPL buffers with kbd:[C-c C-k]. This will forgo
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some of the operations needed to properly dispose of a REPL buffer.
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== Known Limitations
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