chatmail-core/deltachat-repl

Delta Chat REPL

This is a REPL frontend built on top of Delta Chat core. Its purpose is to help with testing during development, it is not meant for end users.

Dependencies:

• If you want to use getqr you need qrencode (To install, use your system's package manager)

Usage

cargo run <path to deltachat db>

Type in help to learn about what commands are available.

Usage with tokio-console

Tokio is an async runtime that Delta Chat core uses. Core uses Tokio tasks, which are something similar to threads. tokio-console is like a task manager for these Tokio tasks.

Examples of tasks:

• The event loop in the REPL tool which processes events received from core
• The REPL loop itself which waits for and executes user commands
• The IMAP task that manages IMAP connection in core

RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" cargo run <path to deltachat db>

Then in a new console window start tokio-console. You can install it via cargo install --locked tokio-console.

Example

An example session in the REPL tool:

RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" cargo run test-db/db
setqr dcaccount:https://nine.testrun.org/new
configure
connect
listchats
getqr

Use the qrcode/openpgp4fpr link to setup the contact on Delta Chat. Then write a message to that new contact, after that you can accept the chat in the REPL tool and send a reply:

listchats
accept 12
chat 12
send hi!
chat