id = "chicken" name = "CHICKEN Scheme" homepage = "https://www.call-cc.org" description = "A compiler and interpreter for the Scheme programming language." executables = ["csi", "csc", "chicken", "chicken-install"] [dotfiles] # CHICKEN's official interpreter documentation (https://wiki.call-cc.org/ # man/5/Using%20the%20interpreter) names $HOME/.csirc. The project's own # source history also documents the newer $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/chicken/csirc path # and the fallback to ~/.csirc; [configHome] represents the XDG location. paths = [ "[configHome]/chicken/csirc", "~/.csirc", ] exclude = [] secret = [] side_effect = false [commands] format = 1 label = "Run Scheme with csi" description = "Run the CHICKEN interpreter on Scheme files or an expression. Compiler (csc) and chicken-install options are not covered." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = false, short_attached = false, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "help" kind = "manual" url = "https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/chicken-bin/csi.1.en.html" revision = "2026-10-27" evidence = """ -e EXPRESSION, -eval EXPRESSION Evaluate the given expression. -p EXPRESSION, -print EXPRESSION Evaluate and print the result(s) of the given expression. -D SYMBOL, -feature SYMBOL Register feature identifier. -q, -quiet Do not print banner. -n, -no-init Do not load initialization file. .csirc -b, -batch Terminate after command-line processing. -w, -no-warnings Disable all warnings. -i, -case-insensitive Enable case-insensitive reading. -s PATHNAME, -script PATHNAME Use interpreter for shell scripts. -ss PATHNAME Run a script with a main procedure -R NAME, -require-extension NAME Import extension before executing code. -I PATHNAME, -include-path PATHNAME Add PATHNAME to the include path. -- Ignore all following options. """ [[commands.field]] id = "files" label = "Scheme files" description = "Files loaded in order before the REPL starts (or before exit with batch)." type = "path" position = 0 multiple = true path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "eval" label = "Evaluate expression" type = "string" option = ["-e"] multiple = true sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "print" label = "Evaluate and print" type = "string" option = ["-p"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "script" label = "Run as script" type = "path" option = ["-s"] path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "main_script" label = "Run script with main procedure" type = "path" option = ["-ss"] path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "batch" label = "Exit after processing" type = "boolean" option = ["-b"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "quiet" label = "No banner" type = "boolean" option = ["-q"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "no_init" label = "Skip .csirc" type = "boolean" option = ["-n"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "no_warnings" label = "Disable warnings" type = "boolean" option = ["-w"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "require" label = "Import extension" type = "string" option = ["-R"] multiple = true sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "include_path" label = "Include path" type = "path" option = ["-I"] multiple = true path = { kind = "directory", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.task]] id = "repl" label = "Open REPL, loading files" fields = ["files", "quiet", "no_init", "require"] [[commands.task]] id = "eval" label = "Evaluate an expression" set = { batch = [true] } fields = ["print", "batch", "quiet", "require"] required = ["print"] [[commands.task]] id = "script" label = "Run a script" fields = ["script", "include_path", "require"] required = ["script"] [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["files", "print", "eval", "script", "main_script", "batch"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["quiet", "no_init", "no_warnings", "require", "include_path"]