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title: "SpaceVim lang#ring layer"
description: "This layer is for ring development, provides syntax checking, code runner and repl support for ring files."
---

# [Available Layers](../../) >> lang#ring

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- [Description](#description)
- [Install](#install)
- [Options](#options)
- [Features](#features)
- [Key bindings](#key-bindings)
  - [Running current script](#running-current-script)
  - [Inferior REPL process](#inferior-repl-process)

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## Description

This layer is for ring development.

## Install

To use this configuration layer, update your custom configuration file with:

```toml
[[layers]]
  name = "lang#ring"
```

## Options

This layer provides the following layer options:

- `ring_repl`: specific of the `ringrepl.ring` file.

for example:

```toml
[[layers]]
    name = 'lang#ring'
    ring_repl = 'D:\ringrepl\repl.ring'
```

## Features

- repl support
- code runner

## Key bindings

### Running current script

To run a ring file, you can press `SPC l r` to run the current file without losing focus, and the result will be shown in a runner buffer.

### Inferior REPL process

Start a `ring path/to/ringrepl.ring` inferior REPL process with `SPC l s i`.

Send code to inferior process commands:

| Key Bindings | Descriptions                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `SPC l s b`  | send buffer and keep code buffer focused         |
| `SPC l s l`  | send line and keep code buffer focused           |
| `SPC l s s`  | send selection text and keep code buffer focused |