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Calva Command Reference#

Calva's commands are part of the Calva API. They often accept arguments of some type.

JackIn#

Command Title
calva.startJoyrideReplAndConnect Start Joyride REPL and Connect
calva.copyJackInCommandToClipboard Copy Jack-In Command Line to Clipboard
calva.jackIn Start a Project REPL and Connect (aka Jack-In)
calva.jackOut Stop/Kill the Project REPL started by Calva (aka Jack-Out)
calva.connect Connect to a Running REPL Server in the Project
calva.connectNonProjectREPL Connect to a Running REPL Server, not in Project
calva.disconnect Disconnect from the REPL Server
calva.startStandaloneHelloRepl Create a Getting Started REPL project
calva.revealJackInTerminal Reveal Jack-In Terminal

Evaluate#

Command Title
calva.togglePrettyPrint Toggle Pretty Printing for All Evaluations
calva.clearInlineResults Clear Inline Evaluation Results
calva.interruptAllEvaluations Interrupt Running Evaluations
calva.evaluateSelection Evaluate Current Form (or selection, if any)
calva.evaluateEnclosingForm Evaluate Current Enclosing Form
calva.evaluateToCursor Evaluate From Start of List to Cursor, Closing Brackets
calva.evaluateSelectionToSelectionEnd Evaluate Selection, Closing Brackets
calva.evaluateTopLevelFormToCursor Evaluate From Start of Top Level Form to Cursor, Closing Brackets
calva.tapSelection Tap Current Form (or selection, if any)
calva.evaluateCurrentTopLevelForm Evaluate Top Level Form (defun)
calva.tapCurrentTopLevelForm Tap Current Top Level Form
calva.evaluateSelectionAsComment Evaluate Current Form to Comment
calva.evaluateTopLevelFormAsComment Evaluate Top Level Form (defun) to Comment
calva.copyLastResults Copy Last Evaluation Result to Clipboard
calva.loadFile Load/Evaluate Current File and its Requires/Dependencies
calva.refresh Refresh Changed Namespaces
calva.refreshAll Refresh All Namespaces
calva.evaluateFiddleForSourceFile Evaluate Fiddle File for Current File

Test#

Command Title
calva.evaluateStartOfFileToCursor Evaluate From Start of File to Cursor, Closing Brackets
calva.runNamespaceTests Run Tests for Current Namespace
calva.loadTestFileForCurrentNamespace Load/Evaluate Test File (as saved on disk) for Current Namespace
calva.runAllTests Run All Tests
calva.rerunTests Run Failing Tests Again
calva.runTestUnderCursor Run Current Test
calva.toggleBetweenImplAndTest Toggle between implementation and test

Paredit#

Command Title
paredit.togglemode Toggle Paredit Mode
paredit.forwardSexp Move Cursor Forward Sexp/Form
paredit.backwardSexp Move Cursor Backward Sexp/Form
paredit.forwardSexpOrUp Move Cursor Forward or Up Sexp/Form
paredit.backwardSexpOrUp Move Cursor Backward or Up Sexp/Form
paredit.forwardDownSexp Move Cursor Forward Down Sexp/Form
paredit.backwardDownSexp Move Cursor Backward Down Sexp/Form
paredit.backwardUpSexp Move Cursor Backward Up Sexp/Form
paredit.forwardUpSexp Move Cursor Forward Up Sexp/Form
paredit.closeList Move Cursor Forward to List End/Close
paredit.selectForwardSexp Select Forward Sexp
paredit.selectRight Select Right
paredit.selectBackwardSexp Select Backward Sexp
paredit.selectForwardDownSexp Select Forward Down Sexp
paredit.selectBackwardDownSexp Select Backward Down Sexp
paredit.selectBackwardUpSexp Select Backward Up Sexp
paredit.selectForwardUpSexp Select Forward Up Sexp
paredit.selectBackwardSexpOrUp Select Backward Or Up Sexp
paredit.selectForwardSexpOrUp Select Forward Or Up Sexp
paredit.selectCloseList Select Forward to List End/Close
paredit.selectOpenList Select Backward to List Start/Open
paredit.rangeForDefun Select Current Top Level (aka defun) Form
paredit.sexpRangeExpansion Expand Selection
paredit.sexpRangeContraction Shrink Selection
paredit.slurpSexpForward Slurp Sexp Forward
paredit.slurpSexpBackward Slurp Sexp Backward
paredit.barfSexpForward Barf Sexp Forward
paredit.barfSexpBackward Barf Sexp Backward
paredit.spliceSexp Splice Sexp
paredit.splitSexp Split Sexp
paredit.joinSexp Join Sexp
paredit.raiseSexp Raise Sexp
paredit.transpose Transpose (Swap) the two Sexps Around the Cursor
paredit.dragSexprBackward Drag Sexp Backward
paredit.dragSexprForward Drag Sexp Forward
paredit.dragSexprBackwardUp Drag Sexp Backward Up
paredit.dragSexprForwardDown Drag Sexp Forward Down
paredit.dragSexprForwardUp Drag Sexp Forward Up
paredit.dragSexprBackwardDown Drag Sexp Backward Down
paredit.convolute Convolute Sexp ¯_(ツ)_/¯
paredit.killRight Kill/Delete Right
paredit.killLeft Kill/Delete Left
paredit.killSexpForward Kill/Delete Sexp Forward
paredit.killSexpBackward Kill/Delete Sexp Backward
paredit.killListForward Kill/Delete Forward to End of List
paredit.killListBackward Kill/Delete Backward to Start of List
paredit.spliceSexpKillForward Splice & Kill/Delete Forward
paredit.spliceSexpKillBackward Splice & Kill/Delete Backward
paredit.deleteForward Delete Forward
paredit.deleteBackward Delete Backward
paredit.forceDeleteForward Force Delete Forward
paredit.forceDeleteBackward Force Delete Backward
paredit.wrapAroundParens Wrap Around ()
paredit.wrapAroundSquare Wrap Around []
paredit.wrapAroundCurly Wrap Around {}
paredit.wrapAroundQuote Wrap Around ""
paredit.rewrapParens Rewrap ()
paredit.rewrapSquare Rewrap []
paredit.rewrapCurly Rewrap {}
paredit.rewrapSet Rewrap #{}
paredit.rewrapQuote Rewrap ""
paredit.addRichComment Add Rich Comment

LSP#

Command Title
calva.clojureLsp.showClojureLspMenu Show clojure-lsp menu
calva.clojureLsp.download Download the configured Clojure LSP Server version
calva.clojureLsp.start Start the Clojure LSP Server
calva.clojureLsp.stop Stop the Clojure LSP Server
calva.clojureLsp.restart Restart the Clojure LSP Server
calva.clojureLsp.manage Manage Clojure LSP Servers
calva.diagnostics.openClojureLspLogFile Open Clojure LSP Log File
calva.diagnostics.showLspTraceLevelSettings Show LSP Trace Level Settings
clojureLsp.refactor.cleanNs Clean NS Form
clojureLsp.refactor.addMissingLibspec Add Missing Require
clojureLsp.dragBackward Drag Sexp Backward
clojureLsp.dragForward Drag Sexp Forward
clojureLsp.refactor.cyclePrivacy Cycle/Toggle Privacy
clojureLsp.refactor.expandLet Expand Let
clojureLsp.refactor.inlineSymbol Inline Symbol
clojureLsp.refactor.threadFirst Thread First
clojureLsp.refactor.threadFirstAll Thread First All
clojureLsp.refactor.threadLast Thread Last
clojureLsp.refactor.threadLastAll Thread Last All
clojureLsp.refactor.unwindAll Unwind All
clojureLsp.refactor.unwindThread Unwind Thread
clojureLsp.refactor.introduceLet Introduce let
clojureLsp.refactor.moveToLet Move to Previous let Box
clojureLsp.refactor.extractFunction Extract to New Function
calva.diagnostics.clojureLspServerInfo Clojure-lsp Server Info

Formatting#

Command Title
calva-fmt.formatCurrentForm Format Current Form
calva-fmt.alignCurrentForm Format and Align Current Form (recursively, experimental)
calva-fmt.trimCurrentFormWhiteSpace Format Current Form and trim space between forms
calva-fmt.inferParens Infer Parens (from the indentation)
calva-fmt.tabIndent Indent Line
calva-fmt.tabDedent Dedent Line

Conversion#

Command Title
calva.convertJs2Cljs Convert JavaScript code to ClojureScript
calva.convertDart2Clj Convert Dart code to Clojure/ClojureDart
calva.convertHtml2Hiccup Convert HTML code to Hiccup
calva.pasteHtmlAsHiccup Paste HTML code as Hiccup
calva.copyHtmlAsHiccup Copy HTML code as Hiccup

Inspector#

Command Title
calva.clearInspector Clear All Inspector Items
calva.clearInspectorItem Clear Inspector Item
calva.copyInspectorItem Copy Inspector Item
calva.inspectItem Inspect Item
calva.pasteAsInspectorItem Paste as Inspector Item
calva.addToInspector Add Selection or Current Form to Inspector
calva.revealInspector Reveal Inspector

Show#

Command Title
calva.info Show Information Message
calva.warn Show Warning Message
calva.error Show Error Message
calva.webview Show Webview

REPL#

Command Title
calva.prettyPrintReplaceCurrentForm Replace Current Form (or Selection) with Pretty Printed Form
calva.openUserConfigEdn Open REPL snippets User config.edn
calva.rereadUserConfigEdn Refresh REPL snippets from User config.edn
calva.diagnostics.toggleNreplLoggingEnabled Toggle nREPL Logging Enabled
calva.toggleEvaluationSendCodeToOutputWindow Toggle also sending evaluated code to the REPL Window
calva.showReplMenu Open the REPL Menu (Start/Connect a REPL, etc.)
calva.toggleCLJCSession Toggle the REPL Connection (clj or cljs) used for CLJC Files
calva.evaluateSelectionReplace Evaluate Current Form and Replace it with the Result
calva.printLastStacktrace Print Last Stacktrace to REPL Window
calva.requireREPLUtilities Require (refer) REPL utilities, like (doc) etcetera, into Current Namespace
calva.runCustomREPLCommand Run Custom REPL Command
calva.showOutputChannel Show/Open the Calva says Output Channel
calva.showOutputTerminal Show/Open the Calva Output Terminal
calva.showResultOutputDestination Show/Open the result output destination
calva.showReplWindow Show/Open REPL Window
calva.showFileForOutputWindowNS Show File for the Current REPL Window Namespace
calva.setOutputWindowNamespace Switch Namespace in REPL Window to Current Namespace
calva.sendCurrentFormToOutputWindow Send Current Form to REPL Window
calva.sendCurrentTopLevelFormToOutputWindow Send Current Top Level Form to REPL Window
calva.showPreviousReplHistoryEntry Show Previous REPL History Entry
calva.showNextReplHistoryEntry Show Next REPL History Entry
calva.clearReplHistory Clear REPL History

Miscellaneous#

Command Title
calva.activateCalva Activate the Calva Extension
calva.diagnostics.printTextNotationFromDocument Print TextNotation from the current document to Calva says
calva.diagnostics.createDocumentFromTextNotation Create a new Clojure Document from TextNotation
calva.linting.resolveMacroAs Resolve Macro As
calva.openCalvaDocs Open Documentation (calva.io)
calva.debug.instrument Instrument Top Level Form for Debugging
calva.createMinimalProject Create a mini Clojure project
calva.continueComment Continue Comment (add a commented line below).
calva.switchCljsBuild Select CLJS Build Connection
calva.toggleKeybindingsEnabled Toggle Keybindings Enabled
calva.selectCurrentForm Select Current Form
calva.openFiddleForSourceFile Open Fiddle File for Current File
calva.openSourceFileForFiddle Open Source File for Current Fiddle File
calva.printClojureDocsToOutputWindow Print clojuredocs.org examples to OutputWindow
calva.printClojureDocsToRichComment Print clojuredocs.org examples to Rich Comment