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

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

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

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## Description

`lang#fennel` layer provides syntax highlighting, code runner and repl support for [fennel language](https://fennel-lang.org/).

## Install

This layer is not enabled by default.
To use this configuration layer, update your custom configuration file with:

```toml
[[layers]]
  name = "lang#fennel"
```
## Features

- syntax highlighting for `.fnl` files
- repl support
- code runner

## Layer options


- `fennel_interpreter`: Set the path of `fennel` command, by default it is `fennel`.


## Key bindings

### Running current script

To run a fennel 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 `fennel` 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 |