Clear REPL Buffer
Emacs has one weakness, the processing of large files, especially with very long lines. When large results are returned from Clojure code they can eventually cause a slow-down of Emacs. Clearing the REPL buffer can restore Emacs to its usual speedy self.
Auto-trimming of the REPL buffer is a new feature that automatically deletes the oldest output, based on a given size.
Use cider-inspector and Source Code buffers
, d v will show values in the cider-inspector, allowing navigation of nested data structures and paging through large data sets. Or consider using the Portal data navigation tool.
All evaluations in a Clojure source code buffer are limited to 100 results and do not add to the REPL buffer, so avoids any slow-down from large results. Use , e p menu to pretty print the results of evaluations.
Clear the REPL buffer from any buffer
, s l to remove the output of the last evaluation from the REPL buffer, spacemacs/cider-find-and-clear-repl-buffer.
, s L clear all the output from the entire REPL session, cider-find-and-clear-repl-output.
In the REPL buffer
, s a to switch to the REPL buffer
In Evil Insert mode use the , menu to call commands to clear the REPL buffer:
clear to clear the whole buffer history
clear-output to clear the result of the last evaluation
Configure auto-trimming
Auto-trimming is not enabled by default in CIDER, it must be set with a specific value.
Add the layer variable cider-repl-buffer-size-limit to have all Clojure projects auto-trim the REPL
(clojure :variables
clojure-enable-clj-refactor t
clojure-enable-linters 'clj-kondo
clojure-toplevel-inside-comment-form t
cider-overlays-use-font-lock t
cider-repl-buffer-size-limit 100)
Alternatively, add the cider-repl-buffer-size-limit to a .dir-locals.el to affect just one Clojure project
((clojure-mode . ((cider-repl-buffer-size-limit . 100))))
revert-bufferon a Clojure project to ensure Emacs has loaded the.dir-locals.el