uREPL

uREPL is an in-game powerful REPL environment for Unity3D that supports following functions:

• Any Unity-supported C# code evaluation at run time.
• Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts.
• Multi-Line input.
• Customizable completions.
• Command definition just by adding an attribute.
• GameObject and Component inspector.
• Output logs.
• History.

Demo

Environment

• Mac / Windows
• Unity 2017.x .NET 4.6 (from v0.5.0)
  • Unity 5.x .NET 3.5 (until v0.4.0)

Installation

Please download the latest uREPL.unitypackage from the release page.

Usage

1. Select menu from Assets > Create > uREPL to instantiate a uREPL prefab.
2. If you have no EventSystem, add it from Hierarchy > Create > UI > EventSystem.
3. Input the code into the input filed, then press the Enter key to submit and evaluate it.

Keybinds

Input

Key	Description
ctrl + a	move to head.
ctrl + e	move to end.
ctrl + f, right arrow	move forward.
ctrl + b, left arrow	move back.
ctrl + h, backspace	remove character before cursor position.
ctrl + d	remove character after cursor position.
ctrl + k	remove all characters after cursor position.
ctrl + l	clear all outputs.
ctrl + m	toggle single-line / multi-line mode.
ctrl + n, up arrow	show next history.
ctrl + p, down arrow	show previous history.
ctrl + tab	show completions.
enter	run input command.
F1	toggle window display on/off.

Completion

Key	Description
ctrl + n, up arrow	select lower item.
ctrl + p, down arrow	select upper item.
tab, enter	insert selected completion.
esc	hide completions.

Commands

Attribute

You can add commands by adding a [uREPL.Command] attribute to static methods.

public class CommandTest
{
	// Given from somewhere.
	static public GameObject gameObject;

	// This method can be called without class name.
	// $ ShowCurrentSelectedObject() ⏎
	[uREPL.Command]
	static public string ShowCurrentSelectedObject()
	{
		return gameObject.name;
	}

	// This method can be called by the given name.
	// $ selected ⏎
	[uREPL.Command(name = "selected")]
	static public string ShowCurrentSelectedObject2()
	{
		return gameObject.name;
	}

	// Completion view show the given description.
	[uREPL.Command(name = "selected2", description = "show the selected gameobject name.")]
	static public string ShowCurrentSelectedObject3()
	{
		return gameObject.name;
	}
}

Command with arguments

uREPL automatically convert the command format into the actual code.

public class CommandTest
{
	// '$ print "\"hoge hoge\"" ⏎' will be replaced with:
	// CommandTest.Print("\"hoge hoge\"");
	[uREPL.Command(name = "print")]
	static public void Print(object obj)
	{
		Debug.Log(obj);
	}

	// Supports an overloaded command.
	[uREPL.Command(name = "print")]
	static public void Print(string value1, int value2, float value3)
	{
		Debug.LogFormat("string: {0}, int: {1}, float: {2}", value1, value2, value3);
	}
}

Runtime

From v0.4.0, you can register and unregister commands in runtime.

using UnityEngine;

public class RuntimeCommandTest : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnEnable()
    {
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func1", () => Debug.Log("hoge"), "output hoge");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func2", x => Debug.Log(x), "outout given argument");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func3", (x, y) => Debug.Log((int)x * (int)y), "multiply arg0 by arg1");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func4", (x, y, z) => Debug.Log(x + " " + y + " " + z), "output all arguments");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func5", (int x) => Debug.Log(x), "output int value");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func6", (string x, float y) => Debug.Log(x + " is " + y), "output arg0 is arg1");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Register("func7", (Vector3 pos, Quaternion rot, Vector3 scale) => Debug.Log(pos + " " + rot + " " + scale), "output unity-type values.");
    }

    void OnDisable()
    {
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func1");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func2");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func3");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func4");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func5");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func6");
        uREPL.RuntimeCommands.Unregister("func7");
    }
}

• If types are omitted, they become System.Object.
• If types are given, arguments are automatically converted into them, and output an error if it failed.
• You cannot use overload.
• At most 3 arguments now.

Built-in Commands

• help
  • show keybinds.
• commands
  • show all commands.
• close
  • close uREPL window.
• exit
  • exit game.

Completion

uREPL supports three completion methods by default:

• Context
• Command
• GameObject name / path

You can add completion plugins by adding a class that inherits from uREPL.CompletionPlugin and overrides GetCompletions(). This class is derived from MonoBehaviour, so you can collect information using its callbacks. The following code is a sample for GameObject name completion.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Linq;
using uREPL;

public class SampleCompletion : CompletionPlugin
{
	string[] gameObjectNames_;

	public void Update()
	{
		gameObjectNames_ = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<GameObject>()
			.Select(go => go.name)
			.ToArray();
	}

	// This method is called from a non-main thread.
	// If you want to use such as GameObject-related data, please get it in the main thread.
	public override CompletionInfo[] GetCompletions(string input)
	{
		var partialName = input.Substring(input.LastIndexOf("\"") + 1);
		return gameObjectNames_
			.Where(name => name.IndexOf(partialName) != -1)
			.Select(name => new CompletionInfo(partialName, name, "G", Color.red))
			.ToArray();
	}
}

Logs

You can output 3 level logs by uREPL.Log.Output(string), uREPL.Log.Warn(string), and uREPL.Log.Error(string).

static public class LogTest
{
	static public void ShowLogs()
	{
		uREPL.Log.Output("this is normal log.");
		uREPL.Log.Warn("this is warning log.");
		uREPL.Log.Error("this is error log.");
	}
}

Inspector

You can inspect GameObject by calling GameObject.Inspect(). This shows position, rotation, scale, and components added to it.

You can also inspect Component by clicking the inspect icon or calling Component.Inspect().

See the following videos for more details:

• GameObject Inspect video
• Component Inspect video

Multi-Line

Toggle single-line and multi-line modes by Ctrl-m or clicking the right-top icon in the input area.

Others

• World Space GUI
  • Set the Render Mode of the Canvas component as World Space.
• Multiple GUI
  • You can locate multiple GUIs in a scene.
• Builds
  • Almost all functions are available even in the built binary.