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7 - Bugs or other issues, please submit a [[https://github.com/hackerman-inc/text/issues][bug report]]
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9 Hackerman Text is free for personal or evaluation purposes (non-commercial). Commercial use requires a license.
10
11 - [[#code-completion][Code completion]]
12 - [[#inline-commands-and-code-execution][Inline commands and code execution]]
13 - [[#custom-editor-commands][Custom-editor-commands]]
14
15 ** Code completion [34 lines folded]
50 * Inline commands and code execution
51
52 Run shell commands and evaluate Python expressions in any file. By default, allowed files are /txt/ and /md/.
53
54 Inline commands can be triggered with /Inline Command/ (or /Cmd + Shift + Return/).
55
56 % echo 'hello'
57 hello
58
59 42**42
60 150130937545296572356771972164254457814047970568738777235893533016064
61
62 ** Org-mode
63
64 Hackerman Text support code execution in Org files. This currently works with /Python/, /Lua/, /JavaScript/, and /Hy/.
65
66 #+begin_src python :var name=Hackerman
67 def main(name):
68 print(f"Welcome to Python in org-mode, { name }!")
69 main(name)
70 #+end_src
71
72 Moving cursor into this code block and running /Inline Command/ (or /Cmd + Shift + Return/).
73
74 #+RESULTS: True
75 : Welcome to Python in org-mode, Hackerman!34 else:
35 binary.append(0)
36 decimal = math.floor(decimal / 2)
37 while len(binary) < 4:
38 binary.append(0)
39
40 return list(reversed(binary))
41
42 assert encode(9, -10, 14, 5) == (1, 1, 0, 0, 1)
43
44 def decode(B, x_low, x_high, m):
45 """Decode binary into decimal number
46
47 B (list) : binary number
48 x_low (int) : lower bound of x
49 x_high (int) : upper bound of x
50 m (int) : number of bits
51 """
52
53 return x_low + int((''.join(map(str, B))), 2) * ((x_high - x_low) / ((2 ** m) - 1))
54
55 assert int(decode([1, 1, 0, 0, 1], -10, 14, 5)) == 9
56
57 def generate_population(f, n_pop, x_range, y_range, m_bits):
58 """Generate initial population
59
60 f (function) : cost function
61 n_pop (int) : number of population
62 x_range (list) : range of x
63 y_range (list) : range of y
64 m_bits (int) : number of bits
65 """
66 pop_lst = []
67 for i in range (n_pop):
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