mu/shell/README.md

A prototype shell for the Mu computer

Currently runs a tiny subset of Lisp. To build and run it from the top-level:

$ ./translate shell/*.mu      # generates disk.img
$ qemu-system-i386 disk.img

You can type in expressions, hit ctrl-s to see their results, and hit Tab to focus on the ... below and browse how the results were computed. Here's a demo. The bottom of the screen shows context-dependent keyboard shortcuts (there's no mouse in the Mu computer at the moment).

Known issues

• There's no way to save to disk.

• Don't press keys too quickly (such as by holding down a key). The Mu computer will crash (and often Qemu will segfault).