1KAWA(1)                     General Commands Manual                    KAWA(1)
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NAME

6       kawa - Scheme language implemented using on a Java VM
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SYNOPSIS

9       kawa [options]
10       java kawa.repl [options]
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DESCRIPTION

13       This  manual  page documents briefly the kawa package, a Scheme dialect
14       written completely in the Java language.   Scheme  forms  are  compiled
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17       Scheme is a high-level non-pure functional language in the Lisp family,
18       with lexical scoping dynamically-types.  The  Kawa  dialect  of  Scheme
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21       Using  the  kawa script is equivalent to invoking an interpreter of the
22       Java language on the kawa.repl class.
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24       This manual page is just a quick synopsis.  For more information,  read
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OPTIONS

29       -e expression
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32       -c expression
33              Evaluate  the  expression,  but does not cause the start-up file
34              ~/.kawarc.scm to be read.
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37              Read and evaluate Scheme commands from the filename.
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39       -s     Enter an interactive read-evaluate-print command loop.
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41       -w     Enter an interactive read-evaluate-print in a new top-level win‐
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45              Compile  filename to one or more Java class files.  See the Kawa
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48       If no options are specified, it is equivalent to -s.
49       GNU readline(3) can normally be used to edit commands.
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FILES

53       /usr/bin/kawa
54              The kawa executable, which starts a java interpreter.
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57              Commands that are executed when kawa is started.
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AUTHOR

60       Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>.
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SEE ALSO

63       info kawa - the complete Kawa manual.
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65       http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/ ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/⟩ -
66       the kawa home page, based on the same Kawa manual.
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68       qexo(1) - an implementation of XQuery using the same engine.
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