.iex.exs File - ElixirCasts

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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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Nice! Is there a way to keep tab-autocomplete with aliased modules?

For instance, pressing Tab after iex> App.Repo gives you a list of functions in the Repo module – but iex does nothing when pressing Tab after iex> Repo

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Yes, it should work, but only after a dot:

iex> Repo. #Tab here
aggregate/2 ...

Thanks for watching and hope this helps!

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Interesting – it doesn’t work for me :thinking:

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I think it may not work on OTP 28.0.x but may work on OTP 28.1 (unverified)

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I can confirm tab completion works with Erlang 28.1, on a Mac

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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