ElixirCasts
In this episode, we’ll learn how to streamline our Elixir development workflow by customizing our IEx shell with a .iex.exs file.
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marcxrand
Nice! Is there a way to keep tab-autocomplete with aliased modules?
For instance, pressing Tab after
iex> App.Repogives you a list of functions in the Repo module – but iex does nothing when pressing Tab afteriex> RepoElixirCasts
Yes, it should work, but only after a dot:
Thanks for watching and hope this helps!
marcxrand
Interesting – it doesn’t work for me
kip
I think it may not work on OTP 28.0.x but may work on OTP 28.1 (unverified)
kokolegorille
I can confirm tab completion works with Erlang 28.1, on a Mac
linusdm
Confusion might be related to this issue: IEx.Helpers.recompile() no longer autocompleted during iex -S mix session since OTP28 · Issue #14624 · elixir-lang/elixir · GitHub